Interview with Charlotte Morgan, June 11, 2016

Interview Summary

Charlotte Morgan discusses growing up and working in Dayton, Ohio. She talks about her family and moving back to her family land on Stinking Creek around 2006 and raising her grandson, Joseph. She discusses issues like drug abuse and poverty on the Creek and getting by. Charlotte loves to garden and remembers her grandparents? garden and livestock. She tells of how her uncle was featured in the book "Stinking Creek" by John Fetterman. Charlotte talks about what she likes to cook and says that she doesn?t want gardens to die out in the community. She discusses the Grow Appalachia Gardening Program at the Lend-A-Hand Center. She hopes the Center will continue on. Charlotte talks about the Knox County Farmers? Market and participating in the Daniel Boone Festival Parade in Barbourville.

Interview Keyword

Dayton (Ohio) Lend-A-Hand Center Peggy Kemner Irma Gall Drug abuse Poverty Employment--Kentucky Stereotypes (Social psychology) Community-based family services. Community-based social services.

Interview LC Subject

Knox County (Ky.) Agriculture Country life Family farms. Rural conditions Stinking Creek (Ky.) Canning and preserving Food--Preservation--Kentucky Farm life. Subsistence farming Traditional farming Land use, Rural. Food habits Community development Families Communities Community organization

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