Appalachian History

The elusive ‘Peggy Apple’ had a dark beginning

Think of him as a Johnny Appleseed of our day. Tom Brown of Clemmons, NC became interested in finding & saving heirloom apples in 1999.

The American Medical Association immediately issued a warning, through newspapers and radio, that Elixir Sulfanilamide was toxic and deadly.

Benton MacKaye (1879-1975) was the first person to propose the idea of the Appalachian Trail, which he did in October of 1921.

Russell Cave (now a national monument), is the oldest rock shelter used regularly for a home in the eastern United States.

Miss Lucy, a Clifton Mill millworker’s wife, describes domestic life in Clifton Mill Village to a SC Writers’ Project writer in 1938.