NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some ...
Fred Eiler is a good friend who is passionate about several things, one of which is the Peak Cemetery, located in Gamble Valley’s Scarboro Community, where potentially two Revolutionary Soldiers are ...
In 1947, DruAnna Williams Overbay's schoolteacher mother sent her down to the mailbox at recess. She started flipping through that week's edition of the Saturday Evening Post and saw pictures of her ...
Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree, My Search for My Melungeon Ancestors. Lisa Alther. Arcade. $25. 236 pp. When Lisa (and that’s pronounced “Liza”) Alther was a teenager in Tennessee, she was ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NASHVILLE, Tenn. —For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known ...
The mysterious Appalachian people known as the Melungeons will meet in Kingsport, Tennessee in June for their bi-annual gathering. Sixth Union will be held at the Kingsport Civic Auditorium Thursday – ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some ...