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Radio Show “Stories of Mountain Folk” Records the Vanishing Heritage of Western NC

Stories of Mountain Folk is an ongoing all-sound oral history program produced by Catch the Spirit of Appalachia.

Mrs. Riddle raises and sells vegetables, and keeps bees, but the real business of the family is raising beef cattle.

Tweetsie is the nickname for a passenger train on the East TN & Western NC Railroad. The train ran between Boone, NC and Johnson City, TN.

One year Mom saw a coat in town and she wanted it so bad. Dad told her it was more than he could afford. He knew she wanted it…