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Growing Up on Crooked Creek

Posted in Depression Years, Everyday life, Farming, World War II, _Interviewee: Willard Burgin, tagged , , on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Willard Burgin makes his home on land originally cleared by his great-grandfather in the upper reaches  of the Crooked Creek community, barely this side of the Buncombe County line.  He’s just up the road from the old Mount Hebron Bible Institute where his parents met and where he briefly went to school himself.  Nestled peacefully at the foot of [...]

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From the Mountains of McDowell to the Phillipines: A World War II Story

Posted in North Cove, World War II, _Interviewee: Blan Swofford, tagged , on July 14, 2009 | Comments Off

Linder “Blan” Swofford has recently returned to his family’s land in the North Cove community after decades of traveling the world and the country. He first left western North Carolina when he was drafted into the service during WWII.  Here, he talks about going from the cool mountain environs to the sweltering tropics and lays out [...]

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