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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. 28, 2016. No wonder folks keep asking, ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Friday, December 14, 2018 8:00 am

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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 the history of the unique mountain area ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, December 27, 2016 10:00 pm

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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 particular geographical region. Defining the term takes ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, December 13, 2016 10:05 pm

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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 they moved from Lincoln County (the part ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, November 22, 2016 10:00 pm

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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 neighbor who lived in the old Tom ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, November 8, 2016 10:00 pm

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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 since February 24, 2010, and will conclude ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, October 25, 2016 10:00 pm

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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 grant to conduct a new project entitled ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:00 pm

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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 phone calls and face-to-face conversations. Many of ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:00 pm

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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 on February 12, 1831. There was another ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Tuesday, September 13, 2016 10:00 pm

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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 Daily Bulletin columnist with the title, The ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Friday, August 12, 2016 10:00 pm

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