Appalachian History

American Custard Apple? West Virginia Banana? No, it’s neither apple nor banana. It’s the Paw-paw, the largest native fruit of North America.

The Catawbas teach former enemy their pottery secrets

The Catawbas maintained the longest pottery-making tradition in N. America. They were instrumental in keeping Cherokee pottery-making viable.

Each June 2, the old soldiers of the Confederacy met at Frances Hagood Mauldin’s home for a parade and picnic.

Rookie sportswriter Bill McGeehan of the New York Herald-Tribune dubbed him that because, to him, Jones looked downcast on the field.

RE: the 1902 grand entrance of Colonel Campbell Slemp & Major C. Bascom Slemp, father and son, into active politics in Virginia.