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    The Museum of Appalachia, located in Norris, Tennessee, 20 miles (32 km) north of Knoxville, is a living history museum that interprets the pioneer and...
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    Appalachia (/ˌæpəˈlætʃə, -leɪtʃə, -leɪʃə/) is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern...
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  • John Rice Irwin (category University of Tennessee alumni)
    January 16, 2022) was an American cultural historian, and founder of the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee. His interest in history began at an early...
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    Cas Walker (category Mayors of Knoxville, Tennessee)
    The Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour — IMDB Museum of Appalachia — photos of Cas Walker in 1990 Life photograph of 1956 fracas between Walker and J.S. Cooper...
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    cylindrical with a bulge in the middle. The name is derived from the resemblance of the stove to a fat person's pot belly. Potbelly stoves were used to heat large...
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    Alex Haley (category Member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco)
    September 11, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2023. "Museum staff members visit Alex Haley Farm", Museum of Appalachia Newsletter, June 2006. "The 1977 Pulitzer...
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    at The Metropolitan Museum of Art A Fairyland of Fabrics: The Victorian Crazy Quilt at The International Quilt Study Center & Museum Modern crazy quilting:...
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    Information obtained from museum interpretive sign inside the Mark Twain family cabin at the Museum of Appalachia, 1 May 2009. "Family tree of Mark TWAIN". Geneastar...
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    Appalachian Americans (category Society of Appalachia)
    or simply Appalachians, are Americans living in the geocultural area of Appalachia in the eastern United States, or their descendants. While not an official...
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    Southern Appalachia Railway Museum is a railway museum headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum was founded...
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