Appalachian History

One time the boy next to me tried to bribe me to misspell a word

My proclivity toward spelling prowess reached fulfillment with one of my teachers. She had weekly spelling bees, and I quickly climbed.

Knaffl & Brakebill went on to receive widespread acclaim for their photographic work in the early decades of this century.

Mother’s Day pennant in the house where Anna Jarvis was born on May 1, 1864. She was one of eleven children.

Thoney Pietro established a new record which stands to this day – he laid single handed a section of street 30 ft wide, 350 ft long–in 8 hrs!

Some few of these were making a new beginning and, where they could get some of the better land, were succeeding on a very moderate scale.