Volume 14 , Issue 23

Highland, Virginia - A Part Of Appalachians Valley & Ridge

We find that Highland county, Virginia was a part of the Appalachia Valley & Ridge. The Appalachia stretched diagonally, northeast to southwest across North America and into the southeast part of Canada.

The term is often used more restrictively to refer to regions in the central, southern Appalachian Mountains, usually including areas in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and North Carolina, as well as sometimes extending as far south as northern Georgia and western South Carolina, as far north as Pennsylvania and southern Ohio. The Ouachita mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma were originally part of the Appalachians, but became disconnected through geologic history.

The Appalachians - Part 1


The Appalachian was the first American frontier. The Appalachian people came from a variety of European traditions. They came seeking a freedom for land opportunity and religious freedom. There were good times and hard times. The Appalachians were described with a flood of unfair stereo-types. Appalachian is remembered through its stories and songs -- through it's music.

The Appalachian is reported to be 400 million years old. The first to settle the Appalachian region were the ancestors of Native American Indians (Shawnee, Choctaw and Creek with the Cherokee as the dominate). The Cherokee women had authority in the Cherokee tribe and the women lost that as they became cultured into the European society.

The Appalachian settlers came from Germany, England, Wales and Northern Ireland to escape hardtimes. See More about the history of The Appalachians - Part 2.


Appalachia - A History of Planned Poverty - YouTube:

"The chronic poverty of Appalachia is the outcome of economic domination and racism. In the 1930's, Southern politicians prevented farm workers and domestic servants from qualifying for Social Security because they knew that the small Social Security check would support families and would change the labor market in the South."

The rich and powerful corporations came into Appalachia and raped the land of its riches (mineral & timber) leaving the citizens in poverty.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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