Appalachian History

‘Our Mountains’ to debut this summer in Eastern Kentucky

This new tv/online show will feature positive, uplifting stories of the people and places in the East Kentucky hills.

Recognizing the historic significance of the Monteith Homstead, the citizens of Dillsboro, NC rallied to create an Appalachian Women’s Museum.

Recently, folks gathered at the Hindman Settlement School in the hills of Southeastern Kentucky for the first Appalachian Food Summit.

We open today’s show with guest author and actress Barbara Bates Smith, who discusses her long running one-woman show ‘Ivy Rowe’.

Barbara Bates Smith discusses her one-woman show ‘Ivy Rowe,’ based on a character from Lee Smith’s “Fair and Tender Ladies.”