The Mountain Laurel
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Mountain Memories

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
John Hayes Hollow - New Ground July, 1986 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick
Playhouses July, 1986 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
Remembrances July, 1986 Written by Carolyn McClellan
Threshing July, 1986 Written by Beulah S. Fox
My First and Last Trip to the Pinnacles August, 1986 Written by Addie J. Wood
Blue Ridge Honeymoon August, 1986 Written by Catherine Rowell
Grandma and Her Place August, 1986 Written by Catherine Mulholland
Our Little Farm In The Virginia Woods August, 1986 Written by Lelia W. Lovell
The Hardest Whipping August, 1986 Written by Gene Henderson
Autumn Grief September, 1986 Written by LaBerta Strawn
Do You Remember School Days? September, 1986 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Grandma Nettie's Domain September, 1986 Written by David Winston Nelson
Grandmother's Washing Machine September, 1986 Written by Donald F. Blanford
Grandpa Burned The Barn September, 1986 Written by William P. Swartz, Jr.
Kelly View School September, 1986 Written by Vadna L. Bush
Peabody School September, 1986 Written by Lois S. Poff
John Hayes Hollow - School Money September, 1986 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick
There Will Be A Way Provided September, 1986 Written by Lee G. Stallard
Culler In A Wood Pile October, 1986 Written by Phyllis S. Culler
Delayed Funeral October, 1986 Written by N. C. Jackson
Living Heirloom October, 1986 Written by Marie P. Perry
Memories of Mrs. Wenger October, 1986 Written by Paula A. Kerns
Remembering The Good Old Days October, 1986 Written by Hobart Anderson
Sunshine Tales October, 1986 Written by Inez Hughes
My Grandmother's Grandmother November, 1986 Written by Nancy B. Collins
Memories of A Mountain Road November, 1986 Written by John Pedicord
The Bank Lot November, 1986 Written by Inez Hughes
The Mayberry Music Man November, 1986 Written by John Hassell Yeatts
The Old Joe Meadows Store November, 1986 Written by Olyer W. Turner
The View From The Concord Tree November, 1986 Written by John Hassell Yeatts

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