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
Molasses Making Time October, 1985 Written by Connie Worrell Jackson
Olden Golden Rule Days - Part 2 of 6 October, 1985 Written by Virginia Webb Mitchell
The Great October Auction October, 1985 Written by John Hassell Yeatts
A Lot To Be Thankful For November, 1985 Written by Debbie K. Marshall
Growing Up On Tuggles Creek - Concord Primitive Baptist Church November, 1985 Written by YKW
John Hayes Hollow - Grandma Parker November, 1985 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick
Mayberry Memories - Hunting Accident November, 1985 Written by Coy Lee Yeatts
Mountain Grandpa and Grandma November, 1985 Written by Kathy Robertson
My Family November, 1985 Written by Myrtle R. Reynolds
Olden Golden Rule Days - Part 3 of 6 November, 1985 Written by Virginia Webb Mitchell
Rucker and Lola Harris November, 1985 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
The Watch - In Memory Of Armistice Day, November 11, 1918 November, 1985 Written by Beulah S. Fox
Christmas Memories Of Mountain View School December, 1985 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
Growing Up On Tuggles Creek - Sugar Bill December, 1985 Written by YKW
John L. Jordan - Tobacco With A Twist December, 1985 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Olden Golden Rule Days - Part 4 of 6 December, 1985 Written by Virginia Webb Mitchell
The Martin Family December, 1985 Written by Lucille Thomas Muckenfuss
Growing Up On Tuggles Creek - Grandmother Meets A Yankee January, 1986 Written by YKW
Humility January, 1986 Written by Russel E. Pangle
John Hayes Hollow - Spanish Needles January, 1986 Written by Hazel P. Hedrick
Memories of Walter and Elizabeth January, 1986 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
Memories Of Winter January, 1986 Written by Pam Hounshell
My Life At Meadows Of Dan January, 1986 Written by Nancy B. Collins
Olden Golden Rule Days - Part 5 of 6 January, 1986 Written by Virginia Webb Mitchell
A Special Letter From A Reader February, 1986 Written by Nell C. Thompson
Growing Up On Tuggles Creek - The Hollow Hickory February, 1986 Written by YKW
John and Patty Hylton, My Great-Grandparents February, 1986 Written by Ivalien Hylton Belcher
John Hayes Hollow - Treasured Moments With Mama February, 1986 Written by George C. Parker
Lord's Acre February, 1986 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Mayberry Memories February, 1986 Written by Coy Lee Yeatts

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