APPALACHIA ANTHOLOGY
A collection of short stories about the Town of Appalachia, Virginia's founding and first fifty years
 
APPALACHIA ANTHOLOGY
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Athawominee, the Great Warrior's Path

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© 2007
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The Great Warrior's Path, or "Athawominee," was the centerpiece of Indian civilization east of the Mississippi River.  Its many branches originated in New York and Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and in the Carolinas.  It coalesced in Southwest Virginia and passed through Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, where it again subdivided.  Athawominee's western branches traversed Kentucky all the way to the Mississippi, and its northern branches  went on into the Old Northwest Territory -- the land between the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

For the Indians that used it, Athwominee was not only, and perhaps not primarily, an avenue to war, but was a means of communication, and above all, a route of commerce.  It simply was the thread that held the Indian civilization east of the Mississippi River together.  Later, it was the most significant route of emigration for settlers moving from the East to the interior of the continent.  The only trail of comparable historic significance in American is the Oregan Trail.

 

 

  

THE BEAR GRASS - A History
A history of far Southwest Virginia, using a blend of factual data, new research, and oral tradition to tell the story of how we came to be who we are.

 
 

BEAR GRASS
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THE FORTS OF THE HOLSTON MILITIA
Through a blend of new research and a thorough mining of historic documents,
the story of the Southwest Virginia warfare is told as never before. The
locations of thirty-seven of the forts used in these conflicts are newly
documented, and the individual roles that they play are presented.
ISBN#: 0-9632918-2-3
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BENGE!  -  Biography of the famed Cherokee Chief with photos, maps, genealogy charts, and historic documents. 

About the Author:

Lawrence J Fleenor, Jr. is the author of The Bear Grass, a history of Upper East Tennessee and far Southwest Virginia.  He has numerous articles on history and ethnology published.  A life long resident of the region he writes about, he lives in Powell Valley in Wise County, Virginia with his wife - Betty - and two sons - James and Steven.  He has been in medical practice in Family Medicine there for thirty years, and has Adjunct Faculty appointments at Mountain Empire Community College, Duke university Medical School, and at the University of Virginia Medical School.
119 pages, paper back
$20.00 (includes tax, packaging and mailing)
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Lawrence J. Fleenor, Jr.
5532 Powell Valley Road
Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219
Home Telephone:  276-679-0250
Day Telephone:  276-523-1600

Check Out Dr. Fleenor's Website at  www.bigstonegappublishing.com