Excerpt from Revella Hughes's "At Dawning" (1921)
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JFK Centennial Speech (full, audio only)
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Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
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"West Virginia Gals" by Henry Reed
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French Carpenter - "Camp Chase"
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"Peter Cottontail"
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"Frosty the Snowman"
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Billy Richardson's Last Ride
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Uncle Homer Walker - "Steal Away"
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"The Wreck on the C&O"
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Coal operator Justus Collins (December 14, 1857 - October 18, 1934) was born in Clayton, Alabama. He began his coal career in his native South, reportedly supervising convict mine labor. About 1887, he resigned as secretary treasurer of Woodward I...
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