Throughout Appalachia, but especially in the states of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, the process of mountaintop removal has destroyed the natural beauty that is such an essential element of that exquisite region. Although defended by some as economically necessary, removal is in fact a destruction of all that native residents should hold dear.

We have fun poked at us for using our north Georgia mountain dialect and actually it’s seldom used anymore but I still like the sound of it. Many people dont know that it is the old Elizabethan English brought to the mountains with the Scotch-Irish, English, Huguenots, Quakers, and Germans.

Many of Appalachia’s traditions are dying out. Here are some of the more common beliefs and practices about death.

An essay about what it is like to live in poverty and how unfair the world can be when it comes to the poor.