Topic: Appalachia

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@hoosiergirl I live in Appalachia & was cut off by no less than THREE pickup trucks today & 1 stopped RIGHT in front of me & blocked me in!

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dave tabler posted a blog entry

Picnic in a coal mine
Sometimes the official stories that make it into museum collections just don’t shed enough light on the complete context of...

12 hours ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Edgar S...., appalachia, F.S. Deakins

dave tabler posted a blog entry

To understand the Parkers you have to understand their Church
The Parkers of Lawrence and Pike County Kentucky grew with a community obligated to raise up their children in the "good old...

2 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Pike County..., Lawrence County..., Walter Parker

The OB Rag posted a blog entry

How Wind Farms May Really Replace Coal Mining
One community is attempting to prove that clean energy can beat dirty power — even in the heart of coal country.By Peter...

2 days ago

the OB Rag | Topics: Energy, Environment, Appalachia, coal

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Yahoo--- Mountain Dew!
Mountain Dew’s Green Label Art bottles just released last week. Now there's a soft drink with a curious history.There’s...

3 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Mountain Dew, Hartman Beverage..., Tri-City...

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Gloria Swanson on location in WV
On August 17, 1925, screen actress Gloria Swanson, her husband and her staff arrived on a special train from New York.They were...

7 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., appalachia, New Martinsville..., Hollywood in...

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9 days ago

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Jody posted a blog entry

Random Links of Interest
The following are a few recent blogs & posts I’ve enjoyed, in no particular order:The Art of Manliness: Why Being...

10 days ago

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dave tabler posted a blog entry

The Lost Provinces
North Carolinians for many decades thought of them as the Lost Provinces. Prior to the early 20th century, Ashe, Alleghany, and...

11 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: Archibald..., appalachian mountains..., Robert..., Lost...

apondonet posted a blog entry

The Party of The STUPID - FactCheck on Republican ‘Know-Nothingism’ & ‘Juvenile Smears’ on Obama
Sample Obama Smear EmailWHAT A DISGRACE!!! AND HE IS ALL AMERICAN????Obama The Patriot - Removes American Flag From His...

12 days ago

PoliticalArticles.NET Blog | Topics: Europe, Evil GOP..., North America, American Flag

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Lying on quilts, on the grass, in a summer evening
She was the most celebrated American soprano of the 1940s and 1950s. She went on from there to become head of the voice...

35 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., James Agee, appalachia, Wheeling WV

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Which of them REALLY invented 'Dr Pepper'?
The town boomed when the railroad came through in 1856, and so in 1872 a former Confederate surgeon named Dr. Charles T. Pepper...

36 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Wade Morrison, appalachia, Rural Retreat...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

But the nights belonged to youth
"[After the end of the Spanish American War] Mt. Savage resumed its gay pleasures, which led to many courtships. There was...

37 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Allegany County..., appalachia, Mt Savage MD

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Yeahoh, Yahoo or Bigfoot?
Long before it became the brand of a search engine, the creature whose uttered cry gave it a name haunted Kentuckians. Daniel...

38 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., appalachia, Yeahoh, Daniel Boone

dstroy posted a blog entry

Let’s Play With Venomous Snakes!
In Appalachia, where the most sophisticated technology seems to be stills for moonshining, it would be expected that some of...

38 days ago

False Sense of Maturity | Topics: News, Religious, Appalachia, Fundamenta...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Time to put a berry basket to good use
Wild berry picking was once a common summer activity throughout Appalachia, and before the advent of Styrofoam or plastic...

41 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., applachian..., appalachia, Tennessee Basketry...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

The 3 Wonders of Appalachia
The World Heritage Committee (WHC), meeting in Quebec this week, on Monday added 8 natural sites and 19 cultural sites to...

42 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Mammoth Cave National..., appalachia, World Heritage...

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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Weston, West Virginia

43 days ago

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dave tabler posted a blog entry

World's oldest man -- Kentuckian John Shell
He never wore shoes much and chewed tobacco inveterately. He grew 3 sets of teeth during his long life, he claimed. And when...

45 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., John Shell, Harlan KY, appalachia

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Happy 4th of July to all!
July 4, 1918 parade in Wheeling, WV.Wheeling+WV appalachia appalachian+history appalachian+mountains+history

48 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., appalachia, Wheeling WV, appalachian...

apondonet posted a blog entry

National Black Republican Association (NBRA) - Democrats are ‘More Racist’
From The NBRA:…..therefore Black People, please vote Republican — because Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican....

49 days ago

PoliticalArticles.NET Blog | Topics: North America, Appalachia, Bigot Vote, Black People

dave tabler posted a blog entry

America’s Roadside Evangelist
Before there were interstates, when everyone drove two lane roads at leisurely speeds, Burma Shave signs were posted all over...

49 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Henry Harrison..., appalachia, Middleboro KY

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50 days ago

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The buck flies would just eat you up
"My parents farmed. Well, it's a good life, but it's a hard life. They raised cattle, sheep, and hogs for a living. [Their...

50 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Bland County..., appalachia, Blanche...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Prohibition comes to Alabama. Again.
On July 1, 1915, statewide prohibition went into effect in Alabama, for the second time, five years before the federal...

51 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., prohibition in..., Gov Emmet..., appalachia

apondonet posted a blog entry

Flag City USA - A confluence of ‘White Ignorance’ and ‘Predatory Racism’
In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are FlyingOn the television in his living room, Peterman has watched enough news and...

52 days ago

PoliticalArticles.NET Blog | Topics: Hate &..., North America, Africa, Appalachia

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Daring young men in their flying trapezes
By the end of his long career, John Paul Riddle (1901-1989) had received the British Empire award and been inducted into the...

52 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., John Paul..., appalachia, Embry Riddle Flying...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

This boxing match got prize fighting banned in WV
[27a. I. If any person fight a prize fight in this State, or act as second or trainer, or time-keeper, or referee, or umpire,...

55 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: Fries Park, Parkersburg..., appalachia, boxing

dave tabler posted a blog entry

The man who gave his life to name NC's highest peak
One of the first geologic explorers of North Carolina’s Black Mountains, Elisha Mitchell, gave his name to the region’s...

56 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Elisha Mitchel Black..., appalachia, Roan Mountain...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Artifact looter, or artifact collector?
Edna Lynn Simms’ original photo caption accompanying her portrait of him reads simply: “George D. Barnes, collector of...

57 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., McClung..., Norris Basin..., appalachian...

elvisdrinkmo posted a blog entry

Hey, long time no see!I thought you all might be interested in this:http://appalachiancommunityeconomics.org/

58 days ago

Appalachian Greens | Topics: sustainabi..., economics, appalachia

apondonet posted a blog entry

Bigotry ‘Impresario’ Don Imus Crosses The Line Again
John Donald Imus, Jr. Has Long Record of Incendiary Remarks.The latest: On Monday, WABC anchor Warner Wolf read a report...

58 days ago

PoliticalArticles.NET Blog | Topics: Hate &..., North America, Adam "Packman"..., african...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

The Devil danced on Fiddlers Mountain
During the 1930s and 1940s Rose Thompson worked as a home supervisor with the Farm Security Administration in Georgia. While...

59 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: Clayton GA, appalachian mountains..., appalachian..., appalachia

dave tabler posted a blog entry

The unsolved murder of Mamie Thurman
On June 22, 1932, her lifeless body was found where it had been dumped on 22 Mountain, which was then called Trace Mountain....

62 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Harry..., Mamie Thurman, appalachia

CandidChristian posted a blog entry

A New Stereotype of West Virginia Christians
His face is red and bloated. Spittle is on the corner of his mouth. His eyes rage like the anger in his heart. He rails against...

63 days ago

The Candid Christian | Topics: culture, evangelism, appalachia, west virginia...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Every coal miner's lunch bucket smelled of the coal mines
"My father walked six miles carrying a bucket and a pick. The bucket was made of tin and in the bottom of the bucket was tea...

63 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Garrett County..., appalachia, coal mining

dave tabler posted a blog entry

This was crazier than he could take sober
The Chicken ThumbA far fetched folktale from NCWell folks, sit right back and let me tell you a little tale about how Hoopie...

64 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian..., The Chicken..., appalachia, appalachian...

apondonet posted a blog entry

I Am Voting Republican Because…
More Reasons Why You Should: 41 Things You Have To Believe To Be A Republican TodayRelated PostsJune 8, 2007 — 41...

65 days ago

PoliticalArticles.NET Blog | Topics: Featured..., North America, Ann Coulter, Anti-Immig...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Swift's Silver Mine - lost or merely invented?
"I suppose there is no part of the mountains of Kentucky that has not had some experience in search for this silver mine. Last...

65 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Henry Harvey..., Bell County..., appalachia

dave tabler posted a blog entry

They tell me I can't pull a flower after there's a park
On June 15, 1934 it all officially came together at long last. Congress’ act dated that day noted that an area of 400,000...

66 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., Harold Ickes, Charles Evans..., appalachia

apondonet posted a blog entry

Why Obama is Black, not White
By PHILIP OCHIENG Evolutionary Scientist Richard Dawkins: “It is the height of injustice to think of a person as...

71 days ago

PoliticalArticles.NET Blog | Topics: Hate &..., North America, Society, Afrikaners

dave tabler posted a blog entry

The Supine Dome flops in a NC field
It was the centerpiece of the Montreal Expo of 1967: Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome, a vaulted structure made of...

72 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: appalachian mountains..., geodesic dome, appalachia, Black Mountain...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

The Coon Creek Girls play the White House
On the evening of June 8,1939 limousines began to deliver the cream of Washington D.C. society to the East Room of the White...

72 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: Renfro Valley Barn..., National Barn..., appalachia, Lily May...

dave tabler posted a blog entry

Petticoat Politics
On June 8, 1948, the town election in Clintwood, VA drew national and international attention when the voters elected an...

72 days ago

Appalachian History | Topics: Dickenson County..., appalachian mountain..., appalachia, Petticoat...

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