The Foothills of the Appalachian Mountains Breathitt County is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern coalfields region. This coalfield region was created on April 1‚ 1839 and was named in honor of Gov. John Breathitt. This is the eighty- ninth county that was created in Kentucky. It covers 494 square miles that borders Lee‚ Wolfe‚ Magoffin‚ Knott‚ Perry‚ and least but not last Owsley. The county seat of Breathitt is located at Jackson near the geographic center
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Surname: Course: Lecturer: Date: Introduction The story and history of Appalachia is rich and their shared geography‚ cultural traits and common historical experience ties the people of Appalachia together. The Appalachian Mountains were inhabited by a diverse population of Native Americans. They included the Iroquois who were the dominant group in the region. They later split into the northern Iroquois and southern Cherokees. The counties of Virginia‚ East Tennessee‚ western North Carolina
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The AT In North Carolina Along the eastern United States runs a trail inching along from Georgia to Maine; this trail is known as the Appalachian Trail. It stretches for an amazing 2‚184.2 miles from Springer Mtn.‚ GA all the way to Katahdin‚ Maine. There are three types of hikers that attempt this life changing walkabout: the section hiker takes the trail and divides it up in sections to hike at separate times; the flip-flop hiker does sections of the trail in different places to avoid weather
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A is for Appalachians All sorts of funny things can happen when you go on a vacation‚ especially when you are with your family. My family and I was going on a vacation to the Outer Banks in North Carolina‚ as that was where I had concluded I wanted to go on my twelve year trip‚ a trip everyone in my family gets to take when one of my siblings turns twelve. This is‚ for my immediate family‚ the last twelve year trip‚ as I am the youngest. We were driving to North Carolina‚ and as
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statistics? The Appalachian statistics includes the states of West Virginia‚ Virginia‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Kentucky‚ Maryland‚ Mississippi‚ New York‚ North Carolina‚ Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ South Carolina and Tennessee. In these states 13.3 million people are living in poverty according to U.S. Census Bureau. The number of people in the region who did not have health insurance last year fell to 13.6 million from 13.7 million from the year before‚ and median incomes were up in all Appalachian states‚ where
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Saving the Mountains Christina Samples Kaplan University Final Project College Composition II Professor Mark Kusnir Table of Contents: I. Essay II. References III. Formal Letter IV. Reflective Piece V. Powerpoint Presentation ( see additional File) Oh the green rolling hills of Appalachia‚ spanning from New York to Alabama‚ mountainous and majestic and yet they are plagued with destruction. Destruction brought
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Misty Sprout 5/3/2013 Smoky Mountains Most of the Smoky Mountains in the national park are sedimentary and were formed by accumulations of clay‚ silt‚ sand‚ gravel minor amount of calcium carbonate. The oldest of the sedimentary rock were formed during the Proterozoic Era about 800-545 million years ago. About 310-245 million years ago‚ the eastern edge of the North American tectonic plat collided with the African plate becoming part of a supercontinent. During one of earlier collisions‚ tremendous
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Rachel R. Kennison Appalachian Culture and Health Awareness MSN 531 Advanced Health Assessment Wheeling Jesuit University February 22‚ 2013 Appalachian Culture and Health Awareness According to Kruger et al. (2012)‚ the Appalachian region‚ consisting of 13 states along the east coast border‚ is a high risk area for cardiac‚ pulmonary‚ and cancer conditions related to smoking and coal mining. This rural population has ultimately higher rates of heart disease‚ stroke‚ COPD
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Two social problems that are commonly associated with the Appalachian region are the unemployment secondary to the downfall of the coal industry and the ongoing substance abuse. The first problem commonly associated with the Appalachian region is the unemployment secondary to the downfall of the coal industry. A lot of families in the Appalachian region come from a long generation of coal miners. Sons followed in the footsteps of their dads and grandfathers straight out of high school‚ which is
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The Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian mountain system dominates the Eastern United States and seperates the Eastern seaboard from the interior with a belt of uplands that extends nearly 1‚500 miles from northeastern Alabama to the Canadian border.; They are old‚ complex mountains‚ eroded from much older and greater ranges. The present topography is a result of erosion that has carved the weak rocks away‚ leaving a skeleton of resistant rocks behind as highlands. Because of this weathering‚ geologic
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