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"In 1920, when action was taken by interested citizens to begin the building of a new school, Mr. and Mrs. Backer gave the town the lots for the school site and the athletic field (Backer Park).

"In 1912 the Virginia-Creeper Railway was bought by the Norfolk and Western and extended on to West Jefferson in North Carolina. The line has been in operation under Norfolk and Western ownership continuously since that time, and Damascus is the only…

Contemporary accounts of the shift in Damascus from an industrial, extraction-based economy to an ecotourism-based economy.

Photograph of L.F. Hall on her front porch on Laurel Ave.. in Damascus, Va.

L.F. Hall pictured on the porch of her house on Laurel Ave. in Damascus, Va.

"With the aid of an ESEA Title II grant, Mrs. Elaine Duty, librarian at the John S. Battle High School in Washington County, Virginia created a Southern Appalachian Collection of over 500 titles in the categories of general works, philosophy,…

Illustrated from photographs, plates. Labor unrest in the south in 1929, with chapters devoted to each of the strikes in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Gastonia and Marion, North Carolina, and Danville, Virginia.

Lewis and the editors knit together oral history interviews, excerpts from essays, speeches, reports and proposals, reflections from former students and colleagues, and poetry and recipes to create a tapestry of Lewis's extraordinary personal and…

Appalachian Homecoming was conceived as a series of programs all taking place at the Washington County (Va.) Public Library highlighting positive aspects of Appalachian life and culture. While planning the program we talked to people like Randy…

Barter Theatre performance of "Calling on Lou," reviewed by Kingsport Times-News and the Washington County News