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Appalachian Heart Wood: Hillbilly Rummy - Card Game
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Hillbilly Rummy - Card Game. Before I post anything else, I need to explain a card game we called Hillbilly Rummy. Why? So how is it played? Basically like rummy but with two decks of cards with the jokers. Shuffling that many cards is a challenge. You would...Espec...
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Appalachian Heart Wood: West Virginia Coon Hunters String Band - Grand Daddy at The Bristol Sessions
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Monday, July 15, 2013. West Virginia Coon Hunters String Band - Grand Daddy at The Bristol Sessions. In Search of Grand Dad's Music. View from the North Side of Big Walker Mountain. According to oral tradition, his father "Doc" Boyles played the fiddle and Bane at the age of three or four be.
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Appalachian Heart Wood: What Ever Happened to "OLD CHRISTMAS"?
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Monday, December 16, 2013. What Ever Happened to "OLD CHRISTMAS"? Well my Christmas Tree is up and it just started me thinking about Old Christmas. So I thought I would jot out a quick post. You would have to wait another two weeks! They also believed that at the stroke of midnight Christmas...
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Appalachian Heart Wood: Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Sunday, August 18, 2013. Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe. I made a Pineapple Upside Down Cake for my Love slave's birthday. Ok, before I get emails about that let me explain. Eddie Atwell, my partner, gave himself this name the first time he ever went to one of my family reunions. I rememb...
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Appalachian Heart Wood: The Broken Wheel - Appalachian Railroad Tale
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Saturday, August 17, 2013. The Broken Wheel - Appalachian Railroad Tale. Train in the Bluefield WV Yard. Minnie Belle Stevenson Bowling. Charles W. Bowling second from right. My grandfather, Charles Washington Bowling worked for Norfolk and Western for 50 years, with the Maintenance of Way f...
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Appalachian Heart Wood: Appalachian Native American Stories to Tell
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Appalachian Native American Stories to Tell. A Native friend called me today and asked me if I had seen the special on C-Span about Werowocomoco. How many of us have the oral tradition that we had ancestors that were Native American? In my own family it was someth...
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Appalachian Heart Wood: Will the Real Jenny Wiley Please Tell Her Story! Mystery Mondays
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Monday, February 17, 2014. Will the Real Jenny Wiley Please Tell Her Story! Cover Letter of Lt. J.D. Smith of Russell County, VA to Gov. Beverly Randolph, dated July 4th, 1790, that states Jenny's. Captivity was only a few months. States there are at least 20 versions of the Jenny Wiley stor...
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Appalachian Heart Wood: Mama's Appalachian Corn Bread Recipe
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Sunday, July 28, 2013. Mama's Appalachian Corn Bread Recipe. I'm not exactly sure why but women in Appalachia are expected to cook. I don't know if it's DNA or cultural expectations, not sure.it's just something we all in this family were expected to know how to do. While making the corn bre...
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Appalachian Heart Wood: Appalachian Heartwood - Our Hearts Still Beat
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Appalachian Heartwood - Our Hearts Still Beat. Just a pretty picture so I can link to Pinterest. LOL! James and Virginia Hale Stinson. And then had some odd jobs he did to make ends meet. This illness just jumped on him SO FAST! No insurance leaves us applying for ...
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Appalachian Heart Wood: Johnny Depp's Mother is Appalachian? What Does This Mean to Be An Appalachian?
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A place to show off my part of Appalachia and the people living there. Our history, genealogy, mountain crafts, i.e. beadwork, gardening, quilting, corn husk crafts, farming, stories, and general matters of interest. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Johnny Depp's Mother is Appalachian? What Does This Mean to Be An Appalachian? All photos on this page are from my family albums. This is my mom. What is an Appalachian? Or "Where are Appalachians located? This is not going to be some scholarly article. I can wr...