1 50 6 https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/1c83f3d52fb329670826753fef0752c6.pdf 1596d6429474eef292ce7e5eebb4fc02 PDF Text Text �� https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/1b2a5a1ce2c2f4bec30ea7266fc4a925.pdf a6780ab806036a7fc52b61db39e51571 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records Description An account of the resource Beginning in the fall of 1978, the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force – a coalition of community groups, scholars, and members of the Appalachian Alliance – conducted the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey to examine land ownership patterns within the Appalachian region. The Survey was particularly interested in absentee and corporate ownership and their effects on regional development. The Survey looked at 80 counties within the Appalachian regions of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Task Force created working groups for each of the six states and selected counties for particular concentration. Within these counties, researchers examined land deeds of plots with 250 acres or more. Nineteen counties were used as detailed case studies. Researchers noted the amount of land, mineral tax rates, agricultural or industrial usage, and absentee, corporate, federal, and local ownership. They also identified over 100 socio-economic indicators to correlate to the various ownership patterns. The results of the Survey were used in the development of two publications: the seven-volume, 1,800-page study, Land Ownership Patterns and Their Impacts on Appalachian Communities (Appalachian Regional Commission, 1981) and Who Owns Appalachia? Landownership and Its Impact (University of Kentucky Press, 1983). The Survey was funded in part by grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Needmor Fund. The Highlander Research and Education Center organized the project, and Appalachian State University was a primary sponsoring institution and handled administrative and fiscal details. This digital collection is only a portion of the Survey-related materials in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection in Special Collections at Appalachian State University. Abstract A summary of the resource. Beginning in the fall of 1978, the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force – a coalition of community groups, scholars, and members of the Appalachian Alliance – conducted the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey to examine land ownership patterns within the Appalachian region. The Survey was particularly interested in absentee and corporate ownership and their effects on regional development. The Survey looked at 80 counties within the Appalachian regions of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/189">Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records, 1936-1985, (AC.104)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The files contained in the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Collection AC104, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials without the written permission of Appalachian State University is strictly prohibited. Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force, Volume IV, North Carolina Final Report Description An account of the resource These two files contain the final report on land ownership for the twelve Appalachian counties in the state of North Carolina which were part of a larger Appalachian Land Ownership Survey conducted in 1979. There are profiles for each county and three case studies—on Henderson, Swain, and Watauga Counties—in the report. Subject The topic of the resource Land tenure--Appalachian Region Land tenure--Appalachian Region, Southern Land use--Appalachian Region Land use, Rural--Appalachian Region Land use, Rural--Appalachian Region, Southern North Carolina Alleghany County (N.C.) Ashe County (N.C.) Avery County (N.C.) Burke County (N.C.) Clay County (N.C.) Haywood County (N.C.) Henderson County (N.C.) Jackson County (N.C.) Madison County (N.C.) Mitchell County (N.C.) Swain County (N.C.) Watauga County (N.C.) Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Appalachian Region Appalachian Region, Southern Appalachian Mountains Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records, 1936-1985" href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/189" target="_blank"> Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records, 1936-1985</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980-11 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1980s Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. https://www.geonames.org/12212302/appalachia.html Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title="Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records" href=" https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/78" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records </a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm North Carolina Appalachia Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-NC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted</a> Alleghany County N.C. Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Studies Ashe County N.C. Avery County N.C. Burke County N.C. Clay County N.C. Haywood County N.C. Henderson County N.C. Jackson County N.C. Madison County N.C. Mitchell County N.C. North Carolina Swain County N.C. Watauga County N.C. https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/d0efc7d1c111c47e50c2e50cea5490dd.pdf a26039907df132f8eefe0ad2a40156ad PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records Description An account of the resource Beginning in the fall of 1978, the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force – a coalition of community groups, scholars, and members of the Appalachian Alliance – conducted the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey to examine land ownership patterns within the Appalachian region. The Survey was particularly interested in absentee and corporate ownership and their effects on regional development. The Survey looked at 80 counties within the Appalachian regions of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Task Force created working groups for each of the six states and selected counties for particular concentration. Within these counties, researchers examined land deeds of plots with 250 acres or more. Nineteen counties were used as detailed case studies. Researchers noted the amount of land, mineral tax rates, agricultural or industrial usage, and absentee, corporate, federal, and local ownership. They also identified over 100 socio-economic indicators to correlate to the various ownership patterns. The results of the Survey were used in the development of two publications: the seven-volume, 1,800-page study, Land Ownership Patterns and Their Impacts on Appalachian Communities (Appalachian Regional Commission, 1981) and Who Owns Appalachia? Landownership and Its Impact (University of Kentucky Press, 1983). The Survey was funded in part by grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Needmor Fund. The Highlander Research and Education Center organized the project, and Appalachian State University was a primary sponsoring institution and handled administrative and fiscal details. This digital collection is only a portion of the Survey-related materials in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection in Special Collections at Appalachian State University. Abstract A summary of the resource. Beginning in the fall of 1978, the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force – a coalition of community groups, scholars, and members of the Appalachian Alliance – conducted the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey to examine land ownership patterns within the Appalachian region. The Survey was particularly interested in absentee and corporate ownership and their effects on regional development. The Survey looked at 80 counties within the Appalachian regions of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/189">Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records, 1936-1985, (AC.104)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The files contained in the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Collection AC104, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials without the written permission of Appalachian State University is strictly prohibited. Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource North Carolina: Mitchell County - Land Ownership Survey, 1979 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records, 1936-1985" href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/189" target="_blank"> Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records, 1936-1985</a> Description An account of the resource This land ownership survey of Mitchell County, North Carolina was conducted in 1979 as part of a larger Appalachian Land Ownership Survey. To interpret the survey codes, use the <a href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/files/original/ef19961e0205d0cb732c0608b547c18f.pdf" target="_blank">Key to the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey</a>. Subject The topic of the resource Land tenure--Appalachian Region Land tenure--Appalachian Region, Southern Land use--Appalachian Region Land use--Appalachian Region, Southern Land use, Rural--Appalachian Region Land use, Rural--Appalachian Region, Southern Mitchell County (N.C.) Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Appalachian Region Appalachian Region, Southern Appalachian Mountains Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1979 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1970s Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. https://www.geonames.org/12212302/appalachia.html https://www.geonames.org/4479817/mitchell-county.html Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title="Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records" href=" https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/78" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records </a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm Mitchell County (N.C.) Appalachia Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-NC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted</a> Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Studies Mitchell County N.C. North Carolina https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/9b6cdbc551559b04dd9d66b768390286.pdf 5a92fef8debfcfb69dadd284b5eafb0d PDF Text Text � https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/6d5210ce7dcea1095894675255e54725.pdf 75717b2f85d84c43984bad39a64faa39 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records Description An account of the resource Beginning in the fall of 1978, the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force – a coalition of community groups, scholars, and members of the Appalachian Alliance – conducted the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey to examine land ownership patterns within the Appalachian region. The Survey was particularly interested in absentee and corporate ownership and their effects on regional development. The Survey looked at 80 counties within the Appalachian regions of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Task Force created working groups for each of the six states and selected counties for particular concentration. Within these counties, researchers examined land deeds of plots with 250 acres or more. Nineteen counties were used as detailed case studies. Researchers noted the amount of land, mineral tax rates, agricultural or industrial usage, and absentee, corporate, federal, and local ownership. They also identified over 100 socio-economic indicators to correlate to the various ownership patterns. The results of the Survey were used in the development of two publications: the seven-volume, 1,800-page study, Land Ownership Patterns and Their Impacts on Appalachian Communities (Appalachian Regional Commission, 1981) and Who Owns Appalachia? Landownership and Its Impact (University of Kentucky Press, 1983). The Survey was funded in part by grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Needmor Fund. The Highlander Research and Education Center organized the project, and Appalachian State University was a primary sponsoring institution and handled administrative and fiscal details. This digital collection is only a portion of the Survey-related materials in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection in Special Collections at Appalachian State University. Abstract A summary of the resource. Beginning in the fall of 1978, the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force – a coalition of community groups, scholars, and members of the Appalachian Alliance – conducted the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey to examine land ownership patterns within the Appalachian region. The Survey was particularly interested in absentee and corporate ownership and their effects on regional development. The Survey looked at 80 counties within the Appalachian regions of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/189">Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records, 1936-1985, (AC.104)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The files contained in the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Collection AC104, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials without the written permission of Appalachian State University is strictly prohibited. Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Virginia: Bland, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe Counties - Land Ownership Survey, 1979 North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Clay, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Watauga Counties - Land Ownership Survey, 1979 Description An account of the resource These two files correspond to land ownership surveys of multiple counties in Virginia and North Carolina which was conducted in 1979 as part of a larger Appalachian Land Ownership Survey. To interpret the survey codes, use the <a href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/files/original/ef19961e0205d0cb732c0608b547c18f.pdf" target="_blank">Key to the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey</a>. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records, 1936-1985" href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/189" target="_blank"> Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records, 1936-1985</a> Subject The topic of the resource Land tenure--Appalachian Region Land tenure--Appalachian Region, Southern Land use--Appalachian Region Land use--Appalachian Region, Southern Land use, Rural--Appalachian Region Land use, Rural--Appalachian Region, Southern Bland County (Va.) Dickenson County (Va.) Grayson County (Va.) Lee County (Va.) Scott County (Va.) Smyth County (Va.) Tazewell County (Va.) Washington County (Va.) Wise County (Va.) Wythe County (Va.) Alleghany County (N.C.) Ashe County (N.C.) Avery County (N.C.) Burke County (N.C.) Clay County (N.C.) Haywood County (N.C.) Henderson County (N.C.) Jackson County (N.C.) Madison County (N.C.) Mitchell County (N.C.) Swain County (N.C.) Watauga County (N.C.) Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Appalachian Region Appalachian Region, Southern Appalachian Mountains Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1979 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1970s Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. https://www.geonames.org/12212302/appalachia.html https://www.geonames.org/6254928/virginia.html https://www.geonames.org/4482348/north-carolina.html Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title="Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records" href=" https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/78" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Records </a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm Virginia ||||osm North Carolina Appalachia Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-NC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted</a> Alleghany County N.C. Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Studies Ashe County N.C. Avery County N.C. Bland County Va. Burke County N.C. Clay County N.C. Dickenson County Va. Grayson County Va. Haywood County N.C. Henderson County N.C. Jackson County N.C. Lee County Va. Madison County N.C. Mitchell County N.C. North Carolina Scott County Va. Smyth County Va. Swain County N.C. Tazewell County Va. Virginia Washington County Va. Watauga County N.C. Wise County Va. Wythe County Va. https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/2b0ccdc7a7cc94a2e1007425296f5b21.pdf 485a0001a414e378d44a5807264da5bc PDF Text Text 1 Mrs. B: Tell them about going to Berea. Then tell about coming to Boone, and then tell about teaching your first school. Mr. B: Well, I better just go on to Boone. and won't get finished. I'll get so much history in there Well, start out there then. Mrs. B: Tell them where you were born. Mr. B: Alright, ready? Interviewer: I'm ready. Mrs. B: Just talk natural. Mr. B: I was born at Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina, in 1892. What year, if you want to. In 1908, I went to Berea College and was there until 1917. particular time there was not a high scnool in this county. At that I even had my eighth grade, my high school work, and my college work at Berea College. In 1917, I went to the Naval/Aviation Air Force and served seventeen months until the armistice was signed. Then I came home to North Carolina at Spear in Avery County and in 1919, I went to Appalachian Training School. Interviewer: Is that the same place where Appalachian State University is now? Mr. B: At that particular time, there were only four buildings on the campus. Interviewer: How many students were there at that time? Do you have any recollection of how many? Mr. B: At the summer school, there was about 150 students. Newland Hall with Warsaw Braswell. I roomed in Old Dr. Dougherty and his brother had started this school in 1900 and it was known as Appalachian Training School. Interviewer: Was this education oriented, like for teachers, that sort of thing? Mrs. B: It was just a normal, teacher's normal. �2 Interviewer: What is, what do you mean by a teacher's normal? Mr. B: It was changed, you want to get this down? Interviewer: Sure. Mr. B: It was changed the next year to Appalachian Normal School for teachers. Mrs. B: It was known as Appalachian State Teacher's College and you couldn't take all these degrees, just college only. Mr.B: I had Dr. Dougherty as one of my teachers. tory. Dr. Rankin taught English. Dr. I.G. Greer taught his- Shut if off there just a minute, what was that. Mrs. B: I'll get out of it. Mr . B: I put in there about teaching six months school, didn't I? Mrs. B: No, you didn't. Interviewer: I don't think you did. Mr.B: After, you can turn it on now. After getting my teacher's and principal's certificate by going to school at Appalachian, I taught a six months school at Hughes, North Carolina. Interviewer: A six months, that means that . . . Mr. B: At that time we only had six months schools and at the end of the school year about Christmas time, I had a letter from Dr. Dougherty wanting me to come to Boone. I got on Tweetsie and went over and spent the night with Dr. Dougherty, and he offered me a position as a teacher and monitor of Newland Hall, but at that time I had already signed up to go to Sylva, North Carolina, and teach another six months school because down in the Piedmont section, they only had six month school and they didn't start it until after Christmas, hoeing and cutting tobacco. Interviewer: Were these for all grades of students and . . . �3 Mrs. B: For how many grades of students? Interviewer: Was this like on a high school level? Mr.B: For all grades. Interviewer: All grades. Mr.B: Yeah. Mrs. B: It was a grammar school, wasn't it? Mr. B: Yeah, a granunar school. Inerviewer: And were there. Mr. B: There wasn't a high school in, in. Mrs. B: (garbled) Interviewer: Yeah, was this, were these grades taught all together or did they have like different classrooms and other teachers or were you the only one teaching or . . . ? Mr. B: No. I just had one helper at the first school.I taught with Molly Ramsey. She's still living up here at Banner Elk here. Interviewer: Boy, that's really something! Mr. B: I had the, I had the first four grades. She had the first, second, and third grade and I had fifth, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh. seventh then was the eighth. The You graduated from high school in the eleventh grade here then after that, later on, they added the twelfth. Interviewer: I see. So, so you all, like, did you . . . you grew up in this area all your life, right? Mr. & Mrs. B: Yeah. InE!rViewer: Right, right around Minneapolis. Mr. B: Well. . Interviewer: Did you stay . . . how long did you, did y 'all stay in Bakersville and you could even tell us when you met and all that sort of thing, if you would like to. �4 Mr. B: Like what. . • Inerviewer: You could even tell us like how y'all got together and how you, where you spent your childhood years. Mrs. B: Ir's a funny thing about how we got a hold of this property. Interviewer: Really? Mrs. B: Yeah. Mr. B: Yeah. Mrs. B: Well, let's finish up about that edu . . . Interviewer: Educational thing. Mrs. B: Yeah. Interviewer: O.K. Mrs. B: And tell what year you graduated at Appalachian. This going to be helter skelter business because you don't know where you're at unless you know what you're gonna say. Mr. B: Well, I might put this in, when you start it out, when l - finished at Berea College, there were no such a thing as accredited schools at that day and time. Later on, they required a principal to have a degree from an accredited school. So in 1935 and '·36, I went back to Appalachian and got my Bachelor of Science degree. Mrs. B: That was in '38, Wallace. Mr.B: In 1936. In~rviewer: And what did you do after that, when you got your degree? Mr.B: At that time, I made a score of 99 and 6/10% in my school studies and Dr. Dougherty called me into the office again and offered me a job teaching history. Interviewer: So did you do that? Mr. B: But I told him I'd already signed up to be principal at Riverside School and consolidate it. �5 Interviewer: Riverside school? Where is that located? Mrs. B: Plumtree. Interviewer: Plumtree? Mr. B: And I told him, you're getting this? Interviewer: Yeah. Mr . B: And I told him, I'd rather just be a country school principal rather Is that one of the first schools around here? than to teach in college which I did until I retired in 1954 at Elk Park, North Carolina, at the age of 54. Mrs. B: 64! Mr. B: 64: Mrs. B: You were sixty-two. Mr. B: I retired in '54. Mrs. B: You retired in '54, but you was sixty-two years old. Mr. B: And I retired at the age of sixty-two. Interviewer: I see. Mrs. B: Tell her how the roads were in those days, how you had to lay down and You retired at sixty-two, not sixty-five . That's really something. put chains on going to Riverside school, how we did. Interviewer: Was it really rough here? It usually is pretty rough up here in the winter time. Mrs. B: Yes. Interviewer: How, how long a time did people get let out of school? Mr. B: I'm Interviewer: Sure. Mrs. B: Well, wait a minute and get this, get this. gonna tell you about me getting married and you can record that. Wallace, she asked you about uh . . . well now, back then you had to miss more days than you do now. Mr. B: I didn't miss at Riverside. Mrs. B: Oh, you never did miss at Riverside. �6 Mr. B: Only one day I missed and that was when it was sleeted. Mrs. B: Now, last year they missed a lot . . . Mr.B: And I was there ten years . just two buses. Mrs. B: I brought in six different schools there with The first year, one bus had to make three runs. Tell about the roads, and a little bit about the roads and tell how they developed them up until today. Interviewer: O. K. Mr. B: Well. Interviewer: Does 19E, was 19E through here? Mr. B: 19E, when we got married, was just a mud road through here but it's . . . Mrs. B: Gravel road! Mr. B: It was just . . . they graveled it. Mrs. B: The year we married . Mr. B: The year, the year we got married. Interviewer: I see . Mrs. B: 1924 . Interviewer: 1924. When was that, if I might ask? And then you were, Mrs. Buchanan you were talking about something you wanted to say about how you got ahold of this land, or something like that. Mrs. B: Let me show you this little piece of the road. Interviewer: Could you tell me something about the Tweetsie railroad and when it washed away and all that sort of thing? Mrs. B: Yes, oh yes. Tell her that when we first moved here in '24, Tweetsie railroad ran through this section from Johnson City to Boone and they had excursions on it . You know they used to have excursions on it. Interviewer: Was there, was there a train depot in the innnediate area? Mr.B: Right back up here, there was just a shed back out here on the side of the hill. �7 Interviewer: Right here in Minneapolis? Mr.B: That they stopped. Mrs. B: Well, the depot in Minneapolis. Mr.B: And the, uh, and the train came down here, plum down in here and went up here and then went down in to Minneapolis. Mrs. B: That's what you call a . Mr.B: This building right over here is. Mrs. B: That's the switchback. Mr. B: Switchback. Mrs. B: They call it the switchback. Interviewer: I see. Mr.B: They stopped it in 1932. Interviewer: How large was this train?. How many passengers did you think it would hold? Mr. B: Well, they generally hold about a baggage car and six passenger coaches. Interviewer: I see. Mrs. B: On occasions when they was coming through here on excursions they'd have about, oh about eight to ten coaches on it. Mr.B: Well, they had observation coaches. Mrs. B: Yeah. Mr.B: They'd stop right up here on the hill and look down the river toward And they'd stop right up here on this hil±. Spruce Pine. Mrs. B: Every time, Mr. Black was the president at the time, and every time he came through here he had the train stop. Mr. B: Had them stop up there. Mrs. B: Because it's such a beautiful view down the valley. Ina-viewer: I bet that was beautiful! Mrs. B: I wish it ran today! I wish it ran today! �8 Mr. B: I believe that old, I believe that old depot is in Boone yet. They're using it for something. They're using it for something or another. Mrs. B: Now, I went to Boone after we were married. go back and forth. I went to Boone and I'd I'd stay over there and room over there. Then, I'd come back on Tweetsie and get off up here on the hill, up back over here it was the time so, I'd travel back and forth on Tweetsie and I'd go to sunnner school. I'd take six weeks at a time and I'd come home every weekend, but I'd have to ride Tweetsie. Interviewer: How much did it cost to ride on the train back and forth or one way or whatever? Mrs. B: Very little. Mr. B: It wasn't but less than a dollar to go to Boone. Mrs. B: I think it was less than a dollar, maybe around a dollar each way. Interviewer: How, did it stop in Boone or like what was, how far down that way did it go to Marion? Mr. & Mrs. B: No, it went into Minneapolis. Interviewer: Just into Minneapolis, I see. Mrs. B: Do you know where Francis' Beauty Shop is, that building that was just burned down here? InB:'viewer: Yeah. Mrs. B: Well right over in the bottom, across from that was the depot. My uncle ran the depot, the man that owned this house. Interviewer: I see. Mrs. B: So he was the depot agent. Inerviewer: And then it just went around to Boone and then . . . �9 Mrs. B: . . . stopped here. Mrs. B: That's all the farther it went. Mrs. B: It went up to Newland and it would go into Pineola and stopped at Minneapolis, stopped all along the way, stopped at Stony Elk Park, stopped at Cranberry, stopped at Minneapolis, stopped at Newland and then it went down into Pineola and then came back and went around to Linville and then into Boone. That's the way it had to run. Mr. B: It's four miles into Pineola. Mrs. B: Yeah. Mr. B: The railroad was first built to haul timber out of this country and it was built to Cranberry to haul iron ore down to Johnson City. Mrs B: The iron ore mine is at Cranberry. Mr.B: They still run the iron ore mine. In~viewer: They still run the iron ore mine? Mr. B: It's still running over here at Cranberry. Mrs. B: It was the main way of transportation in that day. Everybody that wanted to travel, the roads were very poor and crooked and there were not very many hard serviced roads. could go to Johnson City and shop. We would ride the train and we Oh, I guess we'd leave her along about 9:00 and go to Johnson City, then come back and get off the train. But you know, back in those days, it was an attraction for people because everybody would go to a train stop. they gather at the post offices today. Why people were there like They'd gather when the train stopped. Mr. B: They'd gather to see who got off and who got on. Interviewer: That's really something. Mrs. B: They'd stop anywhere and pick up. If I was along the road down here, and flagged them dewn, they'd stop and pick me up. �10 Mr. B: And another thing they done away with is the Star Route post offices. Now they've got them on rural routes. I'd say they've cut out all over the United States, two-thirds of the rural post offices. Interviewer: Really. Mr. B: We get ours still at Minneapolis. Interviewer: Minneapolis? Mrs. B: But there is a route that runs through here. Mr. B: But now they cut out Frank down here. Where do you pick up your mail now? Roaring Creek. Do they still . . They cut out Valley up on They cut out Powder Hill post office and they still have a post office in Plumtree. They cut out the one at Ingalls. They cut out the one at Three Miles. Interviewer: Why, what is it? Did they just want one place where everybody comes to get their mail? Mr. B: Rural routes go out from Elk Park and three or four of them go out to Newland. Mrs. B: The one that goes out from Elk Park, that's about an eighty mile route. This man goes way back into Beech Mountain and then comes back to Elk Park. Interviewer: Does he do all this in one day? Mrs. B: In one day. Mr. B: Oh yeah. Interviewer: Boy! Mrs. B: It's a hard job. Mr. B: And people would gather at the post off ice like they would at the depot to get their mail when the mail comes in. Interviewer: Really. Well, you know those fellows over at the Inn? haven't heard from that woman. You know, I I wrote her a letter and I was wondering like when the Inn was built, the Appalachian Inn down here. �11 Mrs. B: Well, I guess that would be. very easy because that's a very famous eating place today down here and get ahold of Bernice or . . . Interviewer: I tried to write her but I'm not really sure, maybe I can get her by phone. Mr. B: The Appalachian Inn, I boarded that a year before I was married . I was teaching there, six months school. The girls that run that came to school with me. Mrs. B: We started our teaching career in Minneapolis, together. I taught two years. Mr. B: I taught the year, three teachers school year then, and I taught the year before and then I got married and I had a vacancy and I put my wife in it, of course. She taught then until she went to Elk Park. You taught three years here before you went to Elk Park, didn't you? Interviewer: Was this sort of like an apartment sort of thing. ¥ou know, like when you stayed at the Inn? Mrs. B: It was just like it is now except it's just been remodeled. Interviewer: I see, so they have like a cottage or that sort of thing? Mr. B: The one that they feed the big dinners in is the same old building. I guess it's . . . Mrs. B: It would be interesting to talk to Bernice or Hope, one, and let them tell you the early history of that because it's very interesting . Mr . B: History of the Appalachian Inn . Mrs. B: Even before we came to Minneapolis. Interviewer: Well maybe before we leave today we can swing by and just go visit them, Now we've been here 55 years. maybe go talk to them about it. Mrs B: I bet you could. They'd be glad to see you. Interviewer: That'd be great! That's real interesting. stayed there. I didn't know that you How about some of the churches in this area? know like if there was only one church at one time? Do you Which ones were �12 the original churches? Mr. B: Well the original churches in this were. Mrs. B: Not Minneapolis she's talking about. Mr. B: The Baptist. Mrs. B: And the Methodist. Mr. B: And the Methodist. Mrs. B: And later the Chrustian church. lt was the Baptist church. This new Christian church was built in Minneapolis. Mr. B: That's where we belong. We belong to the Christian church. Mrs. B: 1932. Interviewer: I see. Mrs. B: It was built in 1932. Mr.B: Well now, well, recollect there were two buildings before we built that It was a beautiful church too. big rock building down there. Interviewer: I see. The Minneapolis school now, do they teach first through eighth grade? Mr. B: Yeah, first through eighth grade now. Mrs. B: Not to begin with. When we came to Minneapolis, there were three teachers with a three room building, and he was ~he principal. Mr. B: Three rooms, three school rooms. Mrs. B: And when we were married we taught school down here, I guess two or three years, and then we transferred to Elk Park. a three-room school. Mr.B: It had three teachers. But anyway, it was A Mrs. Boners had a Well up on Little Horse Creek there, remember Shelby? that's the doctor over in Pineola now, there. Dr. Shelby Vance, he had a little school house up He taught first grade through anybody that through the eighth to anybody that would come. �13 Mrs. B: Really through the sixth grade back then. Course, we just had the first sixth grades when we first came here. Interviewer: Did you have trouble getting people to come to school? Mr. & Mrs. B: No. Mr. B: The first school I ever went to was over just above Bakersville at Not too much. White Oak and it was a log school house and it had split logs with holes bored through them and legs put in them and I remember to get up in one, that was in 19 and, oh, 1898, I had to put my knee up and pull myself up and then sit there with my legs hanging down like that. Interviewer: How about now? Like how many students would you say attend the school down in Minneapolis? M s. B: r They had as much as 300. I didn't know if they had three hundred this last year or not, but it's developing. Until now, when we taught down here it was about an eight·· teacher school. M r.B: Well now. Mrs. B: I mean in late years, not at the Mr. B: Yeah. fir~t. Well when I went to Riverside and consolidated these six different schools down here the hundred and thirty~six highest~~~~~~~~~four students one tim a Mrs. B: And you had ten teachers too. Mr.B: I had thirteen. Mrs. B: Did you? Mr. B: I had thirteen. M s. B: r So you see the school's really made a rapid growth of progress in these years. Mr. B: And a heap of the, a heap of the students or the teachers had been to Berea College. �14 Interviewer: I see. Mr.B: Berea, Kentucky. Mrs. B: But you know most of the teachers we had at Riverside come from Boone, graduated at Boone. Mr.B: Yeah, they graduated at Boone. Appalachian. Appalachian has, and you know that. Xt's been a wonder, I'm going to tell you this. It got to the point where so many Florida teachers would come up there and register up for one subject and room in the dormitory and spend the sunnner up there at Boone in the girl's dormitory, especially girls. Mrs. B: Because it was a vacation for them. Mr.B: And they would come up there and spend the sunnner. Mrs. B: They would rent but one or two courses and then they got the requirement to take three courses. Mr. B: And besides that they got their board cheap. .Mrs. B: Back then it was, well it was a nice vacation for them • Mr. B: Then they got, they, they, well, it was along in the forties they got to changing them. They had to carry a full load. Mrs. B: Three subjects. Interviewer: I see. Mr. B: They had to carry at least three subjects. Mrs. B: I had a lot of classmates from Florida when I was up there. Mr . B: Yeah, well, you see why they would. Inerviewer: I can see definitely why they would. Mr. B: A lot of teachers came up there. They was making a regular summer resort out of the summer school. Interviewer: Boy, that's really something! Mrs. B: Now, how many do you have over there now? �15 I~terviewer: How many at Appalachian? Mrs. B: At least a thousand during regular time? Interviewer: I think it's probably over ten thousand, I guess twenty. Mr. B: I think it's something over ten thousand. Interviewer: I'm not really sure. Mr.B: I see where they're doing a lot more building over there now. Interviewer : Yeah • they're building two new dormitories over there and they're , increasing the library; they're adding on to that. Mrs. B: Well, last year, when we went to the reunion over there, I don't know how many -- how many were there? Mr.B: That whole building full! Well, one thing, in place of doing my practice teaching, I'd already had practice teaching at, have had at Berea College, but Howell was principal of the elementary school which was connected with the college as well as the high school over there. And the last three months, in the spring term, Mr. Howell wanted to go and get, go to George Peabody in Nashville, Tennessee, which is a university, a big university in Nashville, and he put me in as the head teacher and principal of the elementary school for the last spring term. And I had about sixteen practice teachers under me. Mrs. B: Tell her about the night you had to spend the night there on account of the snow to take care of the children . Mr .B: Well, it was along in the last of February . It begin to snowing all that morning and just kept pouring and pouring the snow and pouring the snow and the snow got eight and ten inches deep. And the elementary building there, I, we had to send to get blankets and quilts from different places and several of the children slept on the floor . Because it was too rough to go outside and go home? �16 1-tr. B: You couldn't , the buses couldn 't run. Mrs . B: Snow was too deep. Interviewer: Boy! Mrs. B: Snow was too deep. Ini:!rviewer: And a lot of those kids probably come from way up in the country. Mr.B : Some of them would come from, brought them in from eight or ten miles, maybe twelve, over towards Deep Gap, you know where Deep Gap is? Interviewer: Oh, yeah . Mrs. B: That was 1936. Mr. B: Yeah, nineteen, the spring of 1936. InB:'viewer: That is long ways away . Mr . B: And not only that, I came over from Justice, Justice Hall there, and I couldn't come the road and I just come down the steep bank . Mrs. B: It's not Justice Hall now . ? 1r. B: And we came around by where the country home is for the old folks. It 's that new dormitory . This never, 105 hadn't been built, the railroad went 105, that's the way you came over here now, we came around by Valdese and up by Banner Elk. Mrs . . B: Tell them about that because that had dead bodies. Mr. B: And we came around right below the old folks ' home there and the hearse was stole there and had been stole there ever since 10:00 in the night . And it ·had a dead body in it ! Interviewer: Oh Lord! Mr. B: And they had convicts shoveling snow and we came to Valley Mountain. I left early that morning and I never got in home here until 2 :00 the next morning, but when I got to the top of the Howard's Mountain above Banner Elk there, why Avery County had it all cleared off but there was �17 certain places, the snow was twenty feet deep. Interviewer: Boy! Mr.B: You couldn't tell where the road was! Mrs. B: Drifts! Mr.B: It snowed for three days! Interviewer: What happens when people like get really snowed in and they live pretty far out in the county? Does anybody go check on them or anything, make sure they have stuff they need? Mr. B: Just a few years ago, they had over here in Ashe county, they had so much snow they had to drop food for the cattle, hay for the cattle and they dropped food to different homes. Mr s . B: But now, I'll tell you, · most of the people, they'll already have a supply of food . You know, they all can and they all freeze food and they're well protected in that way because . Mr.B: Mountain people always canned a lot and they dried a lot of food, too. Mrs. B: We do that still, we do that still, here. Really, nobody suffered. It was about '60 I believe when they had that awful snowstorm through, especially around Ashe County, around Boone. Boone gets a whole lot more snow than we do here but they have ways. Mr.B: If it snows anywhere, it snows in Boone. Interviewer: Yeah. M~ B: Mrs. B: That's what they always said. We have an awful efficient rescue squad now. When they get hurt up on Beech Mountain or get snowed in, this rescue squad cars, they just go get them and bring them to the hospital or whatever. Mr. B: I believe it 's three or four years ago, 's airplane fell into some trees up there. They rescued the two fellows in the airplane. �18 Interviewer: Well that's good; I'm glad they're alright. Mr. B: On Beech Mountain. Interviewer: What did you think about them putting the new highway through here? Are you glad to see that happen or did you like it the way it was before? I have a lot of mixed feelings about the highway they put in Boone, but I was just wondering like how the people responded to that. Through here? Now at first they opposed it very much, a lot of them. A lot of em say today right through here now, and we're one of. we're some of them, that if it were to do over we wouldn't be for this highway because it 's caused us alot of anxiety, a lot of hard work, that would of . . . they could of straightened it out and everybody says it up this valley ?nd out. Mr. B: They didn't have to take my rock pillars down there. Interviewer: No they didn't. They took your rock pillars down when they built the highway? . Mrs. B: Mr. B: Yes . They took, when they built the new highway, they took the rock pillars and my wrought iron gates . The rock pillars were 9 feet high with the gates built in them. Interviewer: And did they do that to a lot of people's yards or whatever? Mrs. B: Yes they did. If the highway did the . . . mislocate lots of people, their way of life. I nterviewer: Well did you have any choice as to whether or did you actually sell part of that footage that they took away there? Mrs. B: Yeah. They allow you so much. to do over, I wouldn't sign . They didn't give us enough. If it were �19 Mr . B: Where the road is down here, the owner had about half an acre of bottom land right there . And I sold the bottom land I had, all the rest is mountain land . Mrs . B: Well I ' d like to say this too . For the amount they paid us for the damage, I ' d rather it be back like it was because we would still have our rock pillars and wouldn ' t have to have gone through all this anxiety . They didn ' t pay enough for it . I wouldn't have the rock pillars torn out for the amount they paid for the road . 'Cause I ' m glad it ' s over now , and I ' m glad that we ' ve got the good road, but a lot of people were displeased with it. But I think now after it ' s kinda getting finished up , they feel a little differently about it . They do a lot of destruction . Mr . B: You see , they took all this hill off behind me right here to make that 50 foot field that comes do~m there . Still it ' s a steep road . Interviewer: Well, what do you think the reason for doing that? Mr . B: Well they wanted to make the road straighter . Mrs. B: And a better grade . Mr . B: And a better grade and widen it out. Mrs. B: There would have been . . . if they ' d gone up the valley and missed us and missed a lot of things and said Mr . B: Howard~~~~~~~~~~~over ~~~~~~~~~~ They were coming up here into my hard and we got a new survey on it and they went down 3 0 feet . Mrs . B: They would ' ve ruined us . Mr . B: Our house would be sitting up here on a bank . Interviewer : Well did they come to you and talk to you about all this and get you . here �20 Mrs . B: No, they surveyed it first . Mr. B: No, they surveyed it first and then we brought the - - --- and got in here and surveyed it . . Mrs . B: Yeah, I came home..: fi:onC Elor.ida :: and . Mr . B: Pegs were out here in the yard. Mrs . B: to throw the things away, and Mama come home ---------~ she ' ll have a heart attack, come up through her yard, so they threw the pegs away in the morning and we came home. And the man hauling us knew him, got this man to bring three of the surveyors there, because we just told them we could not accept a survey coming through our yard. So this man came down and he said, " I ' m glad you weren ' t here when I put pegs in your yard . " put pegs in my yard?" And I said, "You I said, "ThE;r'r.e not here now!" And I didn ' t throw them away either . we could put them back . " (Laughter) And he said , "Well you know I said, "You aren ' t putting them back, you're not putting them back 'cause you ' re not coming through our yard . " They was going to take a ll my shrubberies through here . So we got a new survey and they went down the hill . They don ' t consider your feelings, they don ' t consider anything when they ' re surveying , especially surveyors. Interviewer: Well, they're just doing their job.. Mrs . B: Trying to do their job . Interviewer : And they, they ' re probably just really immune to the nature of what That ' s what they say . it is they ' re doing probably. Mrs . B: They don ' t hav~much feeling . But anyway the road is here and I ' m glad it ' s here . Interviewer : Well did anybody around here try to stop it coming through at all or get any kind of . . . �21 Mrs . B: Oh yes ! Oh yes ! Some Qoman in Cranberry said she ' d go to jail before they took any of her yard . Mr . B: They didn ' t widen it out in Cranberry except . . . they didn ' t take any out . . . well they did, two houses were moved back . torn down that is right on the road. One was That one that Earl Greene lived in. Mrs . B: Well, I think most of them that are . . . well 'course there ' s the case of have to. You just had to accept it . law , you wouldn't win. If you went into They ' d win, the state would win . We couldn ' t Francis said they didn't pay us a third of what we should have . ' Cause I'd rather have it back, than what little money they paid us and we had to, of course, take out the money they paid us and put the rock pillars back and that cost us 1000 dollars . Mr . B: I have $1,000 to have the iron gates put back and the pillars built- in other words-just the work. Mrs . B: Well really - - - - , I think sometimes these things will come through . We ' ve called it progress, sometimes I think it ' s destruction and I'll make that statement anywhere . Mr . B: Well, they couldn ' t . ·. . now you take . . . they won't build a county road here, and we need a lot of county roads, like the one going up the river from here up to Newland. there now. It's only 5 miles up through But they want a 60 foot right of way ! now it don't matter where it is, they want 60 feet . need 60 feet . road 14 feet Mrs. B: For any state road Well they don ' t All they need is 30 feet. Because they only build a -----------------~ Well in connection with this road business, I ' d like to say that they claim they want to keep the ecology like it is and the beauty and to me they destroy so many beautiful trees that've been growing �22 50 to 100 years. You can ' t replace a tree in a short length of time . And that ' s the objection I have to new roads. They destroy so much beautiful surroundings. Mr . B: We go down through Georgia, we keep trying to find us a shade tree we can pull out under . And they're just little. Mrs . B : Well now we ' re not talking about Georgia . Mr . B: Well I know, but I say that ' s it, they ' ve cut all the trees away from the road. Interviewer: From around here . Mr . B: And that's what they want to do when they build a little county road now . Interviewer : Well I was really amazed when I came here a few weeks ago for the first time and saw what they had done to the road. Mrs.B: I wish you could ' ve seen this before, when we first came here it was terrible all the beautiful trees were down and Mr. B: For two years the dust came right upon my porch and we had to sweep it up in a dust pan and take . . Interviewer: While they were working on the road? Mr . B: While they were working on the road, yeah . Mrs. B: We didn't get to sit on the porch anytime. Mr . B: I had to redo my porch everywhere . Mrs. B: Had to take a hoe and scrape it . it . Just sprayed it before we painted If it were not for destroying so many beautiful trees and things .a nd stuff like that, a new road wouldn ' t be too bad . Interviewer : Well since this new road has been built and everything has this increased like the traffic? Mrs . B: Yes . They fly up and down this straight part through there . mortally fly . They just �23 Mr. B: We have to be careful going out, because they really come off that hill a flyin now. Mrs . B: I think it ' s created a lot of danger traps; the straight roads. Mr. B: You know, it's on the straight roads that people get killed more . Mrs. B: Some woman said to me not long ago she said I went over here you just come right down the mountain . Shooo! Into Minneapolis. Said a few years ago said it was so pretty and widening and said, and the beautiful trees, said it just ruined the looks of Minneapolis she said . Interviewer : (Laughter) Going into Minneapolis. I didn ' t even know I was in Minneapolis when I came here the other day; all of a sudden I was just there ' cause it just really, and trees would hang over the road. Mrs . B: Oh! So and in the fall especially, it was so pretty down through here, so many pretty maples. I did save my red bud tree. I wrote a poem to put on it and the highway men left it. Mr . B: It was 6 inches on their right of way, but they left it. Interviewer: You said something about a poem? Mrs. B: Yeah, I did . Interviewer: What did you write a poem about? Mrs . B: About the tree! Let me tell you about it. a couple had given us down at Charlotte . It was a beautiful blooming red bud. I had this red bud that It was about 12 feet tall . So I said to Wallace, I said, you know, I hate to see that highway take my red bud tree. I'm going to write a little poem and tie a red ribbon around it, around that tree and see if they'll save that tree. what I wrote . I said: So this is �24 I'm just a blooming red bud tree. Will you please leave me so the people who travel this highway, . . . I'm not getting that right. Wait just a minute, you ' ll have to rewrite this : I'm just a blooming redbud Will you please leave me For the people who travel this highway To enjoy and see the weeping redbud . And do you know, a day or two later or about a week later, this man c ame up and said, Mrs. Buchanan, we're going to leave your redbud tree . Mr. B: She put a red ribbon around it . Mrs . B: I put a red ribbon around that redbud tree and they didn ' t take that tree . Mr . B: They left the maple too . Hrs . B: I tied this red ribbon around this maple and saved the maple, it's the only trees . Interviewer : Well maybe somebody should ' ve , tied red ribbons around all those trees out there. Mrs. B: A lot of trees , yes. Interviewer : Well that ' s really beautiful , that ' s really beautiful . Mr . B: That scene right there is over at the picnic ground at Linville They wouldn ' t have taken alot . Falls, looking up the river . Mrs. B: It ' s a fall scene. You said, well now, they said it ' s, that's on the right a way just a little bit, they may not leave it . try it. Well I said I ' m going to I ' m going to make me up a little poem and sign it the W eeping Redbud, you know . Interviewer: Really? I don ' t know i f you ' re going to be willing to do this or not , but I was hoping to get this in while I was here talking to you . �2 s I was wondering if you wo ul d be interested in playing your organ for us on the tape . Mrs . B: Yes, I will. Interviewer : Well great ! Mrs . B: What do you want me to play? Interviewer : Just your favorite thing, whatever it is you like to play best . Mr . B: Did she tell you about this organ? Interviewer: Last time I was here you know, you can tell me some more about it. Mr. B: I ' d love for you to , if you would . You had bought this organ . It was orginally in a Presbyterian church . I picked it up at a second-hand store for $15 . Mrs. B: I'm going to play Marvin ' s favorite song when you and I were young . Mr . B: And we brought it down to the Christian church and Nell used it . She plays by (music begins) , she plays by shaped notes. (Music) Mrs. B: I don ' t think I can play it . Interviewer : Yeah, but that ' s okay, you can get warmed up. Mr . B: Play my favorite tune "Farther Along". You didn ' t tape that, did you? (Music ) Interviewer : Ohl That was real beautiful. Mrs . B: We might s.ing "Farther Along" . I really appreciate that . It ' s an old timey religious song. Would you like it? Interviewer : Sure, I ' <l love it if you would . Hr . B: Fellow came out from the University of North Carolina . He was gathering up ballads one way or another , and Nell , she used to sing a lot of ballads . Fact is, she went from Berea, they took her to Chicago one time to sing ballads . Interviewer: Boy ! �26 Mrs . B: Yeah, I made the trip. Mr. B: And he promised to send her one of the records of them . But he never did . Interviewer: Really? Mr. B: He was working on his Masters degree in the University of North Carolina . Interviewer: I'd be willing to send you this tape if you ' d like . Mr. B: I went to summer school in University of North Carolina in 192 7. Then I . . . first went in 1922 . Interviewer : Boy, you ' ve been to all kinds of places. Mr. B: I went to Columbia University in 1939. Mrs. B: I Summer school in that . could write a whole history about my life . I ' ve been . . . He never did tell you about when we got married . Interviewer : No, you didn ' t. Mrs . B: Let me tell you about it. Interviewer : Okay . Mrs. B: When I was living at Crossnore with my father and mother, and I had taught school for a couple of years and so I thought I had got a little bit of money saved up, decided I ' d get married. Well the a morning I got up it was/real rainy day on the third of July . So I decided I ' d better tell my mother , she didn't know I was going to get married . So I went upstairs and I said to my mother, I said, well I guess I ' d better take a bath and get ready to go. Well she said, where you going this morning, Nell? going to get married . And she $tarted to cry . I said, I ' m And my little baby sister was ten years old and she went downstairs and she said , Pa ! Says, Nell going go to get married this morning. she ' ll be picking her a bargain too . And said, Yeah, But anyway, a little while �27 Wallace came for me . He had a real roadster car. So I went to this old Dr . Tovitt, they called him, and got my health certificate and we were married in the Baptist church in Newland. Bridges married us . A Baptist minister. And a Rev . Well we came on and so I went on down to his mother ' s and father's and I stopped and I hanged from the dress I was married in to a dress that I could travel in. So we were going on down toward, over toward Asheville, and you know we heard this awful racket under the car . So he got out and stopped the car and there was all this barb wire that was wound around the wheel and he had to get out, now we're on our honeymoon mind you, and he had to get out of the car and take that off. Well we went on in to Asheville . We stayed, I don ' t know what hotel it was, but we stayed in a hotel that night. Next morning we ' re going to the top of Mt. Mitchell, but back in those days the roads were not very good . top of Mt. Mitchell. I mean it was just a graveled road to the So I said, well I have an uncle and an aunt living ? over at Canyon, says we can't go on to Mt . Mitchell, let's go over to see Aunt ~~~~~~and Uncle Walter . Well, while we were over there visiting with them, he said, you know we ' ve got that old house back in Minneapolis and we want to sell it to you. already planned to live down around Plumtree . But Wallace had But anyway Uncle Walter said I want to sell you that house . · He ;was in the timber business . of the car. So anyway we started home and a ball bearing burnt out And we went back home and my Uncle Walter and Wallace came back to Asheville and got the bearing fixed . and got the car started on the second time. And came back Well the ball bearing went out and he said I ' ll just go back and we ' ll trade with Uncle �28 Walter . So he gave us $600 for the old car . first payment on this house . And that was the Well Uncle Walter brought us to Asheville North Carolina, and we caught a taxi and now imagine what a taxi would cost, I don ' t know what it cost . Well anyway we caught a taxi . Mr . B: It didn't cost much that time. Mrs . B: Into Spruce Pine . Mr . B: And it wasn ' t a tar road anywhere . Mrs . B: And so we came on and when we got to Spruce Pine, ·' course . . . Mr . B: Well tell them about getting sick now. Mrs . B: Oh yeah. Coming across Bull's Gap the taxi driver had to stop ' cause I got sick . The ruts were about 6 inches deep . The car just went back and forth and back and forth . Mr. B : Even with chains on . Mrs . B: And I got sick and so I had to go on to vomit on my honeymoon, now mind you . Coming on home, well I got home to his home. We stopped. His mother was a midwife . Mr . B: We got to Spruce Pine and had to hire anoLher taxi. Mrs . B: Well I did . I told her that . And anyway we came on home and got to his house down at Spear, North Carolina , and his mother was gone delivering a baby somewhere . breakfast. Well the next morning I had to get up and get And of course I was embarassed being a new bride, I was just embarassed to get breakfast for his dad and well I guess that was all that was there. So we lived there for a few days then in the meanwhile we bought this place, of course, and we moved here in August 1, 1924. So we have lived here for SS years. 0£ course we improved the house . Mr. B: We ' ve rebuilt it 2 or 3 times . This same place. �29 Mrs . B: The house was really a mess when we came here because just squatters had lived here you know . But it's been a very delightful place to live and we have enjoyed 55 years of married life here . We think it ' s beauti ful and we love to live here . Enjoy having our friends come and see us. Let ' s sing them "Farther Along". Wallace, can you . . . sing the lead, now don ' t sing bass . Mr. B: You want me to sing the lead or the bass? Mrs . B: Well can you sing the bass with it? Mr . B: Yes, I can sing the bass. Mrs. B: Do you know the words? Mr . & Mrs. B: (Singing "Farther Along") ltrs. · B : I made some mistakes in that . Mr . B: Yeah, I did too . Interviewer: That was so nice, it really was . Mrs. B: We sang it at one of our church meetings . Interviewer: You must sing a lot . Mrs . B: Yeah . Interviewer : Well that's a real nice song to sing. Mrs . B: Well anything else now you want . . . Interviewer : Well now wait . Mrs . B: That he does, he does, but he don't. Mr . B: I haven ' t got it tuned up now . Do you? I'll tell you . . Is that one of the songs you sing? That's one we sing a lot. my life. That ' s a beautiful song . Sang it down at Saint Augustine too. I . . . does somebody play the banjo here? I made three banjos, homemade in It ' s down in Florida though . bterviewer: That ' s a real nice one . Mr. B : It's just not tuned up now . Mrs . B: You'll have to redo a lot of that because we made so many mistakes . Mr. B: Way back , back in my teens, I 'd take the banjo and I had one of these I ' ve almost lost the art of tuning it. frames, it's down in Florida, that you put a mouth organ in, and I'd �30 pick the banjo and play the mouth organ . And my dad had a drum that nis dad brought back from the Civil War and I beat that drum with my foot and I ' d make the music for country dances . Play "S ourwood Mountain" and different dance tunes like that (Sings) . . . . chickens is a crowing in Sourwood Mountain. Hey !Ho '! A diddle le a day ! My pretty girl lives up in the hollars . won ' t call her . She won ' t come and I Hey ! Hoop ! A diddle le a day ! (Laughter) Interviewer: That ' s really neat . Mr . B : Not anymore . Mrs . B: They have in the high schools, clogging . Mr . B : Just in the high school , clogging . Did people have dances around here a lot? But we used to have a dance at least once a month; country dance somewhere or other . Interviewer : Where did they usually have it? Mr. B : People's houses. Mrs . B: In the olden days they did . Mr. B: Just before Nell and I was married, we took her up to Dave Vances At people ' s homes? and we had, they took. Mrs . B: Played the old Virginia reel; what they called it. Mr . B: The old Virginia reel and square dancing. Mrs. B: Course they have the more modern dances now; you know . This Avery clog team and the square dance team-they ' re right famous . Mr . B: I do a lot of work like this. Interviewer : Oh that ' s nice. Mr . B : That's chestnut . Int el!viewe r : Yeah. Mr . B: Wormy chestnut . Make things like that . What kind of wood is this? Chestnut is a thing of the past now . The wormy chestnut, I see that . . �31 p~etty. Interviewer: That ' s real Mr . B: It ' s all made out . . . I ' ve got one in my bedroom there, it ' s all made out of one plank. there . I made it in my. . in Justice Hall over When I was over there in 1935 and 36 . Interviewer : Oh! Mrs . B: Yes, he has a workshop . Mr . B: Yeah , I have . Mrs. B: He made Francis Interviewer : Do you· have any other children besides Francis? Mr . B: I got, I got credit for 3 or 4 things that I · made · on art . Mrs.B : Show you these pictures here of the girls . ~~~~~~~~ down at Daniel Christian Church . grandaughter . That's a picture made That ' s Rickyl_ our oldest You see that? Interviewer: Yes mam . Mrs . B: I bet you saw that the other day . (Tape temporarily cuts off ) Mr . B: capital of the world do you? Interviewer : Uh huh, I sure do . Hr . B: I ' d say three- fourths of the people in this county are raising shrubbery that ' s shipped all over the United States . And it ' ll continue to be in the place of raising crops to eat . They ' re going to raise shrubbery and buy their, buy their. . . what they eat . Interviewer: Uh huh . Mr . B: I used to raise ooxwoods here . I guess I sold altogether during my lifetime, at least ten thousand dollars worth of boxwoods . Interviewer: Wow ! �32 Mr. B: That's these boxwoods growing right out : here, that's where he's making his living now. He sold a big lot out, right around here the other day. Mrs. B: She asked a question what you thought this would be a urban or a (phone rings) Mr . B: It'd be a urban. The whole county will be. won't increase too much. They want to get out. The town of Newland People don't want to live in town anymore. That's the general conception of a new life going on, is to get out in the country. Interviewer: Do you think that's a good thing? Mr . B: And that's really, yes, it's good. Interviewer: Do you think these people that are moving into the area that come from cities, do you think they're going to bring a lot of the really bad things about the city with them and do the same thing all over again? Mrs . B: Yes. Indeed they are. But we've already shown that they've brought into our county a lot of things that our people didn't know about. they've brought a lot of good things, but on _the o~her . hand, been a lot of wickedness and a lot of evil that's come Now there's into our country. We wouldn't of had . . . Mr . B: Well like up here on Beech Hountain, they brought in what we used to call blind tigers where they sell whiskey. You go into blind place and get whiskey or get it by the drink or get it by the bottle. Mrs. B: And on the whole I believe that probably it's not for the betterment of the county. As I say, there are a lot of good things about it, but it's brought, it's made a different way of life. have changed . I doubt if they ~ re for the good. A lot of things �33 Interviewer : Well. Mrs . B: I mean, that ' s my opinion . I ' d~~- onl¥ my opinion . opinion of a lot of people, you can discuss with people. I was talking to J . D. Ellis over here at . Interviewer : Okay. END OF TAPE For the I know � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Appalachian Oral History Project Interviews Description An account of the resource In 1973, representatives from Appalachian State University (ASU) began the process of collecting interviews from Watauga, Avery, Ashe, and Caldwell county citizens to learn about their respective lives and gather stories. From the outset of the project, the interviewers knew that they were reaching out to the “last generation of Appalachian residents to reach maturity before the advent of radio, the last generation to maintain an oral tradition.” The goal was to create a wealth of data for historians, folklorists, musicians, sociologists, and anthropologists interested in the Appalachian Region. The project was known as the “Appalachian Oral History Project” (AOHP), and developed in a consortium with Alice Lloyd College and Lees Junior College (now Hazard County Community College) both in Kentucky, Emory and Henry College in Virginia, and ASU. Predominately funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities, the four schools by 1977 had amassed approximately 3,000 interviews. Each institution had its own director and staff. Most of the interviewers were students. Outgrowths of the project included the Mountain Memories newsletter that shared the stories collected, an advisory council, a Union Catalog, photographs collected, transcripts on microfilm, and the book Our Appalachia. Out of the 3,000 interviews between the three schools, only 663 transcripts were selected to be microfilmed. In 1978, two reels of microfilm were made available with 96 transcripts contributed by ASU. An annotated index referred to as The Appalachian Oral History Project Union Catalog was created to accompany the microfilm. The catalog is broken down into five sections starting with a subject topic index such as Civilian Conservation Corps, Coal Camps, Churches, etc. The next four sections introduced the interviewees by respective school. There was an attempt to include basic biographic information such as date of birth, location, interviewer name, length of interview, and subjects discussed. However, this information was not always consistent per school. This online project features clips from the interviews, complete transcripts, and photographs. The quality and consistency of the interviews vary due to the fact that they were done largely by students. Most of the photos are missing dates and identifying information. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collection 111. Appalachian Oral History Project Records, 1965-1989 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1965-1989 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Buchanan, Wallace Buchanan, Nell Interview Date 2/10/1976 Number of pages 33 pages Date digitized 9/23/2014 File size 16.1MB Checksum alphanumeric code cb5c8e77c4a8ab85b01168888696e91a Scanned by Tony Grady Equipment Epson Expression 10000 XL Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright for the interviews on the Appalachian State University Oral History Collection site is held by Appalachian State University. The interviews are available for free personal; non-commercial; and educational use; provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Appalachian State Collection 111. Appalachian Oral History Project Records; 1965-1989; W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection; Special Collections; Appalachian State University; Boone; NC). Any commercial use of the materials; without the written permission of the Appalachian State University; is strictly prohibited. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived AC.111 Appalachian Oral History Project Records; 1965 - 1989 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 111_tape479_Wallace&NellBuchanan_transcript_M Title A name given to the resource Interview with Wallace & Nell Buchanan [January 10, 1976] Language A language of the resource English English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Buchanan, Wallace Buchanan, Nell Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Appalachian Oral History Project Interviews, 1965-1989" href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/195" target="_blank">Appalachian Oral History Project Interviews, 1965-1989</a> Subject The topic of the resource Mountain life--Appalachian Region, Southern Appalachian Training School for Teachers (N.C.) Teachers--North Carolina--Interviews Appalachians (People)--North Carolina--Watauga County Appalachians (People)--North Carolina--Mitchell County Appalachians (People)--Kentucky--Berea Buchanan, Wallace Buchanan, Nell Description An account of the resource Wallace Buchanan, born in 1892 and a resident of Minneapolis, North Carolina has been a teacher for most of his life. He talks about his early education at Berea College, his time in the air force, and his time at Appalachian Training School. It was located exactly where Appalachian State University stands today, only smaller and exclusively for training teachers. He had many jobs, namely as a history teacher at Riverside School. 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Title A name given to the resource Andrew Jackson Greene Collection Description An account of the resource The Andrew Jackson Greene Collection consists of more than 160 diaries written by Greene who describes Watauga County's education system, including Appalachian State Teachers College, cultural and religious life, and agriculture from 1906 to 1942. Biographical Note. Andrew Jackson Greene (March 2, 1883-August 12, 1942) was a life-long resident of Watauga County, North Carolina and instructor in several Watauga schools including Appalachian State Teachers College (A.S.T.C). Greene worked as a farmer, public school teacher, and college professor. Greene was an enthusiastic diarist maintaining regular entries from 1906 to the day before his death. He also recorded A.S.T.C. faculty meetings from January 9, 1915 to May 3, 1940. He married Polly Warren, and they had three children, Ralph, Maxie, and Lester. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Greene, Andrew Jackson, 1883-1942 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/190">AC.105: Andrew Jackson Greene Collection</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1906-1942 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No Copyright - United States</a> Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 68 [August 6, 1928 - November 10, 1928] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942" href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/190" target="_blank">Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1928 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 79.4 MB 102 pages Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 105_068_1928_0806_1928_1110 Description An account of the resource Andrew Jackson Greene kept this diary from August 6th through November 10th, during the year of 1928. Each day, Greene recorded entries about the weather, community events, friends and family visits. He also included entries devoted to Appalachian Training School, he even names some of the buildings still found on the Appalachian State University campus today such as Justice Hall and White Hall. Subject The topic of the resource Watauga County (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century Baptists--Clergy--North Carolina--Watauga County Greene, Andrew Jackson, 1883-1942 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Greene, Andrew Jackson, 1883-1942 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No Copyright – United States</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Diaries Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title="Andrew Jackson "Greene collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/39" target="_blank"> Andrew Jackson Greene collection </a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Watauga County (N.C.) Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. <a title="https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html" href="https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html" target="_blank"> https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html</a> Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1920s Appalachian State Normal School Avery County Boone Bristol Caldwell County court Dr. W.A. Stanburym Raleigh NC Edwin Dougherty Elk Park faculty meeting Hardie Lyons J.H. Highsmith Justice Hall Leroy Martin Middle Fork Church Miss Mary Hale Miss Ruth Rankin Mitchell County N.C. President Dougherty Reverend P.A. Hicks Vilas W.H. Brown Watauga County N.C. 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Andrew Jackson Greene (March 2, 1883-August 12, 1942) was a life-long resident of Watauga County, North Carolina and instructor in several Watauga schools including Appalachian State Teachers College (A.S.T.C). Greene worked as a farmer, public school teacher, and college professor. Greene was an enthusiastic diarist maintaining regular entries from 1906 to the day before his death. He also recorded A.S.T.C. faculty meetings from January 9, 1915 to May 3, 1940. He married Polly Warren, and they had three children, Ralph, Maxie, and Lester. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Greene, Andrew Jackson, 1883-1942 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/190">AC.105: Andrew Jackson Greene Collection</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1906-1942 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No Copyright - United States</a> Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942" href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/190" target="_blank">Andrew Jackson Greene Collection, 1906-1942</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 41.7 MB 43 pages Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 105_138_1938_0818_1938_0904 Description An account of the resource This diary was recorded by Andrew Jackson Greene from August 18 through September 4, 1938. Inside this diary one will find personal reflections and records. Greene recorded the daily weather, and his many travels. He also wrote each day about what he had done, observed, and heard. Through these writings one can find information about the many different areas of Watauga County from Vilas to Boone, including many landmarks such as Appalachian State Teachers College, and Willowdale Baptist Church. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Greene, Andrew Jackson, 1883-1942 Title A name given to the resource Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 138 [August 18, 1938 - September 4, 1938] Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No Copyright – United States</a> Subject The topic of the resource Watauga County (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century Greene, Andrew Jackson, 1883-1942 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Diaries Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title="Andrew Jackson "Greene collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/39" target="_blank"> Andrew Jackson Greene collection </a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Watauga County (N.C.) Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. <a title="https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html" href="https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html" target="_blank"> https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html</a> Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1930s Albert Wilson Ann Wilson Appalachian State Teachers College Ashe County Attorney T.E. Bingham Avery County Banner Elk Bethel Blowing Rock Boone Boone High School Orchestra Brushy Fork Valley Caldwell County Conly Glenn Cove Creek High School Dorothy Wiseman Dr. G.P. Eggers Ed Hodge Farthing Reunion Forest Crisp G.P. Eggers H.R. Eggers Henry Brinkley J.P. Hughes Mitchell County N.C. Oak Grove Baptist Church Oscar Whittington Shelton Dugger Sunday School Sunny Knoll T.C. Baird Valle Crucis Vilas Vilas Service Station Watauga County N.C. Willowdale Baptist Church Yellow Mountain