Appalachian History

Howard Finster, master of Paradise Gardens

Excerpt from Howard Finster, Stranger from Another World, by Howard Finster & Tom Patterson, 1989 about this Georgia folk artist.

“If Georgia doesn’t vote to immediately secede from the Union, Dade County will secede from Georgia & become The Independent State of Dade!”

I’ve got a ’40 John Deere, it’s up there in the barn. And we worked around here and worked for other people. You helped other people.

Michael Abraham’s novel ‘Providence, VA’ is a cautionary tale of what could/will happen if society doesn’t incorporate sustainable approaches.

In 2013, 8 West Virginians met in Matewan about the possibility of starting a museum on the history of the West Virginia mine wars.

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