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Special Delivery- No Cash Needed

Posted in Everyday life, _Interviewee: Dean Branch, tagged , on August 11, 2009 |

Dean Branch now lives in Marion and spent much of his youth in the mountains of Mitchell, Yancey, and McDowell counties. He’s a collector of historical oddities and a great spinner of stories. Here, he tells us about “Little Tom”, a mountain midwife who rendered his services in exchange for some “refreshment.”   Listen to Dean [...]

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Montage

Posted in Everyday life, Overview, Revolutionary War, _Interviewee: Dean Branch, _Interviewee: Jeanette Harris, _Interviewee: Jessica Gibbs, _Interviewee: Jessie May Roper Groves, _Interviewee: Joe Williams, _Interviewee: Mark Hall, _Interviewee: Pete Gibbs, _Interviewee: Rick Acrivos, tagged , , , , on July 2, 2009 |

This audio montage is a small sampling of the great stories and remembrances we are currently collecting from residents all over McDowell County. We’ve heard stories of the Cherokee, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the building of the railroad, the Great Depression and other historical events. But mostly, we’ve heard stories of how real people lived [...]

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