Archive
Train Stories, Part I
Out the windows: trees, farmland, small-town downtowns, dirt roads, overcast sky. A hollow, long-reaching whistle signals our coming and our passing. Read more
Jul 21, 2010
Protecting A Vision And A Fine Planning Hand
A look at the original Blue Ridge Parkway landscape architect, Stanley Abbott. Read more
Jul 1, 2003
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Asheville Days
By the time “The Great Gatsby” author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his troubled wife Zelda reached Asheville in 1935, they were already in a period of serious decline. Read more
May 1, 1989
Photos courtesy of Pike County KY Tourism Commission ("Devil Anse" Hatfield photo courtesy West Virginia State Archives)
Hatfields & McCoys, Revisited: Part 5.2 - The Legend of Abner Vance
A Tale of Two Tales: The Legend of Abner Vance Part 2 of 3. By Ryan Hardesty, Creator of “The Real Hatfield, Real McCoy, Real Feud, Real Matewan Facebook Group” Read more
Aug 12, 2014
Should We Save the Vanishing Balds? The Forest Service Says "Yes"
The Southern Appalachian regions of North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia contain about 2,500 acres of "balds"-high, open meadows along the ridges of mountain peaks. How they got there and how to keep them there have become hot topics. Read more
Jun 18, 2018
The New Southern Garden Cookbook
My wife and I love shopping for locally grown fruits and vegetables. But when it comes to cooking with them, I admit, I tend to bite off more than I can chew. Thankfully, help has arrived. Read more
May 1, 2011
Conservation at Camp Dickenson
The National Committee for the New River is floating from Boone, N.C. to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton is paddling along and dropping a line whenever he can find a wireless connection. Read more
Aug 6, 2010
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