Add to ORKGRecords an interview with Zenith Sampson, (née Shifflett), who lived on Lewis Mountain, in Greene County, Virginia, within the future boundaries of Shenandoah National Park. Describes daily life in the mountains, touching on the work of growing and preserving food, the apple and chestnut harvests, bark peeling, and other local economic activities. Recalls popular community events, such as apple butter boilings, quilting and bean stringing parties, church gatherings and barn dances. Mrs. Sampson also recollects the earliest days of Skyline Drive and the impact it had on various mountain communities. At the time of the interview, Chris Brasted was an editor for the Greene County Record newspaper. His interview with Zenith Sampson was the basi...
Records a walking tour led by Vastine Fisher, whose family lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Mc...
Records an interview with Nelson Nicholson and his wife, Claudia, who lived in Nicholson Hollow, wit...
Records a fragment of an interview with Hunter Dodson, who grew up near Corbin Hollow, Virginia, and...
Records an interview with Bernice Shifflett, (née Shifflett), who lived near Swift Run Gap, in Green...
Records an interview with Carl Shifflett and his wife, Gertrude, (née Shifflett), who discuss their ...
Records the reminiscences of Miley Frazier, who was born in 1900 near Patterson Ridge, in what would...
Records an interview with Myrtle Woodward, (née Broyles), who lived in the mountains near Syria, Vir...
Records an interview with Lorraine Tompkins, who was born on Old Rag Mountain, in Madison County, Vi...
Records a group interview with Jake Sisk, who lived near Nicholson Hollow, in Rappahannock County, V...
Records an interview with Cecil Graves, who taught in the Page County school system in the mid-1930s...
Records an interview with E.L. Huffman, who grew up near Big Foltz Run, outside of Shenandoah, Virgi...
Records an interview with Cleadus Meadows, who grew up near Thoroughfare Mountain, in Madison County...
Records an interview with Frank Wilberger, whose family ran an undertaking business in Augusta Count...
Records an interview with Virginia and Robert Kenney, who moved to Dickey Ridge in 1942, within the ...
Records a group interview with David M. Taylor, who lived in an area known as Joliet Hollow, in Page...
Records a walking tour led by Vastine Fisher, whose family lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Mc...
Records an interview with Nelson Nicholson and his wife, Claudia, who lived in Nicholson Hollow, wit...
Records a fragment of an interview with Hunter Dodson, who grew up near Corbin Hollow, Virginia, and...
Records an interview with Bernice Shifflett, (née Shifflett), who lived near Swift Run Gap, in Green...
Records an interview with Carl Shifflett and his wife, Gertrude, (née Shifflett), who discuss their ...
Records the reminiscences of Miley Frazier, who was born in 1900 near Patterson Ridge, in what would...
Records an interview with Myrtle Woodward, (née Broyles), who lived in the mountains near Syria, Vir...
Records an interview with Lorraine Tompkins, who was born on Old Rag Mountain, in Madison County, Vi...
Records a group interview with Jake Sisk, who lived near Nicholson Hollow, in Rappahannock County, V...
Records an interview with Cecil Graves, who taught in the Page County school system in the mid-1930s...
Records an interview with E.L. Huffman, who grew up near Big Foltz Run, outside of Shenandoah, Virgi...
Records an interview with Cleadus Meadows, who grew up near Thoroughfare Mountain, in Madison County...
Records an interview with Frank Wilberger, whose family ran an undertaking business in Augusta Count...
Records an interview with Virginia and Robert Kenney, who moved to Dickey Ridge in 1942, within the ...
Records a group interview with David M. Taylor, who lived in an area known as Joliet Hollow, in Page...
Records a walking tour led by Vastine Fisher, whose family lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Mc...
Records an interview with Nelson Nicholson and his wife, Claudia, who lived in Nicholson Hollow, wit...
Records a fragment of an interview with Hunter Dodson, who grew up near Corbin Hollow, Virginia, and...