People + Places

Guest Post: Frankie Sue Best

Note: This essay is an excerpt from a small booklet about the life story of Frankie Sue Best, complied by Steward Caffey and Masoud...

Guest Post: Sustainability and Economic Growth in Appalachia

Nathan Hall has always had a connection to his home in Eastern Kentucky, and now he's working to create innovative opportunities for the...

Guest Post: From the Front Porch, 1955

Although now incorporated into the Pikeville City Limits and with access to city water, sewage, and other public amenities, in 1955,...

Guest Post: Growing Up Appalachia Proud on Island Creek

Growing up on Island Creek in Pikeville, KY, my sister and I had the best childhood ever. No, seriously, it was almost magical. For one,...

Guest Post: My Mother at Christmas

A true story of my mom, my grandparents and a Christmas that would always be remembered. My mother, Louise King Kretzer was born in 1928....

Guest Post: Our Pet Crow (A True Story of the Williams Boys in Somerset)

[NOTE: Halleck and Jesse Fisher Williams had seven children, including four boys. The Williams boys – Eugene, Tommy, Charles, and Paul –...

Guest Post: An Appalachian Education

Smart and educated are not exactly the first words that come to mind when picturing women from Appalachia. Unfortunately, in most media...

Guest Post: Like Toting Water Uphill

My husband and I headed out to pick up a pizza on a rainy Saturday evening. Traveling down Frederica Street in Owensboro, Kentucky, the...

Navigating Identity as a Muslim Appalachian

From her backyard in South Williamson, KY, Harvard graduate student and Policy and Programming Coordinator for the Muslim Public Affairs...

Finding Success in Appalachia

From atop a mountain in Pikeville, KY, local entrepreneur and small business owner Rusty Justice explains how he feels he has found...