Blue Ridge Folklife

Index

I N D E X Acadia National Park, 53 African Americans, 13, 36, 48, 65, 70, 71, 86, 88, 89, 90, 93, 96, 109, 126, 150 Agriculture, 33~34> 55> 93> 96, 98, 10910 , 117-19 Al Hopkins and the Hill Billies, 69 Alamance, Battle of, 7 Albemarle County, Va., 20 Allanstand Cottage Industries, 156 Allegheny Mountains, xiii, xv Alleghany County, N.C., 55 Allegheny Trail, n "Amazing Grace" (hymn), 102 American Revolution. See Revolutionary War Andy Griffith Show, The (television program ), 67 Animal stories, 74-75 Appomattox Courthouse, 47 Archaic tradition, 1-2 Armstrong, Howard, 92 Army of Northern Virginia, 44 Army of the Potomac, 43 Army of the Shenandoah, 44 Arnold, Benedict, 26 Arthur, Gabriel, 4 Artisan shop, 148 Ashe County, N.C.,33, 89 Asheville, N.C.,34, 39, 41, 42, 49, 50, 51, 84, 88, 89, 126, 131, 156, 184 Augusta County, Va., 12 Avery County, N.C.,87 Babcock Lumber Company, 59 "Back-to-the-landers," 185 Baker, Etta, 80, 90, 92-96 Baker, Lee,92, 94, 95 Ballads. See Music Banjos. See Instruments Banjo Institute, 92, 102 Banks, General Nathaniel, 44 Baptisms, 106-07 "Barbara Allen" (ballad), 82 Barns, 142 Bartram, William, 53 Baskets, 140 Bean, William, 171 Bechtler Mint, 31-32 Bedford, Va., 62 Beech Mountain, N.C., 76 Belton Lumber Company, 59 Berkeley County, W.Va., 11 Beverly Hillbillies, The (televisionprogram ), 64, 178 Big Santeetlah Creek, 57 Biltmore Estate, 51-52 Biltmore Forest, 51 Biltmore House, 41, 51-52 Bird Haven, Va., 148, 156 Birth beliefs and customs, 111-13 Black Mountains, xiv, 56 Blake, Norman, 68 Blalock, Malinda, 46 Blalock, W. M., 46 Blowing Rock, N.C.,42, 62, 74 Blue Grass Boys (musical group), 89 Blue Ridge: description of geographical range, xi-xiv; environmental concerns , xv; geological history, xiii;natural history, xiv;origin of name, xi; overview of the region's culturalhistory , xiv-xv "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (song), 68 Blue Ridge Mountain Men,173 201 202 Index Blue Ridge Mountain Province, xi Blue Ridge Parkway, 14, 53, 54~56, 61, 97, 98, 131, I39> MO, 143, 145, 146, I47> 153 Bluegrass Cardinals (musical group), 90 Bluegrass music, 80, 88-90 Books about the Blue Ridge region, 65-66 Boone, N.C. (formerly Council's Store), 20,46 Boone, Daniel, xv, 9, 10, 11-20, 39, 53, 58, 62, 67, 74, 79, 93> i?i> !72, 185 Boone, Israel, n Boone, James, 10, 17 Boone, Jesse, 20 Boone, Ned, 13 Boone, Rebecca Bryan, 12-13 Boone, Sarah, n Boone, Sarah Morgan, u Boone, Squire, n, 12 "Boone's Trace," 14 Boundary demarcations and disputes: counties, 33; states, 32 Boyd's Creek, Battle of, 27 Braddock, General Edward, 12 Brandywine, Battle of, 25 "Bristol Sessions, The," 68 Bristol, Va., 88 Bronson, Bertrand, 87 Brown, John, 42-43 Brown Mountain Beach, 94 Brown Mountain lights, 74 Brushy Mountains, xiv, 14 Buckdancing. See Dancing Buena Vista, Va., 82 Buffalo Mountain, Va., xiv "Bully of the Town" (instrumental tune), 93 Buncombe County, N.C., 34, 35, 155 Buncombe Turnpike, 38-39, 41 Burke County, N.C., 45 Burnsville, N.C., 82 "Bushwhackers," 46 Cabarrus County, N.C., 31 Cabins. See Log cabins Cabins in the Laurel (book), 66 Cacapon River, 179, 183 Calderwood Dam, 59 Caldwell County, N.C., 33, 93, 94 Caldwell, Dr. Joseph, 33 Calhoun, Evelyn, 97, 100 Calhoun, Morgan, 98 Calhoun, Sally Ann, 98 Calhoun, Walker, 96-103 Campbell, Colonel William, 22, 23, 24 Campbell, John C., 83, 84 Campbell, Olive Dame, 83 "Candy pullings," 117-18 Capon Bridge, W.Va., 178, 179 Carroll County, Va., 89 Carter, A. P. (Alvin Pleasant), 88 Carter County, Tenn., 105, 118 Carter, Ezra, 88 Carter Family, 88 Carter, Isobel Gordon, 77 Carter, Maybelle Addington, 88 Carter, Sara Dougherty, 88 Cash, Johnny, 68 Catawba River and Valley, 22 Cedar Creek, Battle of, 44-45 Cephas, John, 92 Chambers, Samuel, 22 Chappell, Fred, 66 Charles, Ray, 92 Charles Town, Va. (later W.Va.), 42 Charleston, S.C., 4, 41 Charlotte, N.C., 22, 185 Charlottesville, Va., 20 Chase County, Va., 93 Chase, Richard, 76-78 Chattahoochee National Forest, 53 Cheoah Mountains, 57 Cheoah River, 57 Cherokee: communities, 99; history through 1800, xv, 3-10, 13, 14, 18, 26-28; history, i8oo-present, 32,33, 36-38, 58, 65, 71, 86; traditional songs and dances, 96-103, 126 Cherokee Fall Festival, 132, 137 Cherokee Indian Fair, 99, 137 Index 203 Cherokee National Forest, 53 Cherokee...