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Reader Favorites: Bramwell, WV – Village of Millionaires

Turn-of-the-century Bramwell, West Virginia, was a rich little town with more millionaires than any place of its size in America.

First Union: The Melungeons Revisited

In 1991, writer Joan Vannorsdall Schroeder spent time in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee investigating the Melungeons, a group of people who'd been an enigma in Appalachian history for centuries.

The “Dirty Dancing” Oldsmobile: It Still Carries A Family’s Memories

My grandmother’s ’63 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 was the fanciest, newest car I knew, and it took us to the very best places we ever went.

Reader Favorites: The Time of Our Life – When “Dirty Dancing” Turned 20

The filming of Dirty Dancing. Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze and a bunch of extras had the time of their life when Dirty Dancing was released.

Reader Favorites: Mary Draper Ingles’ Return to Virginia’s New River Valley

An Extraordinary Woman, And Equal To Any Emergency: Mary Draper Ingles' Return To Virginia's New River Valley

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Reader Favorites: Bramwell, WV – Village of Millionaires

Turn-of-the-century Bramwell, West Virginia, was a rich little town with more millionaires than any place of its size in America.
His 1992 Blue Ridge Country article and 1994 book

First Union: The Melungeons Revisited

In 1991, writer Joan Vannorsdall Schroeder spent time in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee investigating the Melungeons, a group of people who'd been an enigma in Appalachian history for centuries.
Kurt Rheinheimer’s grandmother’s ’63 Olds sits in Radford, Va. Above (in strip), it makes its film appearance.

The “Dirty Dancing” Oldsmobile: It Still Carries A Family’s Memories

My grandmother’s ’63 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 was the fanciest, newest car I knew, and it took us to the very best places we ever went.
Top left: Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, in a scene filmed at Mountain Lake. Top right: Grey in the Housemans' cottage (filmed at Mountain Lake). Bottom right: the hotel at Mountain Lake, in a scene from the film. Bottom left: Edith Bond, a banker in Lake Lure, N.C., danced as an extra in the film’s final scene.

Reader Favorites: The Time of Our Life – When “Dirty Dancing” Turned 20

The filming of Dirty Dancing. Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze and a bunch of extras had the time of their life when Dirty Dancing was released.
Mary Draper Ingles' Return to Virginia's New River Valley

Reader Favorites: Mary Draper Ingles’ Return to Virginia’s New River Valley

An Extraordinary Woman, And Equal To Any Emergency: Mary Draper Ingles' Return To Virginia's New River Valley
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