Soon after the Civil War, Decoration Day began to be observed in many cemeteries around the Mountain South. Southerners often claim the custom was copied in the North and became our national holiday, Memorial Day. Generally held in the summer, Decoration Day...
Three generations of Pates have carried the mail along the roads of Tipton Hill, beginning in 1917 with Uriah Pate. Mr. Pate first rode a horse and sometimes a mule to deliver mail. One cold winter day, his mule slipped on the ice and pinned him to the ground. He was...
Pictured at her loom is Mae Gouge Huskins (1911-1984), daughter of Rev. John Anderson and Hulda Thomas Gouge. This photo belongs to Mae’s daughter, Betty Conley; it also appears in Cabins in the Laurel by Muriel Earley Sheppard. That 1935 volume about Mitchell...
This photo appeared in the Tri-County News, precursor to the Mitchell News-Journal, on September 13, 1973, with the following caption: “Once again it is apple butter making time in the tri-county area. Many people still make it the ‘old-timey way’ over an open fire...
These photos provide a unique comparative look at Bakersville before and after the May Flood of 1901. We know that the photo on the right was taken before 1906-07 when the Courthouse of 1868, shown in the foreground, was replaced with the current Historic...
Recent Comments