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The Stuff of Legends

Tales of Van Buren Township of Brown County’S People

By: Helen C. Ayers

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The Stuff of Legends

Tales of Van Buren Township of Brown County’S People

By: Helen C. Ayers

This talented author has again accomplished the impossible by bringing her colorful characters to life in a very entertaining way as only she can do. Read aboutthe young boy who discovered a beer box airplane made a wreckage of his plans to fight the war..the older couple who loved squirrel meat; she couldnt see, he couldnt hear so they hunted together quite successfully..the old soldier who thought bathing made him smell like a sissy.. the storekeeper who made and sold pickled dog..the older woman who whipped her naughty chickens.. the young mother who was prepared to shoot an invader.. the couple who dated 48 years before finally marrying and why they waited so long. Read all of these stories and many more in this exciting, easy to read historical document. You will laugh and cry all the way through this book.

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1467089362

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This Was Our Brown County Then

By: Helen C. Ayers,Rhonda A. Dunn

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This Was Our Brown County Then

By: Helen C. Ayers,Rhonda A. Dunn

As far as I know, no one else has done such a book as this one giving the history of the whole of Brown County, so I did it myself with the help of Rhonda A. Dunn. I cover most of the happenings in Brown County for more than 220 years up until the present time. To do this I had to make the book into two parts, the older parts are from the 1800s and that section is called simply, THEN. The stories of what is in Brown County since that time but up to today, is simply called, NOW. Then when we added the new history center, we went to three parts for this book to keep it simple to keep the history together for easier handling and reading. Brown County has changed so much in 220 years that it is amazing. But most of what we are today is what we started from actually. I think you will find this to be true if you read the book in its entirety. Most of the early settlers were from the states of the Carolinas, Virginias, Ohio and Kentucky. Many of those people or their offspring are still here today but we are having an influx of what some call “furriners” today. People today come from the cities to visit, decide they like it here as much as we do and buy up a piece of land and build a log home and stay here. It takes all kinds to make a homogenous group. I think we have done our best to accomplish that. So, pull yourself up a chair, grab a cup of coffee or iced tea, and set a spell and read all about us in this first ever fairly complete history of Brown County. Ya’ll come back now, ya hear!!

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1665570091

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Appalachian Daughter

The Exodus of the Mountaineers from Appalachia

By: Helen Ayers

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Appalachian Daughter

The Exodus of the Mountaineers from Appalachia

By: Helen Ayers

Appalachian Daughter-35987 Not since the Dust Bowl days of the 30's have so many residents of one area of our great country migrated to another in search of a better way of life. The sturdy ancestors of this group had followed Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap a century or more before and were ready to follow their leaders to a new life elsewhere. Appalachian Daughter was written to chronicle the exodus of a number of leading families from the Pine and Black Mountain areas of Eastern Kentucky. Collectively, these mountains are known simply as the "Cumberlands" andform a section of the Appalachian Mountain Range. After the Second World War, the area was so poverty stricken many of the mountaineers left their homes for fertile Southern Indiana farms or went on to cities such as Chicago, Detroit and Cincinnati in search of factory jobs. Coal mining was the only job available in Eastern Kentucky. When the mine operators refused to budge on employee welfare or safety issues, the leaders decided to abandon the only profession they knew and start their lives anew in other places. This story tells of one of those families who migrated and their struggles for acceptance. It attempts to show the impact of this migration on Indiana and other states. It also shows the dismal prospects of those left behind, prospects that would require fifty years to mend. The area would not heal untilit had produced, reared and educated new leaders to take the place of those who left. This story is about my family. I hope you enjoy reading of our exploits.

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1467810622

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The Stuff of Legends

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This Was Our Brown County Then

This Was Our Brown County Then

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