Herewith is storyteller Amy Ammons Garza, who shares a story of her family's Christmas in 1952. Set in a cove a couple of miles from the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County, three young children...Amy, sister Doreyl and brother David...worked to make…
In the deep resonance of storyteller Victoria A. Casey McDonald’s voice, you will hear her tell stories about growing up in Western North Carolina, and the kind of Christmas she had as a child. The late Victoria was our friend, a CSA board member,…
Our July, 2018 podcast begins a series of five podcasts featuring Aletha Watson Barker, 97 years old. Her grandfather was the original owner of Roper Mountain in upstate South Carolina. Born in 1921, Aletha tells her own story with the drama…
Annie Lee Bryson, 2010 winner of Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Award, was a legend in her own time. Born in a long line of pioneers in western North Carolina, this lady touched thousands of lives with her “corn husk dolls”—dolls…
Barbara Sears McRae is currently an alderman for the town of Franklin, NC. Here Amy interviews Barbara on her extensive history in Macon County. Although not a native of Franklin, she has devoted many years of her life documenting some of its…
A touching rendition of old time memories of a family of 10, including mom and dad, who moved to Ellijay, NC by sled, where the children walked, helping to carry all their belongings to a small 2-room house with no windows or door. Told by a…
Betty Collins Brown is the third child in a Virginia family of eleven children. Like Loretta Lynn, she grew up in a coal-mining town, with all the trials, troubles and tribulations. However, there was the joy of living a simple life with brothers…
Cakewalks in the mountains are a traditional way to help neighbors when hard luck strikes. Within this podcast are interviews from those members of the western North Carolina community who have been involved in producing the benefits, participating…
From out of the Blue Ridge Mountains comes the story of Cannie from Wolf Mountain. A true slice of life from the backwoods of the early 1940s. Listen as Amy Ammons Garza, mountain storyteller, takes you back in time to a love story…
The history of America can be seen in the history of quilts: in the rich heritage left us by those thrifty, self-sufficient women who helped settle this land. Continuing this legacy is a group of quilt makers—Cowee Quilters in Macon County,…