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Mountain Families
"Now the people who lived in the mountains were mostly squatters. They were the people who came in after the pioneers. Many of them had been indentured servants.
They settled in the mountains way up at the top and they just remained there. They built a home, after clearing a little land, and nobody drove them away and they were perfectly happy to live there. They didn't improve their homes that much.
"Now. I had the pleasure of going into those homes. It was a law - not a law. but a school law - that every teacher had to visit in the home of every student at least once. It was a good thing, I think, because you saw what they had to deal with.
"We visited in these homes usually in groups. The people in th mountains made moonshine - they had to make moonshine to pay their taxes. When we went to visit we visited in lots of three.
"There was usually one room and a shed room. No matter when you'd come, there would be someone there and they'd invite you in. They were always so surprised to see you. If you didn't come to tell them their child had done something wrong they’d be perfectly satisfied.
"One thing that always surprised me: that one room was immaculate. The furniture was homemade of cherry or walnut. The kitchen was a lean-to. When you left they always gave you a bouquet - there were always flowers in the mountains.
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