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Emma Rowena Gatewood (née Caldwell; October 25, 1887 – June 4, 1973), [1] better known as Grandma Gatewood, was an American ultra-light hiking pioneer. After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and survivor of domestic violence, she became famous as the first solo female thru-hiker of the 2,168-mile (3,489 km) Appalachian Trail (A.T.) in 1955 at the age of 67.
James Watson Webb (September 24, 1945 – October 22, 2018), [1] was an Appalachian poet, playwright, and essayist. He was a founding member of the Appalachian Writers Cooperative [2] and program manager of Appalshop 's radio station, WMMT. [3] Webb died on October 22, 2018. [4] WMMT and Appalshop celebrated his life and legacy over the winter ...
Storyteller, farmer, mechanic. Years active. 1951–2003. Known for. Jack tales. Lenard Ray Hicks (August 29, 1922 – April 20, 2003) [1][2] was an Appalachian storyteller who lived his entire life on Beech Mountain, North Carolina. He was particularly known for the telling of Jack Tales. He was a recipient of a 1983 National Heritage ...
Appalachian State offensive lineman Jack Murphy died Friday. Head coach Shawn Clark posted the news of Murphy's death on social media Tuesday. The university also released a statement.
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Clyde Thomas Davenport (October 21, 1921 – February 16, 2020) was an American old-time fiddler and banjo player from Monticello, Kentucky. [2] [3]Davenport was a recipient of a 1992 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. [4]
Jesco White, also known as the "Dancing Outlaw" (born July 30, 1956) is an American folk dancer and entertainer. He is best known as the subject of three American documentary films that detail his desire to follow in the footsteps of his famous father, D. Ray White, while dealing with depression, drug addiction, alcoholism, and the poverty that affects some parts of rural Appalachia.
Joseph Mario Barbara [1] [2] (/ b ɑː r ˈ b ɛər ə /; [3] born Giuseppe Maria Barbara, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe maˈriːa barˈbaːra]; August 9, 1905 – June 17, 1959), also known as "Joe the Barber", was an Italian-American mobster who became caporegime of the Southern New York Tier territory of the Buffalo crime family, and hosted the abortive Apalachin meeting in 1957.