Appalachian Mountains

scenesofthebluegrass:An old hunter and his dog in Mason County, Kentucky, 1890

The Appalachian Mountains held many secrets unknown to outsiders. The ways of healing were not from doctors and hospitals, but from the women who lived in the mountains and learned from their ancestors, nature, and the Cherokee people.

Have you tried to understand the mountain talk of the pioneers of the Great Smoky Mountains? We have 34 Appalachian words you don't know.

Rugged, self-sufficient, fiercely loyal – despite stereotypes to the contrary, the Appalachian mountaineers were, and are, an admirable people who developed a rich culture while learning to survive in the isolated coves and valleys of some of the oldest mountains on Earth.

Cutting cabbages, 1901

1. John N. Walker, at his home in the Great Smoky Mountains. This picture was taken by Jim Shelton, about 1918. Note the basket of fine cherries grown on his mountain farm

Traveling grocery store. Harlan, KY

A young boy posing with a hog rifle. He is wearing a powder horn and pouch. Photo taken around 1906.

Well, I am back in The Big Crapple yet still thinking about and missing the Blue Ridge Mountains that we got to stare at lovingly every ni...

Spring house at Cades Cove, Tennessee

Gatlinburg, TN 1938

Well, I am back in The Big Crapple yet still thinking about and missing the Blue Ridge Mountains that we got to stare at lovingly every ni...

This map shows the Appalachian Region divided into five subregions: northern, north central, central, south central, and southern Appalachia.

Appalachian history spanning roughly 1880s to 1950s.

Foxfire Mountain Swinging Bridge, Sevierville: See 230 reviews, articles, and 98 photos of Foxfire Mountain Swinging Bridge, ranked No.17 on TripAdvisor among 94 attractions in Sevierville.

Old Prine song about the horrors of strip mining in Kentucky