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Old Ways: Moonshine most important to Dark Corner for medicinal reasons

It’s difficult to believe that my last column in the Bulletin was the 150th Twice-told Tale on Dec. ... Read more

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Pristine mountain living: the death of Dark Corner

Researchers and authors Anne McCuen, Mann Batson, J.W. Lawrence and I have spent many years learning and relating ... Read more

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Eyes to the hills…why we are tied to the land

Much attention is given to having or developing a “sense of place” when discussing the attributes of a ... Read more

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Jesse Holland Center…Elder and son

Jesse Holland Center was born May 20, 1789, the third child of Abner and Ellender Pruitt Center, before ... Read more

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Lee Thompson kills, buries wife for sewing money

It was Monday morning, March 29, 1943. Ernest Good answered a knock at his door. His relatively new ... Read more

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It’s time to sing ‘Just a Little While to Stay Here’

This series of Twice-told Tales of the Dark Corner, which has included numerous twice-sung ballads, has been ongoing ... Read more

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Documenting the oral tradition of Dark Corner

During the summer of 1983, Dr. Bernard Zaidman, then professor of English at Limestone College, received a humanities ... Read more

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The tragedy-ridden life of ‘Big Alex’ Campbell

The recent tale of the tragic killing of 39-year-old grandfather, George Washington Campbell, elicited quite a number of ... Read more

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Northern sky over Dark Corner was spectacular in 1839

The 60th tale in this Twice-told series was about the much-anticipated full eclipse of the sun that occurred ... Read more

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Squire or Prince? Corner or Corners? Which is which?

At a fundraising event for the Foothills Humane Society last year, the emcee introduced me as a Tryon ... Read more