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Appalachian Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Appalachian MountainsAppalachian Mountainsăpəlāˈchən, –chēən, –lăchˈ– [key], mountain system of E North America, extending in a broad belt c.1,600 mi (2,570 km) SW from the Gaspé…

Appalachia

(Encyclopedia) Appalachia, region: see Appalachian Mountains.

Great Valley

(Encyclopedia) Great Valley: see under Appalachian Mountains.

Black Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Black Mountains: see Appalachian Mountains; Mitchell, Mount.

Sharp, Cecil James

(Encyclopedia) Sharp, Cecil James, 1859–1924, English musician, best known for his researches in English folk music. In 1911 he founded the English Folk Dance Society. In the United States he…

Carter Family

(Encyclopedia) Carter Family, group of singers that specialized in traditional music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains; it consisted of A(lvin) P(leasant) Carter, 1891–1960, b. Maces Spring, Va…

Janette Carter 2006 Deaths

Janette CarterAge: 82 singer and autoharp player who was the last surviving member of the Carter Family, an influential group that sang traditional folk music of the southern Appalachian…

U.S. Geography

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Devonian period

(Encyclopedia) Devonian periodDevonian perioddĭvōˈnēən [key], fourth period of the Paleozoic era of geologic time between 408 and 360 million years ago (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic…