Settlers in frontier Appalachia — many of them Scots-Irish — faced hard journeys on rough roads and trails through terrain crisscrossed with mountain ridges and valleys cut by rivers and creeks. In ...

AVERY COUNTY — In the 1964 documentary “Christmas in Appalachia,” filmed by Charles Kuralt in a holler of Pert Creek, Kentucky, the camera settles on a community that the coal industry abandoned to ...

Candles in farmhouse windows can shine a long way on dark nights in the Blue Ridge Mountains. That light was especially symbolic at Christmas when settlers in frontier Appalachia — many of them ...

Four Decembers ago, Vanessa Trent drove up the snow-dusted Cumberland Plateau by herself, guided by recollections of her heritage. A friend had offered to sell her their land, giving Trent a chance to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Museum of Appalachia Candlelight Christmas is filled with live music, traditional dancing and Christmas Storytelling in ...

Fairview Methodist Church will continue a 26-year tradition of offering its Christmas homecoming with “An Appalachian Christmas” program set for 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22. The evening will include ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelle Yarnell gave a 5-year-old girl in North Carolina a Disney doll back in October when she joined volunteers from Schuylkill ...

Some people observe December 25 as sacred and also mark January 6 as “Old Christmas.” We’ve all heard of traditional Christmas carols like “Jingle Bells” and “Deck the Halls,” but what about “The ...