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		<title>Gravely and his motor plow</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/11/11/gravely-and-his-motor-plow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Sir: During the past year, I have had occasion to discuss the business situation with practically every business man in the City of Charleston and suburbs. Our very limited number of productive enterprises and our crippled coal industries are &#8230; <a href="http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/11/11/gravely-and-his-motor-plow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=appalachianalliance.com&amp;blog=4692223&amp;post=467&amp;subd=appalachianalliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dirt racing at Pennsboro</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/09/29/dirt-racing-at-pennsboro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The town was once a stop on the Northwest Turnpike, one of the main roads west in the early days of the country, running from Winchester, VA to Parkersburg (now West Virginia). Later the town was a stop on the &#8230; <a href="http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/09/29/dirt-racing-at-pennsboro/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=appalachianalliance.com&amp;blog=4692223&amp;post=439&amp;subd=appalachianalliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachia Speaks &#8211; Audio</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/09/01/appalachia-speaks-audio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to our audio edition of Appalachia Speaks. Periodically we interview people within and around the Appalachian region, which we think will provide a greater insight into WHAT we do and WHY we do it. TODAY our guest is… Greg &#8230; <a href="http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/09/01/appalachia-speaks-audio/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=appalachianalliance.com&amp;blog=4692223&amp;post=436&amp;subd=appalachianalliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cover It Live</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/08/28/cover-it-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<title>Where the Hillbilly Highway ends</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/08/16/where-the-hillbilly-highway-ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re an Ohio briar you might be familiar with Dayton’s Mountain Days Festival, a local celebration of the culture and heritage of Appalachian people. It has usually taken place annually since 1986 at Eastwood Metropark, though has been postponed &#8230; <a href="http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/08/16/where-the-hillbilly-highway-ends/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=appalachianalliance.com&amp;blog=4692223&amp;post=415&amp;subd=appalachianalliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachia Speaks &#8211; Audio</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/08/15/appalachia-speaks-deana-keener-august-15-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to our audio edition of Appalachia Speaks. Periodically we interview people within and around the Appalachian region, which we think will provide a greater insight into WHAT we do and WHY we do it. TODAY our guest is… Deana &#8230; <a href="http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/08/15/appalachia-speaks-deana-keener-august-15-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=appalachianalliance.com&amp;blog=4692223&amp;post=405&amp;subd=appalachianalliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Appalachians</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/08/13/urban-appalachians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban Appalachians are people from Appalachia who are living in metropolitan areas outside the Appalachian region. In the decades following the Great Depression and World War II, many Appalachian residents moved to industrial cities in the north and west in &#8230; <a href="http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/08/13/urban-appalachians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=appalachianalliance.com&amp;blog=4692223&amp;post=393&amp;subd=appalachianalliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>America’s only woman ironmaster</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/08/03/america%e2%80%99s-only-woman-ironmaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nannie Kelly Wright (1856-1946) was probably the only woman ironmaster in America’s history. Wright was the daughter of the famous riverboat commodore Washington Honshell, who helped form Cincinnati’s White Collar packet line. She was said to be the second richest &#8230; <a href="http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/08/03/america%e2%80%99s-only-woman-ironmaster/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=appalachianalliance.com&amp;blog=4692223&amp;post=387&amp;subd=appalachianalliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which of them REALLY invented ‘Dr Pepper’?</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/07/26/which-of-them-really-invented-%e2%80%98dr-pepper%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The town boomed when the railroad came through in 1856, and so in 1872 a former Confederate surgeon named Dr. Charles T. Pepper started a soon-to-be-thriving business dispensing patent medicines in a brick pharmacy in Rural Retreat, VA. He also &#8230; <a href="http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/07/26/which-of-them-really-invented-%e2%80%98dr-pepper%e2%80%99/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=appalachianalliance.com&amp;blog=4692223&amp;post=380&amp;subd=appalachianalliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>She wrote 1500 hymns</title>
		<link>http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/07/18/she-wrote-1500-hymns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duane B Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She wrote about 1500 hymns in all, over a 37 year period. In her lifetime her songs were translated and sung in Africa, India, China, and Korea. Her best known songs, ‘Nearer, Still Nearer,’ and ‘Let Jesus Come Into Your &#8230; <a href="http://appalachianalliance.com/2011/07/18/she-wrote-1500-hymns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=appalachianalliance.com&amp;blog=4692223&amp;post=371&amp;subd=appalachianalliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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