"GINSENG DIGGERS: A HISTORY OF ROOT AND HERB GATHERING IN APPALACHIA" by Luke Manget (University of Kentucky Press, 304 pages, $28). In the 19th century, large numbers of people living in Southern and ...

(KTVI)- The Appalachian and Ozark string players of The Root Diggers have something for lovers of old-time music. But, this is a group of young men and a young woman. They are digging for their roots ...

Historian Luke Manget's eureka moment came as he thumbed through the pages of a dusty 1870s business ledger from an old general store in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The book had not been opened in a ...

The Root Diggers Genealogical Society will meet at 9:30 a.m. May 4 at the Lucerne Valley Community Center, 33187 Highway 247, Lucerne Valley. The guest speaker will be Sarah Bierle talking about the ...

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