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
Grannie Nannie December, 1988 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
The Mountains Grew December, 1988 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick
A Busy Mother January, 1989 Written by Nancy B. Collins
A Skunk Story January, 1989 Written by Beulah Goad Richardson
Chalk Dolls, Bear Banks and Crazy Glue January, 1989 Written by Carolyn Bertram
Early Memories January, 1989 Written by Dora P. Maine
Getting Into Trouble January, 1989 Written by Jeffrey Rowan Lockhart
More Memories Of Grandpa Vaughn January, 1989 Written by Thomas W. Dunn
A Saturday Night Scare January, 1989 Written by Beulah Goad Richardson
Did You Ever See A Memory? February, 1989 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick
Down Memory Lane February, 1989 Written by Rachel Poff
Green Grasses Of Childhood February, 1989 Written by Joan R. Holcomb
My Diary of Memories - Part 1 of 7 February, 1989 Written by Nellie Jewell Wilson
Oma Craig Handy - A Century Of Memories February, 1989 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
The Night They Burned Buck Hubbard's Barn February, 1989 Written by Earl G. Irwin
A Shrine For Grandma - Laura Dale Dehart Cockrum September, 1989 Written by Barbara D. Cockrum
Coming Home September, 1989 Written by Marjorie Tise Adams
Fears and Phobias September, 1989 Written by Nancy B. Collins
Grandfather Was Wealthy in Values, Friends, Family and Land September, 1989 Written by Sandi B. Keaton
My Diary of Memories - Part 2 of 7 September, 1989 Written by Nellie Jewell Wilson
The Homing Instinct September, 1989 Written by Kenneth M. Hawks
The Old Wytheville Fish Hatchery September, 1989 Written by Dr. W. R. Chitwood
Apple Butter Making Time October, 1989 Written by Nancy Cornette Kessler
My Diary Of Memories - Part 3 of 7 October, 1989 Written by Nellie Jewell Wilson
Sourgrass and Buckeyes October, 1989 Written by Sylvia Sampson
Giving Thanks for Memories From The Heart November, 1989 Written by Mary F. Gardner
My Diary Of Memories - Part 4 of 7 November, 1989 Written by Nellie Jewell Wilson
My Diary Of Memories - Part 5 of 7 December, 1989 Written by Nellie Jewell Wilson
Do You Remember - January On the Farm January, 1990 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Mad Dogs January, 1990 Written by Lois S. Poff

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