Photo of Dorie and Wilma courtesy of Ed Ammons “Dancing was looked upon as a device of the devil by most mountain folks, but not Ma. She loved to dance. She’d lift her long skirt above her ankles and dance a dazzling Carolina clog. Her feet moved so fast it was hard to see them. Grabbing Luther, Lola, or me, she’d dance around the room until we were out of breath. “Do-si-do and here we go,” she’d laugh as we…
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Logging
After we had the pines cut above our house, Chatter asked Pap to talk about how many times the area had been…
“Fred and I were at Three Forks for three months before we were told to move to Eldorado. The…
Logging Company Houses in Elkmont Credit: NPS Archives “Summer brought a phenomenon never seen in the mountains. We awoke one morning…
I couldn’t quit talking about logging without telling you about my favorite logging story of all time: Dorie Woman of…
Sunburst logging town (present day Lake Logan) I became interested in logging railroads when I worked at Lake Logan in…
I often come across words related to logging in my Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English. Most of the time its…
When we first moved in, 20 years ago, we had lots of trees right up close to the house and…
fall transitive verb To fell a tree using a broad axe or felling axe (esp in phrs fall a tree,…
The Woodhick and the Ridgerunner written by John Parris The woodhick and the ridgerunner talked of ballhooters and chickadees, bullwhackers…