1 50 3 https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/1fbd66f7d563f355b9b46038529a8345.pdf 8abd80a56901f7962cea6994bab58322 PDF Text Text Ti1is is an interview with Hrs. Jennie Horton of Boone, North Carolina, done for the Appalachian Oral History Project by Mabel L. Brooks. Mrs. Horton: My name is Jennie Horton. I'm sixty-seven years old. I'm retired. I used to cook, mostly I have always cooked. I worked pretty hard in my younger days. I worked in Monroe, 11ichigan seven, six years, I left there and worked in Pennsylvania up in the Pokenoles for four years. And when I worked up there, I was working with my son-in-law, and that work was a little too heavy for me so I quit and got a lighter job at a camp where they have young people come in on week-ends. And I stayed there six years . And then it was time for me to retire, so I came back home. This i s my home, Boone. I signed up for social security. Then I worked four years down here at the hospital, down here at Watauga, I got arthritis and that really threw me, so I haven't worked anywhere in three years. I have two children, a boy and a girl. My son is married and he lives here on 8 North Street. My daughter lives in Strausburg, Pennsylvania. Interviewer: Could you tell us about life during the depression and how you made a living? Mrs. Horton: My children were small then. I worked at a hotel. I didn't make very much, we didn't make very much in those days. We got b~, but it was close and very hard. I ah1ays had a garden. I had a pretty good little garden, and I would can different things that I could get, and what I could buy. Interviewer: What food was most scarce at the time? Like now we are having a beef shortage . What was in shortage during the depression? Mrs. Horton: Just about everything. I tell you, seems like I don't recall, any beef being in shortage, just meat. Just pork meat. Sugar, it was rationed also flour and coffee, and stuff like that, just about everything. You could only get a certain amount. Interviewer: Was it per week or per month or what? Mrs. Horton: Per week. And I sold, let me see what else . I believe thats all. Most of the food was rationed. They ~ allowed you to have so much a week. I don't remember about the beef, I guess it was too, but ... you had such a little money to buy things like that. If ~e could really do without it we would. Interviewer: My grandparents said they couldn't get much meat so they had to eat horse meat on the table. Mrs. Tiorton: Oh there wasn't anything like that here. Two, Three months ago, I heard some say they have been eating horse meat. And you know I said if it ever comes here t6 North Carolina especially here in Boone, I'll never but it. I'll never eat it. Cause if you read the Bible you aren't going to find where Christ ate horse meat, nor any of his Disciples, why should I eat it? When it gets down that low, I just hope the Lord will take me on out of the way . Horse meat? Uggh. �2 Interviewer : Well Y.rs . Horton could you tell us about getting medicines and visiting the doctors and things? Mrs . Horton: Well it seems like it wasn ' t too hard to get a doctor. Seems like there weren't as many prescriptions filled. They didn't write you prescriptions as quickly as they do now for medication . But mostly, if you weren't too awfullu sick, just with a cold and had to have something like that , the doctor generally gave you a medication, something you didn't do yourself. Interviewer : Were home remedies more of usage then? Mrs. Horton: Yeah, home remedies were pretty useful then. " ~ Interviewer : What do you think works best, home remedies, or that you recieve from the doctors? Mrs. Eorton : I don't know. Sometimes that old time stuff is pretty good, yes it is. It really is. Of course the doctors make light of it and all . I have heard in my younger days where people would have pneumonia fever and they ' d make onion polysis and put on the patient, and give them some kind of tea, and it would break up the fever. If you put onion polysis on you, on somebody now, I guess the doctor would throw you out of the house . Interviewer: You said you had a garden before, what kind of tools did you use? Mrs . Horton: I had hoes, shovels, madigans, what I got now . I raked in the garden last year . This summer I had a pretty good garden, but last year, I didn't do any good. I was on crutches with my knees. I had arthritis so bad and I was on crutches just about all summer last summer, but by the help of the Lord, I got better and I put out a pretty good little garden this year . I think I raised enough potatoes to do me all winter. And I raised corn and beans . I canned corn and I canned beans.. I canned tomatoes , and I canned apples and I made apple jelly . When your mother was Interviewer: Sounds like you ' re pretty well stocked. raising her garden, can you remember any methods that she used that you don ' t have to use today? Mrs . Horton: No, I don't . I was born and raised on a farm. My father farmed and there ' s not much difference now . The only difference in it now and back then, people would have to use a horse and a plow . But now they can take one of these little tillers and go through and maybe dig a few weeds out and you've got your stuff made. But then they would have to have a horse and a small plow, a one horse plow and plow through the rows . But all of thats done away with now. You just get you a tiller and go on through and plow up your garden without horses . And we had cows, we had chickens, my daddy raised p.igs, raised hogs and we got along pretty good . Money wasn't plentiful, but we did have plenty to eat. Interviewer: Would you think that your family got along better than some of the other families durinE this time? �3 Mrs . Horton: Well yes I do because now-a-days my grandchildren, they have two and three pairs of shoes, which we didn ' t get but one pair of shoes a year when we were growing up . Now my little grand- daughter, she ' s got two or three pairs of shoes . Hy nieces little daughter ' s has two or three pair . I say if you all had to survive what I came through, I say you'll be thankful that you have just what you have . Ilut I don ' t know, they still aren't satisfied . Interviewer: I guess people had to make a lot of their clothes and things? Mrs . Horton : Yes, way Interviewer : Did you ever have to go to the grits mill? back then they did . Mrs . Horton: Yes, I went to the mill. We ' d take wheat to the ~ill and get it ground into flour . And we ' d take corn and get it ground into meal . I couldn't carry but a peck or about a half a bushel. It wasn't too far from where we lived, where we took our meal to. But the mill we took our flour to was about four miles from our home . Interviewer: Did you have to walk? Mrs. Horton : Yes pretty much, and that ' s a long way. But generally, my father would always get our neighbors. they had a team of ~ules and when they would go to the mill, they would all go in and go together . That made it a little easier. Interviewer : Do you know any little funny acts or incidents that happened on the way to the mill? Mrs . Horton: No, I don ' t know any. Interviewer : What about the educational situation? Mrs. Horton : Among the children, there . weren ' t but two of us that went to school. There weren't but three of us . We had to walk three miles going and three miles coming. Six miles a day to school . Interviewer: Were the whites and blacks going to school together7 Mrs. Horton: No. Interviewer : this time? Was there a lot of tension between the whites and blacks during No way . ~ . Mrs . Horton: Not a bit . I ' ve been here in Boone . I ' ve been living in Boone . I was born and raised in Tennessee, but ~y mother and father moved here about forty or fifty years ago and I never heard anything about segregation till I came to Boone, North Carolina , that's the truth . We didn't go to school together nor to church together, but sometimes the whites would come and visit our church and they would invite the Colored to come and visit their church . I didn ' t �4 know anything about it until I came to North Carolina and seems like it got worse and worse and worse so I hope it •·s better now. Some places it will never be any better. That's right. Interviewer: Do you think it was a good thing for the schools to intergrate like they have? Mrs. Horton: Yes I do. Especially in a little place like this. This is no city, you know that, but the Colored weren't situated to teach some of the children. Especially when they got to high school, at first they didn't have any high school teachers here and they would have to send their children off. My son and my daughter, when they finished elementary school here, I had to send them to Kings Mountain, North Carolina. I sent them to Kings Mountain, North Carolina to finish high school. And then, as I remember, some of the children went to Tennessee and some went to Greensboro these that wanted to. You know, so many will and so many won't. And so many can and so many can't. But I am thankful to the Lord that everything has turned out like it has. Everything seems to be a whole lot different from what it used to be when I was ~ growing up. If they'd get a job, people would get more money than they did back when I was a kid. I have worked for as little as three and four dollars a week and you know that isn't anv money. Now just let somebody ask you to work for them for three or four dollars a week. Some people would get rather violent. You'd better believe it. Yes sir. Interviewer: When you were going to school, how were the schools set up, did they have everybody in one room? Mrs. Horton: No, we had two rooms. I got as far as the sixth grade. I went about two of three weeks in the sixth grade and I had to quit. My father and my mother weren't too well and my brother, there weren't but four of us, and three girls and my brother. He lives out on up above us. That little white house that sits down there, he lives up above there in a yellow house. He married and we had to be the girls and the boys too so we just quit going to school. Stay at home and help with the house work. Interviewer: Did peop ~ e tend to marry younger back then they do now? Mrs. Horton: No I don't think so. I don't think they did. It don't seem to me like they did. They jump up and marry, I wouldn't be surprised if some little ten, twelve year old children don't get married, it wouldn't surprise me a bit. They didn't marry as young, as early as the young people do this day and time. Interviewer: Would you say there was a difference in the races getting married? The whites tend to marry younf.er than the blacks? Mrs. Horton: Well I don't know, I don't knm» how old they would be, but seems that they'd be pretty old when they would get married, no older than eighteen or nineteen. But now they marry younger than that don't they? Some of them do. �5 Well Mrs. Horton, I see that you have company coming and I won't hold you any longer. Thank you very much for your cooperation. � 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. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Brooks, Mabel L. Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Horton, Jenny Interview Date 6/17/1974 Location The location of the interview. Boone, NC Number of pages 5 pages Date digitized 9/16/2014 File size 3.11MB Checksum alphanumeric code acacad4985e3489eaecff5dca3a621e2 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_tape288_JennyHorton_transcript_M Title A name given to the resource Interview with Jenny Horton [June 17, 1984] 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 Brooks, Mabel L. Horton, Jenny 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 Watauga County (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century Depression--1929--North Carolina--Watauga County Mountain life--North Carolina--Watauga County Horton, Jenny Description An account of the resource Jenny Horton, a black woman living in Boone, talks about working as a cook most of her life. She worked in a hospital for a few years, but had to stop after she developed arthritis. She talks about the rationing of sugar, flour, meat, coffee, and other foods during the Depression and the different views on medicine people used to have. People were much more likely to use home remedies than go to the doctor. She also explains there was "a lot of tension between whites and blacks." Boone farming gardem garden Great Depression grits mill home remedies Jenny Horton Michigan Monroe North Carolina Pennyslvania Poconos segregation Watauga Hospital https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/e13465582c95f5cb73853bacf1a00137.pdf 391a858ceea2338dd2aee3a5b0998edc PDF Text Text THE WRECK OF THE OLD NINETY SEVEN They gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia Saying: Steve, you are way behind time. This is not old thirty eight but it 1 s old ninety seven, You must put her in Center in time. He looked round and said to his black greasy fireman: You must shovel in a little more coal, For when we cross that White Oak 1Vlountain You can see old Ninety Seven roll. It•s a might rough road from Lynchburg to Danville, And a line on a three mile grade. It was on that grade that he lost his airbrake And you see what a jump he made. He ~vas going dovm grade making ninety Bi:ae miles an hour, When his whistle broke into a scream. He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle, And was scalded to death by the steam. Now, ladies, you must take v,rarning, From this time now and on, Never speak harsh ·words to your true loving husband; He may leave you and never return. � 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 I.G. Greer Folksong Collection Description An account of the resource <p>The I. G. Greer Folksong Collection, presented here as part of the Documenting Appalachia digital initiative, consists of approximately 1,100 document pages that comprise more than 300 individual song titles, some with as many as ten distinct variants. The documents in this collection include manuscripts (some written as early as the mid-19th century), typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s secretarial staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs represented herein range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.</p> <p>Biographical Note. Isaac Garfield Greer (4 December 1881 - 24 November 1967) was a history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, he was born to Philip and Mary Greer of Zionville and initially worked as a public school teacher and principal until he was hired at Appalachian State Teacher's College. From 1932 to 1948, he worked as superintendent of Mills Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, North Carolina. From 1948 to 1954, Greer was the Executive Vice-President of the Business Foundation of North Carolina. Greer and his first wife Willie Spainhour had two sons I.G. Greer, Jr. and Joseph P. Greer. Greer's second wife was Hattie O'Briant. Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime. A bass player, Greer and his wife, who played the dulcimer, performed at various regional school and civic functions. They were recorded singing several folk songs by Library of Congress from 1941 to 1946. Appalachian State Teacher's College dedicated the I.G. Greer Music Hall in 1966. Greer also had an active civic life. He was the president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association and also served as a Boone City Alderman and in the North Carolina House of Representatives.</p> <p>Note: University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) believes in providing access to the historical record in support of the teaching, learning, and research endeavors of the communities it serves. Users should be advised that, due to the historical nature of some resources, users may encounter language or content that is harmful or difficult to view.</p> Greer Document Scholarly Classification Brown, Native American Ballads - 217 Randolph, 683 Laws, G 2 File name 113_WreckOfTheOldNinetySeven_Lyric_03_ocr 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 Wreck of the Old Ninety-Seven, Lyric Variant 03 Subject The topic of the resource Ballads, English--United States Railroads--Accidents--Songs and music Warnings--Songs and music Death--Songs and music Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noell, Charles, 1886-1967 Whitter, Henry, 1892-1941 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Song texts Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title=" I. G. Greer Folksong Collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/15" target="_blank"> I. G. Greer Folksong Collection </a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/197"> AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings </a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0//" target="_blank"> In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable</a> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. <a title= "Fries (Va.)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/4760204/fries.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Fries (Va.)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University Description An account of the resource This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin. American Railroads accidents Charlie Noell Danville folk song Henry Whitter Lynchburg Monroe popular music song and music death songs and music warnings United States Ballads White Oak Mountain https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/942e2f8b4c110f008a8e22839bb9de0d.pdf 3f0624bc0c93afda0ecbe9be71f0b53b PDF Text Text The ~rexk of t ~e Old Nine ty Deven. They gave him his orders at '!onroe , Virginia Saying: ::>teve, }ou are lJay hehind ti.:J.e. This is not old thirty eight b ut it's old ninety seven, You nust put her in Center in time. :. e looked round and said t o his black greasy fireman: must shovel in a little more ooal, For when lY'e cros s t hat rlli te Oak ::ounta in You can see old "inety ~e ven roll. ~~ on It's a mightj rough road from Lyncl1bur .~ t o Danville, Ancl a line on a t h ree mile grade. It rm·; on that grade that he lost his airhrake And you see wh at a jump h e :n~:cl e. Ee was going down gratle n aldng nine ty miles an hour, his whistle broke into a scream. He was found in t h e wrec!:: with his hand on t ile throttle, .:md was scalded to death hy t ~1e s team. ~hen _T our l <:dies,you must take warning, :'ro..~ this time now and on, :~ ever speak h arsh words to y our true l ovinrr hu s band ; ne may ' leave you aml neve r return. � 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 I.G. Greer Folksong Collection Description An account of the resource <p>The I. G. Greer Folksong Collection, presented here as part of the Documenting Appalachia digital initiative, consists of approximately 1,100 document pages that comprise more than 300 individual song titles, some with as many as ten distinct variants. The documents in this collection include manuscripts (some written as early as the mid-19th century), typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s secretarial staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs represented herein range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.</p> <p>Biographical Note. Isaac Garfield Greer (4 December 1881 - 24 November 1967) was a history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, he was born to Philip and Mary Greer of Zionville and initially worked as a public school teacher and principal until he was hired at Appalachian State Teacher's College. From 1932 to 1948, he worked as superintendent of Mills Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, North Carolina. From 1948 to 1954, Greer was the Executive Vice-President of the Business Foundation of North Carolina. Greer and his first wife Willie Spainhour had two sons I.G. Greer, Jr. and Joseph P. Greer. Greer's second wife was Hattie O'Briant. Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime. A bass player, Greer and his wife, who played the dulcimer, performed at various regional school and civic functions. They were recorded singing several folk songs by Library of Congress from 1941 to 1946. Appalachian State Teacher's College dedicated the I.G. Greer Music Hall in 1966. Greer also had an active civic life. He was the president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association and also served as a Boone City Alderman and in the North Carolina House of Representatives.</p> <p>Note: University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) believes in providing access to the historical record in support of the teaching, learning, and research endeavors of the communities it serves. Users should be advised that, due to the historical nature of some resources, users may encounter language or content that is harmful or difficult to view.</p> Greer Document Scholarly Classification Brown, Native American Ballads - 217 Randolph, 683 Laws, G 2 File name 113_WreckOfTheOldNinetySeven_Lyric_02 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 Wreck of the Old Ninety-Seven, Lyric Variant 02 Subject The topic of the resource Ballads, English--United States Railroads--Accidents--Songs and music Warnings--Songs and music Death--Songs and music Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noell, Charles, 1886-1967 Whitter, Henry, 1892-1941 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Song texts Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title=" I. G. Greer Folksong Collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/15" target="_blank"> I. G. Greer Folksong Collection </a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/197"> AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings </a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0//" target="_blank"> In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable</a> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. <a title= "Fries (Va.)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/4760204/fries.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Fries (Va.)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University Description An account of the resource This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin. American Railroad accidents Charlie Noell Danville folk song Henry Whitter Lynchburg Monroe popular music song and music warnings songs and music death United States ballad White Oak Mountain