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KC Wildmoon
Preserving Appalachia
I’m a lover of history, of the mountains, of the ridges and valleys of Appalachia where I spent my first 18 years. So a trip to the Museum of Appalachia to write about its 50th anniversary, well, that was just right up my alley. Read more
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It's Hard to Say Goodbye
The local paper did a full page spread on my dad’s retirement. “The end of an era,” the paper called it. But it was really just the beginning of the end. Read more
From the managing editor, August 2019
I often drive across the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and I always feel the presence of nature around me. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
When Gold Was In the Hills
You can tell something big happened in Georgia. The dome of the Georgia State Capitol glints yellow in the sun—just one of the few state capitols in the nation to have a gilded dome, for instance. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
Blount County Patriarch
Life in the Great Smokies in the 19th century and during the pre-Park days of the 20th century might justifiably be described as arduous, hardscrabble, marginal, or demanding. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
Fred Sauceman
Dr. Enuf Turns Seventy
In 1950, Mrs. Dan Smith of Elizabethton, Tennessee, started taking injections for a stomach ailment. But her discomfort continued into the summer of 1951. She decided to buy a carton of Dr. Enuf, a drink that had been introduced to East Tennessee. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
Myths, Legends and Mountains
The mountains stand eternal, a witness to history. Sometimes a fading gray historical marker will dot the landscape in an effort to inform motorists of people and events someone wishes remembered. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
KC Wildmoon
Preserving Appalachia
I’m a lover of history, of the mountains, of the ridges and valleys of Appalachia where I spent my first 18 years. So a trip to the Museum of Appalachia to write about its 50th anniversary, well, that was just right up my alley. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
Photo by James E. Westcott, Official US Army Photographer for the Manhattan Project. American Museum of Science and Energy, amse.org.
