Tamela Rich Author, Traveler, Tour Host

Tag Archives: Stories from Appalachia

Henry Ford’s Kentucky Coal Camps: My Great-Aunt’s Memories

June 1, 2017 12

Stone coal miners at Eastern #8 Lamphouse 1944

I recently spent a week in Kentucky with my Great Aunt Buntin in the video above. She is the youngest and only surviving sibling of six, all of whom born in the 1920's and 30's in a Kentucky coal camp near the West Virginia state line.

Tribute to My Hillbilly Grandparents: Appalachia Proud

January 19, 2017 0

Trapping was a winter way of life for boys I grew up with

I've been traveling the Appalachian Mountains all of my life, first in the family station wagon, then on my motorcycle. It's gorgeous country, and the people who call it home are often misunderstood. I know this because they are my people.