Appalachia

“Devil Anse” Hatfield and “Ole Ran’l” McCoy were celebrities in their day.

“Devil Anse” Hatfield and “Ole Ran’l” McCoy were celebrities in their day.

'Hillbilly' stereotype sparked by famous feud

Robbi Pounds
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Around 300 miles from Graham County, over 150 years ago, a Union Civil War veteran was murdered, triggering a family feud that “yellow journalists” would use to define an entire region and all of its inhabitants.

Shaped-note singing lecture in Swain

News Staff
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Bryson City – “A History of Shaped-Note Singing and the Shaping of Church Music In Appalachia” is the title of the presentation by Curtis Blanton for the Nov. 7 meeting of the Swain County Genealogical and Historical Society. Shaped-note singing took on its American form in the 1790’s.