Beatrice Beddingfield of Zirconia, North Carolina, is interviewed as part of the "Native Plants Project"--a research project of the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University. In this interview Beddingfield talks about using herbs and…
Betty Carlson and her daughter Karen Carlson Hall are interviewed as part of the "Native Plants Project"--a research project of the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University. In this interview they discuss their interest in native…
Henry Lambert, popularly known as "Chief Henry," talks about his work--posing as a Cherokee "chief" wearing Indian attire, including headdress, for tourists and vacationers visiting Cherokee, North Carolina. Lambert initially worked as a construction…
Mary Sue Casey is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. She talks about the long integration and desegregation process of the local schools and her…
Cetera DeGraffenreid is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. DeGraffenreid shares her experience playing sports in elementary and high school beginning…
Tina Holland is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Holland moved to Fontana, NC in 1979 and spent time researching and interviewing Dam Kids and other…
Henry Kornegay is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Kornegay talks about joining the Marine Corps and shares some of his experiences in Afghanistan.…
Ron Rash is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Rash, a local nationally known writer, talks about how growing up in Appalachia and living on his…
Charles Wilson is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. He talks about his childhood on Wilson Creek in Tuckasegee, NC. He shares his experience in the…
David Reeves is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Reeves, born in 1956, talks about growing up on a farm in Haywood County. He tells about the path…