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  1. Coach Sankhavaram ® @[email protected] ·

    During the 1780s, North Carolina was under the Articles of Confederation (the Constitution was ratified by 1789). At that time, “#WesternNC” stretched from the #SouthernAppalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River.

    #history northcarolinahistory.org/comme

    #westernnc #southernappalachian #history
  2. Coach Sankhavaram ® @[email protected] ·

    Strangers Up On Ol’ #RockyTop

    Growing up in #EastTennessee, there was local stories of Johnson City as #LittleChicago”. The area could have been rest stop between Chicago and Miami during the Prohibition. Amtrak study to restore daily long-distance intercity rail passenger service But, looking at this map, it shows how the #SouthernAppalachian mountains made it logistically difficult. The reputation probably came out of moonshiners in the hollers operating as…

    inaniludibrio.com/2024/03/08/s

    #rockytop #easttennessee #littlechicago #southernappalachian