by J. Shockley | Mar 11, 2019 | History and Culture
Saint Patrick’s Day on the mountain is a perfect time to sip green cocktails and reflect on our rich Scotch-Irish history. Our ancestors were adventurers. They escaped British oppression, facing turbulent ocean voyages and wilderness hardships to start life anew. They...
by Allison Williams | Jan 28, 2019 | History and Culture
Many of us wonder is there other life beyond Earth? Are there extra-terrestrials spacecrafts in the sky or what exactly are these UFOs? This will likely remain a mystery. But we do know there here have been reports of UFO sightings over the years right here in...
by Tammy Rose | Sep 29, 2018 | History and Culture
Death Crowns: A Creepy Piece of Appalachia’s Folklore Angel crowns, more often referred to as death crowns, are an eerie piece of Appalachian folklore. Death crowns are created when a clump of feathers inside of a pillow takes the form of a crown when someone...
by Staff Writer | May 25, 2018 | History and Culture
The Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia: Legend or Lost Civilization? Stories about small, pale-skinned, blue-eyed people ascending from underground caverns in the dead of night make for great movies, books, and urban legends. But in the mountains and valleys of...
