The English Doctor
Stories of Appalachia22 Maalis 2016

The English Doctor

Up until the end of the nineteenth century, most “doctoring” in the rural parts of Appalachia was done by folk healers or “granny-women,” who used old time roots and herbs and traditional treatments. One of the first true doctors to settle in the mountains of Southwest Virginia was an Englishman named Lawrence Haddon, who came […]

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In 1788, a brash 21 year-old came over the mountains from North Carolina to the frontier,seeking fame and fortune as a lawyer. Andrew Jackson began a long and illustrious career in what’s now Jonesbor...

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Alfred Dean Slack, Kingsport Spy

Alfred Dean Slack, Kingsport Spy

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