Appalachian History

Company Store Scrip

Until the late 1950’s, many companies issued tokens–scrip–for use by their employees in company run stores.

Then it was as if lightning flashed from his eyes and struck the young man, and a terrible crash of thunder stretched him senseless.

Sturdy oak rocking chairs beside a pot-bellied stove, shelves generously filled with the needs of farm families & Mrs. M.M. Shepherd herself.

Some of America’s most famous entertainers of the 1930s, because they were African-Americans, were barred from staying in Cumberland’s hotels.

Frances Hodgson Burnett left an indelible mark on children’s literature, providing a path to the secret garden in all of us.