Appalachian History

a class from the new rabun industrial school

October 19, 2018 Educators/teachers / Georgia

These mountain people are Americans — Americans in descent and sentiment

Mr. Ritchie, principal of Rabun Gap Industrial School, is himself a mountain boy & struggling to place the school on a firm financial basis.

loraine wyman at pine mountain settlement school 1916

Primarily an impression of Kentucky music

Loraine Wyman was among the first persons to systematically search for folk songs in the Southern Appalachians.

The defendant had been seen to escape out of houses through the door key holes, and furthermore operated on the minds of others from a 10-15 mile distance.

October 16, 2018 Appalachian scary tales / Ghost stories / Halloween / Pennsylvania

Halloween’s coming! Time for an Appalachian Ghost Story

The mystery grew stranger still when some children made a ghastly discovery. Chained to a tree near the spring was the skeleton of an ox.

Purple Martin, 1827 from The Birds of America: Plate XXII

October 15, 2018 Alabama / Birds / Chickasaw nation / Purple Martins

Alabama’s gourd martin house tradition

For centuries, Alabamians have recognized the gourd martin house for its usefulness and compelling aesthetic qualities.