Appalachian History

Little Switzerland celebrates 100 years, part 2 of 2

Little Switzerland was much the same til the 1960s, when William Cessna purchased The Switzerland Inn, razed it, and started fresh.

She came up with the name after hearing his description of a recent trip to Switzerland; the terrain here resembled the European country.

App State grad student Meredith Doster Edgerton researched the shape note singing tradition at two churches in Watauga County, NC.

A personality characteristic of Appalachian people is their acceptance of strangers once they get over their initial suspicions.

Examining the sport from its postwar beginnings on Piedmont North Carolina dirt tracks and Daytona Beach dunes through the early 1970s.