There are families in the Appalachian Mountains whose stories have long existed in the space between memory and myth. For ...

For generations, Appalachian people and mountain folk have been stereotyped. Many people in old Appalachia did not have ...

Esther Renee Adams, "Mamaw," was laid to rest in her own home. In the mountains of eastern Kentucky, such "country wakes" could last for days. Shelby Lee Adams Esther Renee Adams was born on her ...

There is something deeply moving about old family photographs from Appalachia. Faces stare back at us from another century, ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Argues that since the conception of Appalachia as a distinctly different region from the rest of the South and the United States, the foods ...

From the rolling hills of the Great Smoky Mountains to the magnificent views of the Blue Ridge valleys…there’s something so captivating about the rugged beauty of Appalachia. Beyond its jaw-dropping ...

From the rolling hills of the Great Smoky Mountains to the magnificent views of the Blue Ridge valleys…there's something so captivating about the rugged beauty of Appalachia. Beyond its jaw-dropping ...