Urban legends are extraordinary tales that are passed from person to person and are occasionally reported as fact in publications that neglect to conduct their own research. Most are false, but even ...

The four-part series, “Spruce Pine and North Toe: The History and the Vision,” concludes next week. In doing research for it, I came across the following story, which may be true, but which, because ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the Daily Yonder focused on the best, and worst, in rural media, entertainment, and culture ...

Horton Cooper tells the story, in his 1964 book "History of Avery County, North Carolina," of an 18-year-old girl named Delilah Baird who left the home of her father, Col. Bedent Baird, in Valle ...

Sarah Hawke and Leigh Radford prepared a tribute piece to Sid Parker as part of the ABC Rural Legends series.