Appalachian Memory Keepers

Preserving the Stories, Songs, and Spirit of the Appalachian Mountains

Step back in time with us as we preserve and share the authentic stories of Appalachia — its people, places, history, music, and memories. From forgotten farmsteads and mountain churches to the bluegrass tunes and front porch tales that shaped our region, Appalachian Memory Keepers celebrates the heritage of mountain life and communities.

We’re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to capturing the vanishing history and culture of Appalachia through documentary films, oral histories, vintage photographs, and storytelling videos.

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Our new video is FINALLY out. I apologize for taking so long to get it out. It's been an insane month...and it probably won't get better until January. Regardless, let me know what you think about THIS video. I think it is a really interesting story that was almost lost to history. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LikHZ...

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🏚️ A Lonely Old Home in Wythe County, VA — Still Holding On
Some houses don’t need a name or an address to make you stop and wonder.

This one, sitting all by itself in a wide Wythe County field, feels like a memory the land refuses to let go.

Once upon a time, this old place echoed with the sounds of living — a screen door slamming as children tore outside to play… the hum of a woodstove on a cold morning… the soft murmur of voices drifting out the kitchen window at suppertime. You can almost picture laundry snapping on the line, a milk cow grazing nearby, and smoke rising from that sturdy brick chimney.

Today, the vines cling to its walls like the last threads of a story determined not to fade. The tin roof is rusted, the windows gone quiet, but the bones of the home stand strong — a testament to the hands that built it and the family that once called it theirs.

Across Appalachia, places like this remind us that every hollow, every ridge, and every backroad holds a chapter of someone’s life. Even in silence, these old homeplaces speak.

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Toppled Steeple on this old Lutheran Church. It is inhabited by some extremely foul smelling vultures. I couldn't believe the stench. 😭
Southwestern VA

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Sunrise this morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway 💖

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I have always admired this old home. Sadly, it is looking rougher and rougher. 😭
Bland County, VA

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19 degrees and a light dusting at the old farm.
Ashe County, NC

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🌳 Locust Hill Manor — Wythe County, Virginia 🌳

Nestled in the rolling hills of Wythe County stands Locust Hill Manor, a stately reminder of Virginia’s antebellum past. Built around 1850 by Colonel Alfred Cleon Moore and his wife Nancy Kent Moore, the manor rose from land once owned by Nancy’s family — part of a vast tract originally deeded from the McGavocks, among the region’s earliest settlers.

Its brick walls were formed from the red clay of the surrounding fields, its timbers hand-hewn from local oak and locust, and its design reflected the Greek Revival style so admired in the mid-1800s. Each fireplace, window lintel, and column tells a story of craftsmanship and pride — but also of the enslaved laborers whose hands helped raise this home and shape the working plantation that once surrounded it.

Through the years, Locust Hill has watched generations come and go — from the Moores to the Huddles, and now into the modern age. Though the fields no longer hum with the sound of farm wagons or iron shoes, the old house still stands tall, weathered yet dignified, a guardian of Wythe County’s layered history.

Today, Locust Hill Manor reminds us that these walls have seen it all — prosperity and hardship, war and peace, and the slow, steady passage of time that defines life in Appalachia.

📸 Photos by Appalachian Memory Keepers — preserving the history, heritage, and heart of Appalachia one story at a time.

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