Appalachian History

Why The Possum’s Tail Is Bare

Everybody laughed so long that the Possum wondered what they meant. He looked around the circle of animals and they were all laughing at him.

Walter M. Gibson lived near Sandy Springs, SC. He was an adventurer, and it is said was once prime minister of the Sandwich Islands.

Customers had 0 credit & couldn’t borrow from the bank. They needed cash for doctor bills, to eat. My father gave loans on practically nothing

It is likewise commonly reported that spirits of turpentine applied plentifully to the wound will draw out the poison and effect a cure.

Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette, director of Western State Hospital, was one of Virginia’s leading voices in the social movement known as Eugenics.