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frog legs in frying pan b&w line art
July 31, 2019 Regional food / West Virginia

The frog legs contracted in the pan and appeared to jump

Turtle soup was a monumental French culinary delight. The men in French families often “felt” for snapping turtles in local streams.

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Grethel Boardwine Henderson and son Sam _Sambo_ Henderson making Apple butter
July 30, 2019 Kentucky / Regional food

Apple butter thick enough to slice

Cider for apple butter must be perfectly new from the press. The sweeter and mellower the apples are, the better will the apple butter be.

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blennerhassett island postcard ca. 1930-45
July 29, 2019 Colonial Era / Politics / West Virginia

Blennerhassett Island – staging ground for high treason

The government proved that Burr raised money & men on Blennerhasset Island. But it couldn’t make anything above a misdemeanor charge stick.

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Fonty Flock at 1948 NASCAR race
July 27, 2019 Alabama / NASCAR

He’d seek out the sheriff and get him on a chase

Fonty Flock delivered moonshine as a teenager on his bicycle; a few years later he was making trips from Atlanta to Dawsonville hauling shine

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Albemarle County VA Court House, 1912
July 26, 2019 Trade Days / Virginia

All kinds of tricking in those times, you know it

All that produce was traded right there. Once a month on the first Monday of the month they had what they called a Court Day.

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    May 19, 2017
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    March 7, 2008
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    July 5, 2019
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    November 3, 2011
  • Source: Unsplash Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
    July 16, 2024
  • The Southeast Floods of 1916 in North Carolina; Public domain image provided by NOAA Heavy Rainfall Events and Their Impacts in Appalachian History
    February 27, 2024
  • canning and pickling jars still life From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
    January 12, 2024
  • chef holds cluster of grapes to camera A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
    November 9, 2023
  • 1930s Ford truck untended in a garage / Library of Congress The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
    September 7, 2023
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