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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
Butchering Day January, 1992 Written by John W. Stoneberger
Little House on the Mountain - Part 3 of 4 January, 1992 Written by Naomi Dickenson Wells
Memories Of The Old Days January, 1992 Written by Alice Vest Ayers
The Granny Lester Stories January, 1992 Written by Laverne Lester
The Place On Peters Creek and Beyond, Part 2 of 8 January, 1992 Written by William J. Sowder
William Carroll Montgomery January, 1992 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Down Memory Lane - The Milking Lesson February, 1992 Written by Martha Cockrell Robinson
I Remember February, 1992 Written by George E. Jackson
Memories Of Nannie Larkey February, 1992 Written by Ann Goode Cooper
School Days Of Isaac Booker Goad, Part 1 of 2 February, 1992 Written by Isaac Booker Goad
The Grapevine Telegraph February, 1992 Written by John M. Johnson
The Place On Peters Creek and Beyond, Part 3 of 8 February, 1992 Written by William J. Sowder
School Days Of Isaac Booker Goad, Part 2 of 2 March, 1992 Written by Isaac Booker Goad
The Place On Peters Creek and Beyond, Part 4 of 8 March, 1992 Written by William J. Sowder
Alice The Ridgerunner April, 1992 Written by John W. Stoneberger
Bringing Janie Home April, 1992 Written by Lois S. Poff
First Driving Lesson April, 1992 Written by Bobbie Bowman Clement
Magic Letters April, 1992 Written by Evelyn K. Lee
Pastimes April, 1992 Written by John C. Ewing
The Place On Peters Creek and Beyond, Part 5 of 8 April, 1992 Written by William J. Sowder
Ma Sallie May, 1992 Written by Bobbie Bowman Clement
School Days In The 1920s And 1930s May, 1992 Written by Charlotte Snapp
The Place On Peters Creek and Beyond, Part 6 of 8 May, 1992 Written by William J. Sowder
I Remember Raleigh June, 1992 Written by Margie Moon Coburn
Little House on the Mountain - Part 4 of 4 June, 1992 Written by Naomi Dickenson Wells
Memories From Yesteryear June, 1992 Written by Edith Cox
The Place On Peters Creek and Beyond, Part 7 of 8 June, 1992 Written by William J. Sowder
A Birthday Dinner July, 1992 Written by Archie L. Goad
Fourth of July July, 1992 Written by Judy Barnes
I Remember Grandpa and Grandma July, 1992 Written by Betty Jean Hayes

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