Subscribe via Email
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Top Posts & Pages
Category Archives: Blue Ridge Mountains
Echos of My Blue Ridge Ancestors
October is peak tourist season in Shenandoah National Park, when the forest puts on a dazzling show that never fails to delight. The trees are decked out in their royal colors: crimson, gold, and purple, a palette of shimmering color that stretches from far horizon … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Blue Ridge Mountains, Collier
Tagged Blue Ridge, Collier, Eviction, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Leave a comment
The Grandmother I Never Knew
I know only wisps of my grandmother’s life, those parts that came to me in stories told by my mother, or from the occasional times our family made the 3,000 mile trip from Southern California to the Virginia farm where she spent … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Blue Ridge Mountains, Collier, Meadows, Merica, Old Photos, Shenandoah
Tagged Florence Merica, Jollett Hollow, Mary Meadows, Tom Merica
8 Comments
Thomas Austin Merica: Not Long a Boy
Thomas Austin Merica was a handsome man with a gentle wit. He had thick auburn hair, a symmetrical oval face, prominent brows, a good straight gaze, finely proportioned nose, slightly bowed lips, straight but relaxed shoulders, and the look of … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, 20th Century, Blue Ridge Mountains, Merica
7 Comments
My German-(A)Merican Heritage
This is the first of a several-part series on my grandfather, Thomas Austin Merica. Thomas Austin Merica was born on May 28, 1884 in Greene County, Virginia. Or at least that’s the family legend. He was from sturdy German stock, … Continue reading
My Blue Ridge Family Tree (Album)
This is the last, part Nine of My Blue Ridge Mountain Home Eviction series. Be sure you read parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven and Eight. My Blue Ridge Mountain Home Eviction: Part 9 The Blue Ridge Mountains … Continue reading
What Really Happened?
I did not set out to write a multi-part series on the Blue Ridge Mountain evictions, but as the original post became longer and longer, I decided to split it into parts, all of which I will post in upcoming … Continue reading
What was Lost in the Blue Ridge
I did not set out to write a multi-part series on the Blue Ridge Mountain evictions, but as the original post became longer and longer, I decided to split it into parts, all of which I will post in upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Blue Ridge Mountains, Strange Facts
Tagged Baliem Valley, Blue Ridge, Eviction, Irian Jaya
2 Comments