education in Appalachia Archives - Appalachian History

The Sunday Lady of Possum Trot

After 40 years of education work, Martha Berry—the Sunday Lady of Possum Trot— is among GA’s most prominent early 20th century women.

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

Annie crossed swords with Miss Graham one day in class, & got the whipping of her life. It wasn’t long before the father came after Graham.

In 1938 the record holder for longest sentence in the English language was 1,288 words. This speech contains a 628 word sentence. That poor audience!

The Vardy School, (1929-1970s), was a mission school that offered educational opportunities to the Melungeons.

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