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APPALACHIA'S MUDDY INFO-HIGHWAY

APPALACHIA'S MUDDY INFO-HIGHWAY

When the Depression cut off Appalachia, women on horseback brought books into dark hollows.

teachersThe AtticApril 27, 2023Packhorse Libraries, Packhorse librarians, Appalachia, Eastern Kentucky, WPA, Works Progress Administration Comments

CRADLE OF MOUNTAIN CULTURE -- APPALSHOP

CRADLE OF MOUNTAIN CULTURE -- APPALSHOP

Mocked, belittled, stereotyped, the folks of Appalachia had never told their own story until the birth of Appalshop.

FOLKIESThe AtticMay 14, 2020Appalshop, Appalachia, Kentucky, Folklore, Bluegrass Comment

THE MUSEUM THAT CONQUERS TIME

THE MUSEUM THAT CONQUERS TIME

John Rice Irwin saw his beloved Appalachia disappearing. So he preserved it in time.

American PlacesThe AtticSeptember 2, 2019Museum of Appalachia, John Rice Irwin, Appalachia, Banjos, Fiddles, Dulcimers, Knoxville, Tennessee, Folk museum Comment