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handholding couple superimposed on RR map to Red Clay GA
February 5, 2019 Love and romance / Tennessee

A romantic elopement, with an unhappy ending

The eloping pair went to Cleveland and were married last night by Squire Harry Parke. This morning they took the track and walked as far as Red Clay, GA., twelve miles.

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Soil Erosion Control District Spartanburg/Greenville 1933
February 4, 2019 Natural resource management / South Carolina

Once fertile fields laid waste

Southern Appalachian farms suffered from poor soil conditions and erosion as a result of practices that maximized the short-term potential.

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b&w pen/ink collage of butter churn, laplinks, hickorynuts, hand laundry, broomcorn brooms
February 1, 2019 Virginia

I Want to go Back

We’re living too fast. Modern society has filled us with tension, and unrest. Respect for the things we once held dear and made life worth while a few years ago are gone.

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minutes of 1906 assembly
January 31, 2019 Evangelists

We cannot believe Christ would use tobacco in any form

It is offensive to those who do not use it; weakens and impairs the nervous system; is a near relative to drunkenness.

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1930 arrowhead monument dedication
January 30, 2019 Early settlers vs. native Americans / North Carolina

Dedicating the Arrowhead Monument at Old Fort

In 1930 the Arrowhead Monument on Highway 70 near the Southern Railway Depot was presented, with appropriate ceremonies. 


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