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The Ghost of John Allen

Posted in Dysartsville, Ghost Stories, _Interviewee: Jessie May Roper Groves, tagged , on July 29, 2009 | Comments Off

Jessie May Roper on the family’s Dysartsville farm Jessie May Roper Groves was a child in the East Marion mill village, lived on a farm in Dysartsville, worked as a cook on a Mississippi river boat and can trace her lineage back to Sir Thomas More. She also loves a good ghost story. In this segment, she tells the story [...]

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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 | Comments Off

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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