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Mountain People in a Flat Land

A Popular History of Appalacian Migration to Northeast Ohio, 1940-1965

By: Carl E. Feather

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Mountain People in a Flat Land

A Popular History of Appalacian Migration to Northeast Ohio, 1940-1965

By: Carl E. Feather

In the early 1940s, $10 bought a bus ticket from Appalachia to a better job and promise of prosperity in the flatlands of northeast Ohio. A mountaineer with a strong back and will to work could find a job within twenty-four hours of arrival. But the cost of a bus ticket was more than a week's wages in a lumber camp, and the mountaineer paid dearly in loss of kin, culture, homeplace, and freedom. Numerous scholarly works have addressed this migration that brought more than one million mountaineers to Ohio alone. But Mountain People in a Flat Land is the first popular history of Appalachian migration to one community -- Ashtabula County, an industrial center in the fabled "best location in the nation." These migrants share their stories of life in Appalachia before coming north. There are tales of making moonshine, colorful family members, home remedies harvested from the wild, and life in coal company towns and lumber camps. The mountaineers explain why, despite the beauty of the mountains and the deep kinship roots, they had to leave Appalachia. Stories of their hardships, cultural clashes, assimilation, and ultimate successes in the flatland provide a moving look at an often stereotyped people.

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Ohio University Press

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0821412299

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9780821412299

Hidden History of Ashtabula County

By: Carl E. Feather

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Hidden History of Ashtabula County

By: Carl E. Feather

Picturesque Ashtabula County harbors a rich and sometimes strange history. Ohio's Western Reserve settlers were astonished by the ancient graveyards they found that yielded bones belonging to a gigantic race. Mr. Buck of Conneaut lived a secluded life married to himself, assuming the character and dress of the fictional Mrs. Buck. A legend persists to this day that the ship of a Spanish princess lies at the bottom of Pymatuning Lake. Author Carl E. Feather delves into the rich history of Ohio's largest county and uncovers its little-known secrets in the most unexpected places.

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144

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Arcadia Publishing

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1626199531

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9781626199538

The Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County, Ohio

By: Carl E. Feather

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The Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County, Ohio

By: Carl E. Feather

When its first covered bridge was constructed on the Ashtabula-Trumbull Turnpike in 1832, Ashtabula County was closer to frontier than a "new Connecticut." Its rutted roads promised adventure and suggested prosperity but also great hardship. Covered bridges, made mostly of local timber, would eventually soften the brutality of travel, isolation and a well-watered landscape. Their proliferation and preservation gave Ashtabula County the nickname "Covered Bridge Capital of the Western Reserve." Admire both famous and forgotten crossings with Carl E. Feather, who has spent over a quarter century mired in muddy creek beds, camera in hand, waiting for the perfect light.

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1625847459

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9781625847454

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Mountain People in a Flat Land

Mountain People in a Flat Land

Hidden History of Ashtabula County

Hidden History of Ashtabula County

The Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County, Ohio

The Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County, Ohio

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