Interview with Carter Rupard [June 17, 1974]
Farm life--North Carolina--Watauga County--20th century
Watauga County (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Mountain life--North Carolina--Watauga County
Logging--North Carolina
Sawmill workers--North Carolina--Watauga County
Rupard, Carter
Carter Rupard talks about growing up on a farm in Cove Creek with his many siblings. He says that they "lived better than we can now" and that "we hardly ever went to buy anything unless it would be a poke of flour ever once in awhile." His family was totally self-sufficient with their farm, and they had to work very hard every day of the week.
Pursley, Tommy
Rupard, Carter
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Letter from R. A. Fan to Mary Eller, 29 May 1899 (Part Two)
Fan, R.A.
Courtship
This is the second part of a letter written by R.A. Fan to Mary Eller. In this letter, R.A. talks about a friend of hers, Blanch, who is dating Earl Ashley, and R.A. disapproves of this relationship.
<p><a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/165">AC.495 Kirby and Eller Family Letters</a></p>
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Ashe County (N.C.)
Interview with Charles Bolick, June 21, 1974
Bolick, Charles (1891-)--Interviews
Farm life--North Carolina--Caldwell County--History--20th century
Distilling, Illicit--North Carolina--Caldwell County
Caldwell County (N.C.)--History--20th century
Caldwell County (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century
“Charles” Wesley Bolick was born on August 15, 1897 in the Mulberry Valley community of Caldwell County about ten miles from Blowing Rock, North Carolina. His parents were Emanuel (b. October 24, 1852 - d. August
16, 1926) and Mary Vienna Sherrill Bolick (b. April 1860 – d. August 27, 1934). He had four siblings and was married to Elizabeth “Libby” Gomer Bolick (b. October 7, 1881 – d. January 16, 1983). Charles Bolick died on April 29, 1996 at the age of 98.
During the interview he talks about his parents and siblings, selling whiskey, making apple brandy, living off the land and making everything the family needed. He reflects on the Depression, and attending school. He also discusses making molasses, sleeping on a rope bed, courting, digging for ginseng, and the floods of 1916 and 1940.
Bolick, Charles
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