{"id":542,"date":"2019-10-19T07:15:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T11:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=542"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:29:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:29:59","slug":"boneyard-hollow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=542","title":{"rendered":"Boneyard Hollow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bradley-casteel-The_Knoxville_Journal_Mon__May_12__1947_-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bradley-casteel-The_Knoxville_Journal_Mon__May_12__1947_-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bradley-casteel-The_Knoxville_Journal_Mon__May_12__1947_-768x1356.jpg 768w, 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