Did you like the post by Tipper “Speak Like An Appalachian”? Click below to get your own copy. there is so much information in this book. This book is a narrative of adventure in the southern Appalachians and a study of life about the mountaineers. Horace Kephart is the man most [...]
I just finished reading Our Southern Highlanders written by Horace Kephart in 1913. The book documents the lifestyle of the Southern Appalachian People in the early 1900’s. I enjoyed the book and thought it neat that I recognized many of the locations mentioned in the book. Of all the subjects covered, the chapters on dialect [...]
Many people have wanted to know more about Christy H. Sweeney, out of whose mind this site was born and developed. There are a lot of things I could say about her, including some of the things that you have read in the newspapers about her dedication to preserving Appalachian History. Christy is one of [...]
I would like to invite all of you to check out my friend’s site, Blind Pig and the Acorn.  She is doing a great job at sharing our culture and history.  She also posts on YouTube so please look for Blind Pig and the Acorn on there as well.  As you read on Appalachian Folk, her author name is Tipper.    Below is [...]
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Until the mid 1950s folks took their corn, wheat, or rye to a local gristmill to have it ground into meal for bread making and other uses.
Here in Southern Appalachia most people used Corn for meal-as it was easier to grow and seemed to last longer in storage.
Typically the Corn was left in the field [...]
This is the Harlan County USA movie trailer. This is a documentary talking about the mine strikes of Harlan County, Kentucky in 1973 where the laborers and miners of Harlan took on the mine owner.Harlan County USA