Some Web sites to try:

Appalachia: The Land, the People, the Trail  -- Links to many sites about the Southern Appalachian region.

Appalachian Power's Appalachian Resource Center - Everything from moonshining to coon hunting to the Hatfield and McCoy feud. Click on Oral Histories to learn about Appalachian Christmas traditions, life in a coal camp, etc.

Appalachian Traveller: How To...A Pioneer Guide -- Find out how Appalachian pioneers built log cabins, dressed meats, made soap, and more.

Bland County History Archives -- Oral histories on topics like: church, community, farming, logging, school, etc. Includes lots of photos.

Center for Virtual Appalachia - Take a photo tour of Appalachia. Also includes cultural information and links.

Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection  -- A collection of tunes from Virginia's Appalachian frontier from the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center

Glossary of Appalachian History  & Culture -- What are ramps? You can find out at this site.

Music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains -- A study guide by Mike Seeger that includes sample musical clips, a discussion of old time music, music of the southern Appalachians and more.

Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia -- From the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center, this collection documents the traditional way of life in West Virginia's Big Coal River Valley.

Western North Carolina Nature Center -- Use this site to find fact sheets about animals located in the Southern Appalachian region, native tree species and endangered species.