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‘Quaint’ mountain corn lore still persists
Many new residents to the Dark Corner area—from Northeastern and a few Midwestern regions particularly—continue to find some ...
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Centenarian ‘Billy’ Center… a mild mannered distiller
William Perry “Billy” Center, born Jan. 8, 1875, near the Glassy Mountain Baptist Church, was the son of ...
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Twice Told Tale
‘Will the circle be unbroken’ ballad Ada R. Habershon wrote a Christian hymn in 1907, with music by ...
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Double murder of Will Center, Harrison Fricks
Twice-told Tale BY Dean Campbell On the early evening of June 19, 1938, three Greenville County deputies—H.C. Harrison, ...
Twice Told Tales of the Dark Corner - Dean Campbell
Colorful Dark Corner utterances are carryovers from Middle English
Twice-told Tale Column By Dean Campbell While conducting my “The Dark Corner – An Elusive to Exclusive Odyssey” ...
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Red River Valley a favorite ballad
Cowboy ballads were especially well liked by Dark Corner residents. The independent spirit of the man on horseback ...
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Benjamin Perry Robertson was outstanding preacher and educator
Benjamin Perry Robertson, the son of William Davis and Marina Westmoreland Robertson, was born in the family home ...
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Eating weeds before the garden comes in
“Are you having a good time eating all your new dandelion plants? I remember your tale last May ...
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Moonshine with herbs cured pellagra
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, pellagra (a severe Vitamin B3, or niacin, deficiency) was very common ...
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Reuben Gosnell U.S. Marshall
Reuben Gosnell, U.S. Marshall and a ubiquitous revenuer. The last thirteen years prior to his retirement, Reuben Gosnell ...
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