Haunted Battlefields of the South
Historian Bryan Bush and Storyteller Thomas Freese bring exciting and chilling tales of the ghosts of the War Between the States!Â
The ghosts of Civil War soldiers still inhabit the battlefields of our Southern States. Veteran re-enactor and historian Bryan Bush traveled to battlefields and researched both tactical history and on-the-ground life of [...]
Rest of the Story ...Appalachia has very beautiful landscape. In order to protect and preserve the landscape, in 1911, Congress passed the Weeks Act, giving the federal government authority to create national forests and control timber harvesting. Regional writers and business interests led a movement to create national parks in the eastern United States, culminating in the creation of [...]
Rest of the Story ...Gymnocladus Dioicus, also known as the Kentucky Coffee Tree, has been deemed suitable for urban planting. The plant got its local name when early Ky Settlers noticed that the seeds of the tree resembled coffee and roasted them for that purpose. The “coffee”, when drank in large quantities, was poisonous to its consumer.
The Ky Coffee [...]
When I think of summer, I think of laying by the pool and reading, long summer days, warm Kentucky rains and fairs. I have always loved fairs. It is a time when the community comes together to share a little summer fun, view the local stock, whether it be cows or sheep, watch some local [...]
Rest of the Story ...AppalachianFolk.com has been featured in the Fulton Kentucky News. To read the article please click on the following link:
http://www.fultonkynews.com/newwebsite.html
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New Website Preserves Appalachian Past and Culture through Storytelling
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A collection of stories and photographs about the region, the recently launched website AppalachianFolk.com gives readers the opportunity to share, learn, connect, and remember
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LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY (May 2009) – Storytelling [...]
www.imaginationlibrary.com
1996, Dolly Parton launched an exciting new effort to benefit the children of her home county in east Tennessee. Dolly wanted to foster a love of reading among her county’s preschool children and their families. She wanted children to be excited about books and to feel the magic that books can create. Moreover, she could [...]
Entertainer and philanthropist Dolly Parton delivered the commencement address for the University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences class of 2009. Parton was also awarded an honorary doctorate.
Rest of the Story ...Share mountain life, recipes, more
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Christy Sweeney is looking for Appalachian stories, recipes and folktales to include in the Web site, AppalachianFolk.com, an archive of true stories, fiction, poetry, art and pictures from those who have lived in Appalachia or who have Appalachian ancestry.
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Sweeney, a daughter and granddaughter of coal miners, was raised in Fort Gay [...]
http://www.missionofhope.org/index.htm
Mission of Hope is a charity/volunteer organization who’s goal is to help impoverished children and their families in rural Appalachia.
Currently, the specific campaigns and programs that the Mission of Hope undertakes throughout the year are as follows:
Christmas Campaign
Back-To-School Campaign
Spring Resurrection Programs
Healthcare Events
Construction Ministry
Resource Ministry
To meet the ever increasing requests for assistance presented to the Mission of Hope, the charity receives contributions [...]
Rest of the Story ...A picture video set in WVA.
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