The Appalachian Trail crosses 14 states, six national parks and eight national forests. Marc Muench / Corbis At 2,178 miles, the Appalachian Trail is the nation’s longest marked footpath. Starting at ...

Adventure Theatre MTCwill present the play Sing Down The Moon: Appalachian Wonder Tales, written and directed by MaryHall Surface, with music by David Maddox. This magical folklore-based play with a ...

HUNTINGTON — Mountain tales were brought to life Friday during the Huntington-based First Stage Theatre Company’s production of “Sing Down The Moon — Appalachian Wonder Tales.” The musical features a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I was born in 1946 and raised in a Black coal mining family at the foot of Black Mountain, Kentucky’s highest peak, in Harlan ...

The Orville Hicks Mountain Talkers Storytelling Contest will return to Boone on Saturday, May 30, at Hickory Ridge History ...

On May 28 at 6:30 p.m., enter the phantasmagorical world of Jack, the Appalachian wonder tale hero – and his feminine counterpart the Least Gal – in an evening of intertwining folk tales and songs, a ...

I was born in 1946 and raised in a Black coal mining family at the foot of Black Mountain, Kentucky’s highest peak, in Harlan County. From its summit, during my frequent hikes as a teenager, I could ...

This story was originally published by the Lexington Herald-Leader. I was born in 1946 and raised in a Black coal mining family at the foot of Black Mountain, Kentucky’s highest peak, in Harlan County ...