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January 24, 2012 Recording industry / Storytelling

‘Folks Are Talking’ CD set releases

In the 1970s Garret Mathews, columnist for Bluefield, WV’s ‘Daily Telegraph,’ traveled back into the hollows with photographer Wade Sprees.

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March 5, 2007 Humor / Newspaper / West Virginia

You might be considered a West Virginian if …

James Dent wrote the daily “Gazetteer” column at Charleston Gazette. Dent was a rare writer who occupied a warm spot in the public’s heart.

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February 9, 2007 Appalachia in the media / Appalachian celebrities / Stereotyping

Mammy Yokum, Pappy Yokum, and Fearless Fosdick

Al Capp’s comic strip starred Li’l Abner Yokum, the lazy, dumb, but good-natured & strong hillbilly who lived in Dogpatch.

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