Appalachian History

A racy book, full of the thrill of mountain adventure

Author James Watt Raine provides eyewitness accounts of mountain speech and folksinging, education, religion, community, politics, & farming.

Two influential recordings were made of the ‘Liza Jane’ tune in the 1920’s which helped spread its popularity among early country musicians.

Elixirs such as Dr. Pierce’s were often sold by traveling medicine shows, such as the one shown setting up here in Morgantown, WV.

The wood frog (rana sylvatica) overwinters under leaf litter in the forest floor—where it freezes solid. How can this be?

My grandfather, James Amlin, was postmaster at Ironton in wartime. A big fire below the railroad on 2nd destroyed the Register office.