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Articles From Sept/Oct 2021

Bullock Overlook presents a great view at Harlan County’s Kingdom Come State Park.

Harlan, KY Faces Forward

"What you’re left with is your people." At the heart of Harlan’s re-creation are two things we all could use: creativity and community.
Deer, bears and other large mammals generally walk or run away from fires such as those in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in 2016.

Adapting to Disaster

Wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, spark a silver lining for woodland animals.
Folks line up outside the door for fried pies at the Lord’s Acre sale in Hiltons, Virginia.

Hiltons, Virginia: Apple Butter, Fried Pies and Sausage Gravy Serve a Higher Cause

This end-of-September Lord’s Acre Sale celebrates the bounty of the fall season in “the buckle of the Fried Pie Belt.”
Karen Childress (right) will be a part of the gathering and the freshness as the Jonesborough Farmers Market again welcomes visitors for in-person shopping each Saturday from May through October.

To Market, to Market: “A Hobby, a Career, a Fourth Child”

Jonesborough Farmers Market co-founder Karen Childress puts global adventures to good use in her “own backyard.”
Clockwise from top left: 1. Billy Thompson II is proud to see tiny White Post finally listed on the 1984 Virginia Highway map. 2. Billy Thompson II gives an auto tour of local historic homes in 1983. 3. Billy Thompson II hams it up with television celebrity Willard Scott in 1989. 4. Billy II, W.R. III and young Billy Ray IV strike a pose with Uncle Albert in front of the company’s restored 1931 Model A, circa 1987. 5. Five helps staff with quality assurance inspections. 6. Billy Ray IV, Five and W.R. III with the company’s 1931 Model A shop truck.

Five Generations at White Post Restorations

It’s nice to catch up with old friends, which we did 30 years later in White Post, Virginia, to talk again to some unique, world-class car guys.
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