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Antiquities In Appalachia: The Tennessee Medieval Faire in Harriman

An Interview With Barrie Paulson, VP/Director Darkhorse Entertainment, LLC . Photos by Trent Eades The Harriman Medieval Faire, nestled in the hills of the scenic town of Harriman, TN brings…
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Posted by By Zeke Streetman November 17, 2021Posted inNews & History
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Why Appalachia?

By Appalachian Woodworker and English Teacher, Brian R. Melton. You can’t fault ignorance of the unlearned, so let me educate those who still think Appalachia needs an elegy. Let me discuss…
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Posted by By Brian R. Melton November 17, 2021Posted inFolklore, News & History
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Self-Defined Faith: What Religion Says About Appalachian Cultural Identity

The Appalachian region, rooted in millennia of unique and divergent folklore and religion, carries on the tradition of individualistic faith today.  In our last issue, one question that loomed above…
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Posted by By Zeke Streetman September 15, 2021Posted inNews & History
Camp Toccoa and Its Dazzling Legacy
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Camp Toccoa and Its Dazzling Legacy

This gate is a welcoming glimpse of the Camp Toccoa at Currahee Project, a mission started about 10 years ago to memorialize the 5,000 “Toccoa Men” who trained at this…
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Posted by By Jay Zimbabwe September 15, 2021Posted inNews & History
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What It’s Like Living With Cancer In Appalachia

Imagine hiking in the mountains alone and there’s an accident no one anticipated. A random dead tree falls and hits you, sending you down a brushy slope. You are very…
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Posted by By Rudy Fischmann September 15, 2021Posted inNews & History
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Mayoral Leadership Study Results

How do we define prosperity? Is it the inscrutable point of the stock exchange? Is it the national wealth through the gross domestic product? Perhaps, however, these metrics rarely take…
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Posted by By Zeke Streetman September 14, 2021Posted inNews & History
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Jo Ann’s Corner

Good morning. Welcome to Jo Ann's Virtual Café 2021. Come on in and help yourself to a breakfast beverage. Let’s talk. We have a treat for you today.  We’re featuring…
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Posted by By Jo Ann Bullard July 14, 2021Posted inFolklore, News & History
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Appalachia Behind Bars: An interview with Julie Gautreau, Lawyer and Criminal Rights Advocate

Q: How has the law been used to discriminate against impoverished people and African Americans? A: I think of law in general as a system of preserving and protecting power…
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Posted by By Zeke Streetman July 14, 2021Posted inNews & History
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The Heartland Series: Vignettes of Popular History in Appalachia

Photo Credit WBIR Do you ever have an urge to scratch your 80s media fix? During the mid-1980s across the United States, there was great concern with preserving rapidly dying…
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Posted by By D. Wright June 14, 2021Posted inFolklore, News & History
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Appalachia

The question lingers, booms: what is someone from Nashville doing, claiming to represent Appalachia?  It would be all too easy to content myself with Ronald Eller's attempt to universalize Appalachia…
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Posted by By Zane Gray June 14, 2021Posted inNews & History

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