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Vanished Places of the Southern Appalachians: July 2008
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. That might have been. Bob Dockery Kills an Irishman. Thursday, July 31, 2008. Bob Dockery Kills an Irishman. He died in 1895, but I still wonder about the mysterious life and death of a traveling salesman named Pat Brice. When he had a jager of whiskey it tingled joyfully throughout his entire being.". The utter senselessness of Mr. Brice’s murder made it unforgettable. An innocuous wisecrack cost him his life. On last Tuesday afternoon about 3 o'clock at an...
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Vanished Places of the Southern Appalachians: December 2008
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. That might have been. Legends of the Falls, 1. Sunday, December 28, 2008. Legends of the Falls, 1. Once upon a time there was a lovely Cherokee maiden….". These Cherokee maiden stories annoy me. I think it’s because, when you scratch the surface, you’re more likely to find racist misogyny instead of any historical basis for the stories. But what else would you expect from the old white guys who concocted these legends? And the tourist attraction, Blowing Rock.
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Vanished Places of the Southern Appalachians: January 2009
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. That might have been. Legends of the Falls, 3. Legends of the Falls, 2. Sunday, January 25, 2009. Legends of the Falls, 3. It’s no surprise that waterfalls inspire legends. So far, I’ve found six different stories associated with Toccoa Falls in northeast Georgia. In her 1840 book,. Rambles Around the Country. Elizabeth Fries Ellet related:. In 1896, Charles M. Skinner included a story of Toccoa Falls in his. Myths and Legends of our Own Land. We are strange...
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Vanished Places of the Southern Appalachians: Legends of the Falls, 1
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. That might have been. Legends of the Falls, 1. Sunday, December 28, 2008. Legends of the Falls, 1. Once upon a time there was a lovely Cherokee maiden….". These Cherokee maiden stories annoy me. I think it’s because, when you scratch the surface, you’re more likely to find racist misogyny instead of any historical basis for the stories. But what else would you expect from the old white guys who concocted these legends? And the tourist attraction, Blowing Rock.
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Vanished Places of the Southern Appalachians: October 2011
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. That might have been. You are invited to visit my other website: Societ. Sunday, October 23, 2011. You are invited to visit my other website:. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Vanished Places of the Southern Appalachians: May 2008
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. That might have been. Wild Strawberry Fields Forever. The Road That Never Happened. Saturday, May 24, 2008. Wild Strawberry Fields Forever. Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me. Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about. This sylvan scene of primitive innocence was enchanting, and perhap...
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Vanished Places of the Southern Appalachians: April 2011
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. That might have been. The Map of Vanished Places. Friday, April 1, 2011. The Map of Vanished Places. Index map for this blog (under construction). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Vanished Places of the Southern Appalachians: August 2008
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. That might have been. The Great Haywood Artifact Scam. Tuckasegee Valley - 1760. See That Can of Worms? The Culture of Corn. Roan Mountain Mystery Noise a Real Humdinger. Gitchi-Kenebig and the Uktena. Recommended by Duncan Hines. On the Trail of the Rat. Mount Pisgah and the Rat - revisited. Finding Tamahaka and Tlanusiyi. Quaff Again of the Ancient Delirium. The Hellbender and the Locomotive. Secrets of the Salamanders. Ozymandias of the Appalachians.
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Vanished Places of the Southern Appalachians: December 2010
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Ignorance. That might have been. A Troubadours Tramp Through the Mountains. Tuesday, December 7, 2010. A Troubadour's Tramp Through the Mountains. Well, now. Here’s a story worth telling, though I’ll admit I’m not sure how to tell it. The poet Vachel Lindsay came to Jackson County (NC) in 1906. A twenty-six-year-old native of Springfield, Illinois, he was walking across the country to spread a message of hope that he called “the gospel of beauty.”. That misses the poin...
