Author Curtis Blanton has a wonderful sense of humor. Herewith, listen to this interview from 2009 about how he came to publish the stories he heard the old timers tell when he was a kid.
Here is David Ammons, chair caner, who tells the story of how as a child he learned chair caning while watching his grandpa, Tom Ammons. In his words: “I watched in awe as he wove his magic piece by piece, bottoming the chair in a herringbone weave…
Our newest podcast features David Waldrop. Here is a unique look at a boy’s childhood that shaped him into the man he is today. David tells of growing up in the mountains of Jackson County, NC, and shares his knowledge of the demise of our American…
Decoration Day is a widespread folk tradition extending from the east of the Appalachians to west and southwest of the Ozarks. The interviewers of Stories of Mountain Folk set out to interview members of the Western North Carolina mountains about…
Over 10,000 handmade items make up the shop that only started with 12 crafters in 1976. Herewith are interviews by Doreyl Ammons Cain of Brenda Anders who tells the history of the co-op; then out of the current 70 crafters, are additional personal…
Amy spends time with Glenda Miller, owner of RedBone Willy’s Trading Co., an old country store in Lawndale, NC, and survivor of two tornadoes, one on May 5, 1989, and another in 2017. A graduate of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC,…
Growing up in the mountains back in the late ‘40s and early ’50s, the main source of entertainment for the three of us Ammons kids was sitting at the feet of our grandfather, Tom Wilson Ammons. Since he was crippled and couldn’t do heavy work, he…
From the radio show March, 2015— Howard Allman from Webster, NC, who shares some of the Allman Family lore, including a toll road named “Drummer’s Lane,” moonshiners, the gold rush of north Georgia, and stories of Howard as a young boy and swinging…
Here are some really great stories from Irene Bishop Hooper from Cullowhee. She tells some heart warming Christmas memories from her childhood in the 1934 era.
The following interview of James Childress took place in 2009, five years before his death in 2014 at the age of 90. A pioneer in the broadcast radio industry, "Uncle Jimmy" tells the story of his successful career. In 1992, he was inducted into the…