The Mountain Laurel
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Mountain Memories features the stories of hundreds of Blue Ridge and Appalachian old timers. Their stories offer a glimpse of the mountains of yesteryear. Many of the stories were written by people over the age of sixty and some by people over the age of ninety. The Mountain Memories section of The Mountain Laurel offers a link to a bygone era and a way of life that was unique to the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains of the early twentieth century.

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Title Created Date Author
The Woodhouse January, 1990 Written by Nancy Cornette Kessler
Mountain Engineering and Mountain Medicine February, 1990 Written by John Winfield Spangler
My Diary of Memories - Part 6 of 7 February, 1990 Written by Nellie Jewell Wilson
Beyond The Blue Mountains March, 1990 Written by John W. Stoneberger
Grannie's Fireplace March, 1990 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
Grapevine Swings 'N' Things March, 1990 Written by Sophia Servis
John P. Wilson - Station Agent, Tip Top, Virginia March, 1990 Written by Sue Collins
The Drunkard's Bush March, 1990 Written by J. Carlton Smith
I Wonder Why? April, 1990 Written by Nancy B. Collins
Looking Back April, 1990 Written by Mel Tharp
My Diary of Memories - Part 7 of 7 April, 1990 Written by Nellie Jewell Wilson
Once A Man, Twice A Child April, 1990 Written by Jesse Walter Birdwell
Recollections at Jeanette Cemetery April, 1990 Written by L. Milton Hankins
Autobiography of Mrs. Elizabeth Peirce Crockett Thomas 1854-1950 May, 1990 Written by Alice Kelley
Childhood Memories of Macy Mae Goad Williams May, 1990 Written by Janice Kinsler Smith
Confederate Nags in Return May, 1990 Written by Mahlon R. Hagerty
Slingshots and Whirligigs May, 1990 Written by Sophia Servis
Visits with Aunt Sally May, 1990 Written by Mary A. Summerline
Trying To Understand June, 1990 Written by Nancy B. Collins
At The Beech July, 1990 Written by Bobbie Bowman Clement
Babies and Shoes, as told by Ella Boyd July, 1990 Written by Phyllis Hoy
Blackberry Picking Time July, 1990 Written by Sophia Servis
Stored Treasures - from the Recollections of a Son of Bransom Benton July, 1990 Written by Pat Hadley Davis
Growing Up On A Farm - Part 1 of 5 August, 1990 Written by Juanita Lilly Evans
The Autobiography of Mrs. Elizabeth Peirce Crockett Thomas, September 10, 1854 - May 26, 1950 August, 1990 Written by Elizabeth Peirce Crockett Thomas
A Strange Lesson September, 1990 Written by Ronnie E. Knight
An Interview with Ralph Garrett September, 1990 Written by Avram Friedman
Biscuits and Honey September, 1990 Written by Rose Payne
Growing Up On A Farm - Part 2 of 5 September, 1990 Written by Regina Lilly Rider
In The Pines September, 1990 Written by Bobbie Bowman Clement

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