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Prison didn’t stop one moonshine kingpin. His family still distills 89 years later.
HISTORY+CULTURE

Prison didn’t stop one moonshine kingpin. His family still distills 89 years later.

Rock Mount, Va.’s Twin Creeks Distillery is built on a legacy of moonshining and fiddling that dates back to the 1930s when folks from the Southern Recording Expedition pulled up to Peg Hatcher’s home, wanting to record the old-time musician’s famous fiddling. But fiddling wasn’t all Peg was known for. He was also a legendary moonshiner, and he wasn’t exactly trusting of strangers showing up at the door.
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Finding kinship in the wake of Hurricane Helene
HISTORY+CULTURE

Finding kinship in the wake of Hurricane Helene

As a skeptical person, I don’t believe in a lot. I don’t believe in Bigfoot tiptoeing around the backcountry, in ghosts haunting attics, or in myths like throwing salt over your shoulder. (That just makes a mess.) But I sure as hell believe in the magic of mountain communities, especially after Hurricane Helene.
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The untold story of Pennsylvania’s mine wars
HISTORY+CULTURE

The untold story of Pennsylvania’s mine wars

Mining historians often focus on southern parts of Appalachia, like West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, but life was just as hard in Pennsylvania’s mountains, where mine owners resorted to lynchings, rapes, and beatings during the mine wars.
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What does it mean to be West Virginian in a post-coal world?
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What does it mean to be West Virginian in a post-coal world?

In "King Coal" on PBS, two middle-school girls grapple with their identities inside a state that’s doing the same.
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Smokey Bear turns 80, but is he still relevant?
HISTORY+CULTURE

Smokey Bear turns 80, but is he still relevant?

Since 1944, Smokey Bear has taught us the importance of snuffing out campfires and never playing with matches. Now that we know some forest fires are good, experts are asking if Smokey is still “on message.”
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Get garlicky with 5 of Appalachia’s top ramps festivals.
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Get garlicky with 5 of Appalachia’s top ramps festivals.

From Pennsylvania to Tennessee, these ramps festivals celebrate the region’s favorite wild leek.
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Asheville lady bootlegger inspires today’s women booze-makers
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Asheville lady bootlegger inspires today’s women booze-makers

Moonshiner Grace McAbee moved to Asheville in her 20s. Not long after, she met her husband and purchased a home in an industrial community called West End-Factory Hill, known today as the River Arts District. There, she sold and possibly produced booze.
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Recipe: Elevate your vinegar pie with this secret ingredient
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Recipe: Elevate your vinegar pie with this secret ingredient

I know what you’re thinking. Vinegar? In pie? That’s disgusting. I used to think so, too. But when I finally mustered up the courage to take a bite, my five-year-old palate was pleasantly surprised.
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Is kudzu the future of Appalachian food? Chef Sean Brock thinks so.
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Is kudzu the future of Appalachian food? Chef Sean Brock thinks so.

When Southern Chef Sean Brock sees kudzu, he sees an opportunity for new recipes and new food traditions.
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Four foraged foods that will wow Thanksgiving guests
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Four foraged foods that will wow Thanksgiving guests

From dandelion roots to acorns, wild edibles that you can forage in Appalachia will give you serious outdoorsy cred on Thanksgiving day.
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Recovery and grief at the Healing Appalachia music festival
MUSIC

Recovery and grief at the Healing Appalachia music festival

After losing her brother to addiction, poet Crystal Good found herself at the center of the Healing Appalachia music festival which compats opioid addiction in Appalachia.
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There’s No Right Way to Flatfoot Dance
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There’s No Right Way to Flatfoot Dance

High-energy and often whip-fast, flatfoot dancing is an ancient tradition rooted in European, African, and Native American cultures, and it’s still going strong.
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6 unlikely banjo songs (indie to EDM) we can’t stop playing
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6 unlikely banjo songs (indie to EDM) we can’t stop playing

These tunes prove the banjo ain’t just for country music anymore. Today, clever instrumentalists are plingin’ and plangin’ banjo strings in almost every imaginable genre.
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Playlist: Hellbilly Hits
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Playlist: Hellbilly Hits

Many of these Appalachian musicians were punk before punk was even a thing.
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Tyler Childers goes gay (but not the way you think.)
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Tyler Childers goes gay (but not the way you think.)

Tyler Childers and Silas House craft a heartbreaking love story about a gay Appalachian couple in the 1950s.
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One Song: You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
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One Song: You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

At first, Patty Loveless had trouble getting into the song that might end up being remembered as her signature tune — "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive." She first released it back in 2001 on "Mountain Soul," a deeply personal album of bluegrass and old time tunes that sent her career in a new direction while snagging her a Grammy nomination
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These four festive trains make the holidays magical
OUTDOOR+TRAVEL

These four festive trains make the holidays magical

Join Santa on old-fashioned locomotives that chug through the hills and hollers of Appalachia, spreading Christmas cheer one whistle-stop at a time. These four train ride make magical holiday memories.
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Weird Appalachia: How “The Simpsons” saved the Sunsphere
OUTDOOR+TRAVEL

Weird Appalachia: How “The Simpsons” saved the Sunsphere

Whether you call it Sunsphere or Wigsphere, the history of this Knoxville, Tennessee landmark is almost as strange as the structure itself.
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Down and dirty on the Hatfield-McCoy Trails
OUTDOOR+TRAVEL

Down and dirty on the Hatfield-McCoy Trails

How do you commemorate the legendary Hatfield-McCoy feud? If you’re the state of W.Va., you do it with 1,000 miles of off-road recreational vehicle trails.
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5 reasons the opossum should be Appalachia’s official mascot
OUTDOOR+TRAVEL

5 reasons the opossum should be Appalachia’s official mascot

Thanks to its toothy snarl, hairless tail, and bulging eyes, the opossum is never going to win a beauty contest, but if this critter were to vie for the position of Appalachia’s official mascot, I reckon it would win big. Here’s why.
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Ready to escape the cold? Try caving.
OUTDOOR+TRAVEL

Ready to escape the cold? Try caving.

From Kentucky to Virginia to Tennessee, Appalachia is graced with countless cave systems. They range from the longest in the world to one boasting a stalactite organ. There's no better time to check out the region's remarkable caves than winter.
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One Passage: "Sidle Creek," an NPR Book of the Year
ART+LIT

One Passage: "Sidle Creek," an NPR Book of the Year

They told author Jolene McIlwain to leave Appalachian Pennsylvania and never look back. She stayed and wrote an acclaimed anthology.
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2024 Mountain Mama Gift Guide
ART+LIT

2024 Mountain Mama Gift Guide

This Mother's Day, find the perfect handmade gift for the artsy mama, the outdoorsy mama, the mystical mama, and more.
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Preserving W.Va.’s coal legacy through crafts
ART+LIT

Preserving W.Va.’s coal legacy through crafts

To honor her West Virginia family's coal mining legacy, Megan Brown created a stunning handmade necklace crafted from actual coal dust.
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Our most-read stories of 2023
ART+LIT

Our most-read stories of 2023

2023 was Woodshed's first full year as a magazine! From every corner of Appalachia and beyond, readers have flocked to our articles — especially these ten, our most-read stories of the year.
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Mark Lynn's Gift Ideas 2023
ART+LIT

Mark Lynn's Gift Ideas 2023

Give Appalachian this holiday season! All year, we've been combing hills and hollers for fantastic gifts, and, dang it, our collection of handmade crafts and small batch foods has never been more exciting.
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Bringing Christmas cheer to a wrecked family home place
OUR FARM

Bringing Christmas cheer to a wrecked family home place

We bought our family farm in 2021, but the wobbly economy has delayed restoration of its historic farmhouse. This Christmas, though, I just couldn’t stand seeing it dark and grim anymore. I mixed up an old fashioned, grabbed my favorite little Christmas tree, and headed out to the old place.
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A Rocky Road to the Dearing Homeplace
OUR FARM

A Rocky Road to the Dearing Homeplace

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Inside Our New, Old Farmhouse
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Inside Our New, Old Farmhouse

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A New Day: Restoring My Family Homeplace
OUR FARM

A New Day: Restoring My Family Homeplace

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