HillbillyHillbilly
To many the word “Appalachia” is synonymous with the word “hillbilly,” for better or for worse. Often used as a derogatory term by non-residents of the region, many here have
Month: December 2022
The Frontier Nursing ServiceThe Frontier Nursing Service
In the 1920s the granddaughter of a U.S. Vice-President established a unique nurse/midwife service in rural eastern Kentucky. Mary Carson Breckinridge led this program until she died in 1965, providing
The Cloudland HotelThe Cloudland Hotel
After the Civil War fine hotels were built all along the mountain range that separated North Carolina and Tennessee, each one grander than the last, a sort of Guilded Age
