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
I Remember Grandma Hylton May, 1985 Written by Minnie Ruth Belcher
John Hayes Hollow - The Path Taken May, 1985 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick
Mayberry Memories - How Mayberry's First Party Line Saved A Home May, 1985 Written by Coy Lee Yeatts
Spring Planting and Mama's Garden May, 1985 Written by George C. Parker
Those Interesting Days And Events May, 1985 Written by William P. Swartz, Jr.
Where Have All The Hobos Gone? May, 1985 Written by Russel E. Pangle
A Civil War Story June, 1985 Written by Ulysses J. Morris
Entertaining The Preachers June, 1985 Written by Larry Andrews
Good People I Have Known June, 1985 Written by William P. Swartz, Jr.
Growing Up On Tuggles Creek - Lightning Strikes Twice June, 1985 Written by YKW
John Hayes Hollow - The Trials Of Aunt Texie June, 1985 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick
Mayberry Memories - T.D. Scott and the Panther Spring Fishing Hole June, 1985 Written by Coy Lee Yeatts
Sourwood Mountain June, 1985 Written by Bob G. Tannehill
The Day Grandma Got Her New Washer June, 1985 Written by Beulah S. Fox
Yesterday's Neighbors June, 1985 Written by Laverne Sutton
Growing Up On Tuggles Creek - Big Will July, 1985 Written by YKW
John Hayes Hollow - The Cherry Tree July, 1985 Written by George C. Parker
The Paths Across The Hills July, 1985 Written by John Hassell Yeatts
Growing Up On Tuggles Creek - Old Lady August, 1985 Written by YKW
Old-Timey Chestnuts August, 1985 Written by Lawrence Bechtel
Beginning Teacher September, 1985 Written by Beulah S. Fox
Cider Run September, 1985 Written by Russel E. Pangle
Country Living 1850-1900 September, 1985 Written by Addie J. Wood
George Shelor's Steam Tractor and Memories of the Old Huff Cannery September, 1985 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
John Hayes Hollow - Flutter Mills September, 1985 Written by George C. Parker
Olden Golden Rule Days - Part 1 of 6 September, 1985 Written by Virginia Webb Mitchell
A Harvest of Mountain Memories October, 1985 Written by Bob Heafner
Down The Country In A Covered Wagon October, 1985 Written by Lois S. Poff
Growing Up On Tuggles Creek - The Chinquapin Patch October, 1985 Written by YKW
John Hayes Hollow - Making Sauerkraut October, 1985 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick

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