The Kanawha River of West Virginia begins at the confluence of the New and Gauley Rivers. It runs northwest for 97 miles through south central West Virginia until it reaches the Ohio River at the town of Point Pleasant. The...
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Salt industry and trade -- West Virginia -- Kanawha River Valley -- History -- 18th century, Salt industry and trade -- West Virginia -- Kanawha River Valley -- History -- 19th century, Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) -- Economic conditions -- 18th century, Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century und Slavery -- West Virginia -- 19th century
The Cullowhee united Methodist Church will celebrate its centennial anniversary in 1994. The establishment of the church was preceded by more than 150 years of Methodist development in England and America. Methodism was brought...
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Cullowhee United Methodist Church -- History, Methodist Church -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- History und Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Church history
The Cullowhee united Methodist Church will celebrate its centennial anniversary in 1994. The establishment of the church was preceded by more than 150 years of Methodist development in England and America. Methodism was brought...
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Cullowhee United Methodist Church -- History, Methodist Church -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- History und Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Church history
Between the Colonial period and the Early Republic, American portraiture changed in style and in subject matter. By the early parts of the nineteenth century, a unique, and quintessentially American style emerged, a phenomenon...
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Portrait painting, American -- 18th century -- History, Portrait painting, American -- 19th century -- History und Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
This paper seeks to understand the creation of a distinct snake-handling culture within Appalachia during the first half of the twentieth-century. As Appalachian snake-handlers molded and created this distinct religious culture...
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Appalachia, Culture, Identity, Pentecostal, Ritual und Snake-Handling
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Snake cults (Holiness churches) -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century, Snakes -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century, Snakes -- Appalachian Region und Holiness churches -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century
The advent of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal in 1933 found Jackson County suffering in ways similar to those in other rural areas of the nation.Overproduction had lowered farm prices to levels below cost; and...
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New Deal, 1933-1939 -- North Carolina -- Jackson County und Jackson County (N.C.) -- History
The advent of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal in 1933 found Jackson County suffering in ways similar to those in other rural areas of the nation.Overproduction had lowered farm prices to levels below cost; and...
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New Deal, 1933-1939 -- North Carolina -- Jackson County und Jackson County (N.C.) -- History
This study examines the role folk medicine has played in the creation of Appalachia. By investigating folk medicine and folk healing in Jackson County, North Carolina, it becomes evident that different periods of history have...
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Appalachia, folk healing, folklore, Jackson County, medicine und North Carolina
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Traditional medicine -- North Carolina -- Jackson County -- History -- 20th century, Appalachians (People) -- North Carolina -- Jackson County -- Ethnic identity, Jackson County (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century und Place (Philosophy)
The movement to establish a national park in the majestic Southern Appalachian Mountains was a crusade that lasted over forty years. It eventually reached fruition in 1940 with the formal dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains...
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North Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 und Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
This thesis examines musical community in southwestern North Carolina and seeks to establish the region as one of the most influential areas of mountain music. Too often do scholars focus their attentions on other regions of...
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Queen family, Prince family, Old-time music -- Appalachian Region, Southern, Folk songs, English -- Appalachian Region, Southern, Bluegrass music -- Appalachian Region, Southern, Jackson County (N.C.) -- History, Skagit County (Wash.) -- History, Snohomish County (Wash.) -- History und Folk music -- Appalachian Region, Southern
