Appalachian people who endure from mysterious heritage will be the topic of a two-day conference June 26-27 at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina, as the Melungeon Heritage Association ...

Fred Eiler is a good friend who is passionate about several things, one of which is the Peak Cemetery, located in Gamble Valley’s Scarboro Community, where potentially two Revolutionary Soldiers are ...

“The Melungeons: Sons and Daughters of the Legend” will be the next presentation in the Blount County Public Library’s Southern Appalachian Studies Series at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at the library’s ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some ...

Virginia recently celebrated a milestone anniversary. Four hundred years ago on July 30, the body that became the Virginia House of Delegates first met at Jamestown. In the case of Jamestown, we can ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A conference in Swannanoa this week may help unravel the mystery of the Melungeons, an Appalachian people much discussed and often feared by generations of white ...

The Melungeon Heritage Association (MHA) will meet on Friday and Saturday, June 23rd and 24th, in Vardy and Morristown, Tennessee. The theme of this year’s event is Melungeons and the Arts. Anyone who ...

Ask 10 Melungeons about their ethnic identity and you'll likely get 10 different answers. Even though historians have concluded that Melungeons, a sub-population of southern Appalachia, are a ...

The dark-skinned mountaineers whose origins are shrouded in mystery will be returning to Asheville next month. The Melungeon Heritage Association will hold its 19th annual meeting at Warren Wilson ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons ...