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 - Tobacco Time November, 1986 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick
Myrtle Belcher December, 1986 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
Papa John December, 1986 Written by Jeffrey Rowan Lockhart
1911 Tragedy January, 1987 Written by Imogene Turman
Love With A Capital 'L' January, 1987 Written by Ruby H. Underwood
Remembering Grandpa Herman Hall January, 1987 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
Sunshine Tales - When Mama and Papa Were Baptized January, 1987 Written by Inez Hughes
Work and Play Down On the Farm January, 1987 Written by Nancy Cornette Kessler
Expensive Joke February, 1987 Written by Jeffrey Rowan Lockhart
Love 1919 February, 1987 Written by Nancy B. Collins
Nestor Family Reunion – With Recipes February, 1987 Written by Emily P. Cary
Remember When... February, 1987 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
Something About Mary Evelyn Forrest February, 1987 Written by Russel E. Pangle
The Swinging Bridge February, 1987 Written by Vadna L. Bush
Wilcher and Rhoda Marshall Bowman February, 1987 Written by Imogene Turman
Work and Play Down On the Farm - Part 2 February, 1987 Written by Nancy Cornette Kessler
A Legacy Of Memories - Mr. Matt Burnett March, 1987 Written by Bob Heafner
Benton and Claudine Wood March, 1987 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
Cattle Drive March, 1987 Written by Lois S. Poff
My Grandmother, Sarah Christena Stowers - 1855-1936 March, 1987 Written by Beulah S. Fox
My Grandpa's Farm March, 1987 Written by Deborah S. Ayers
Hammie and Arlie Cockram April, 1987 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
Up Cabin Creek April, 1987 Written by Ellen Hawks St John
Esom's Grist Mill May, 1987 Written by Raymond Sloan
Little Granny May, 1987 Written by Margaret G. Murray
Riverboating May, 1987 Written by W. Bruce Wright
The Home Front, 1918 May, 1987 Written by John Hassell Yeatts
A Man Of The Mountains June, 1987 Written by J. E. Hatcher
An Early Morning Adventure June, 1987 Written by Beulah S. Fox
Crossing Bottom Creek July, 1987 Written by Lois S. Poff

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