The Mountain Eagle Pettigrew, a shop-keeper in a mountain town of Kentucky, falls in love with the teacher, Beatrice. The girl doesn't consider him as a lover, so he gets angry and accuses her of molesting his son Edward who has a mental illness. The girl marries the hermit, Fear O'God Fulton in order to calm the people's anger and day by day she falls in love with her husband and a child is born. Pettigrew hides Edward and charges the hermit with his son's murder. Fear O'God is imprisoned but he escapes and takes refuge in the mountain with his wife and son. release year: 1926 star(s):Alfred Hitchcock
State secrets may give Ukrainians a taste of homeLouisville Courier-Journal, KYAfter chasing down rumors that had been circulating from Isom to Camp Branch, and from Sandlick to Buck Creek, The Mountain Eagle reported that more than 300 Kentucky miners, in Letcher and Knott Counties, soon will be working for 42-year-old Ukrainian
Derby recyclingLouisville Courier-Journal, KYEither Hawpe is not acquainted with this mountain growth, in which case he made The Mountain Eagle writer look like a boob. Or he is acquainted with “dry land fish,” in which case he lost the opportunity to educate urbanites like myself who are
Author offers his expertise on KET's Appalachia seriesState-Journal.com, KY longtime editor-in-chief of the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, The Mountain Eagle, in Whitesburg; Ron Eller, director of the Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky; and novelist, short story writer, and filmmaker Gurney Norman.
Archie Green's Vision — The Picture of a Nation at WorkDaily Yonder, TexasEditor's Note: This first appeared as an editorial in The Mountain Eagle, a weekly newspaper in Whitesburg, Kentucky. He answers: “Then it don’t matter. Then I’ll be all around in the dark. I’ll be everywhere – wherever you look.
UN lauds effort to reforest AppalachiaBlueRidgeNow.com, NCAP Photo/The Mountain Eagle, Sally Barto AP Writer BLACKEY, Ky. (AP) — Sam Adams laid his tools aside and gently pushed fresh dirt around an oak sapling he hopes one day will be part of a hardwood forest high above this Appalachian community.
Speak Your Piece: Time for a New CCCDaily Yonder, TexasThe Mountain Eagle, a weekly newspaper in Eastern Kentucky has called for a new CCC. EDITOR'S NOTE: The following first appeared as an editorial in The Mountain Eagle, the weekly newspaper in Whitesburg, Kentucky. It is the second of two editorials in
Water Finally Drinkable in Letcher CountyWYMT, KYFor the first time, Childers Oil is responding to what happened with a letter published in The Mountain Eagle. Officials say they share the frustrations of the community and will continue to closely monitor their sites. Meanwhile, county officials say
Letters for February 25, 2009Oneonta Daily Star, NY but the spirit is still here for winter fun, thanks to the dedication and work of people from the Central Catskills Trails Association and many volunteers. The Mountain Eagle front-page picture told the real story of the race. By the way, your Feb.