Tag: Kevin McGuire

A special thank you to this year’s contributors

It takes a lot of talent to create a site folks want to be part of. We’re naming names!

There is much to admire about Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale, the exceptional women who established their Tryon workshop in 1915.

Congregants dropped their tithes into the steeple, and the sliding floor section made accessing the collection later on a snap.

The whimmy diddle is a traditional kinetic Appalachian toy commonly made from two sticks of rhododendron or mountain laurel.

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Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
July 16, 2024
Heavy Rainfall Events and Their Impacts in Appalachian History
February 27, 2024
From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
January 12, 2024
A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
November 9, 2023
The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
September 7, 2023

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