Appalachian History

‘Power in the Blood’ Reviewed

Linda Tate has brought forth gripping pictures of how her female ancestors from 3 generations sought something more than a hardscrabble life.

May 12, 2009 Appalachian celebrities / Backwoodsmen/guides / Folklore / Forestry / North Carolina

Horace Kephart: A Great-Grandfather Appreciation

“We are, my brother & I, forever looking for glimpses of our great-grandfather,” says Laura Kephart. “He’s been glorified; he’s been vilified.

May 8, 2009 Medical ethics / Patent medicines / Virginia

The ingredients so happily blended in this water

Thompson’s Bromine and Arsenic Springs is a good representative of a segment of our social heritage, of which only a few survive.

texas gladden teaching a ballad to child

April 23, 2009 Appalachian celebrities / Appalachian music / Ballad singers / Virginia

People who sing operettas shouldn’t tinker around with mountain music

Texas Gladden (1895-1967), was an American folk singer best known for her traditional Appalachian ballad style of singing.

The Azalea Festival in Pickens, SC offers up classic cars, a pet pageant, hot air balloon rides, and of course, acres and acres of pink, orange, and purple azaleas.