Other Voices, Other Towns: The Traveler's Story
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Caleb Pirtle III. Other Voices, Other Towns: The Traveler's Story
Last Man on The Mountain
Elkmont, Tennessee. Pop: 0
High Country Secrets
Johnson City, Tennessee. Pop: 61,990
Barter for The Bard
Abingdon, Virginia. Pop: 7,780
Anvil With A Song
Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Pop: 2030
The Blessing of Bessie
Asheville, North Carolina. Pop: 76,636
The Conscience of America
Flat Rock, North Carolina. Pop: 2,565
For Whom The Bells Ring
Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Pop: 784
The Gray Man
Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Pop: 138
Attorney for Mister Drum
Frankfort, Kentucky. Pop: 27,741
Moon Shot
Chatsworth, Georgia. Pop: 3,531
Tattered Dreams Don’t Fade
Rome, Georgia. Pop: 34,980
A Three Pickup Place
Helen, Georgia. Pop: 420
Lady of The Swamp
Waycross, Georgia. Pop: 14,774
Serenade of Worm Fiddlers
Caryville, Florida. Pop: 2,880
When The Dead Speak
Cassadaga, Florida. Pop. 100
Handy Man with The Blues
Florence, Alabama. Pop: 37,877
The Girl Singer
Scottsboro, Alabama. Pop:14,762
Angel on The Lake
Pell City, Alabama. Pop: 9,565
Rust Amongst The Relics
Lorman, Mississippi. Pop: 4,138
Requiem for A Tree
Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Pop: 44,779
Sons of The Atchafalaya
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Pop. 6,596
King of The Gate Crashers
New Orleans, Louisiana. Pop. Fluid
Down at The Jot ‘em Down
Pine Ridge, Arkansas
Sounds of The Ozarks
Mountain View, Arkansas
Ballad of Carnation Milk
Canyon, Texas
The Last Belle of Tascosa
Tascosa, Texas
A Friend Unexpected
Matador, Texas
Locket for A Little Lady
Dalhart, Texas
Legacy of A Mad Man
Post, Texas
Wrong Man, Wrong Place
Kermit, Texas
Last Dance at Christmas
Anson, Texas
Riches of The Good Earth
Burkburnett, Texas
Love Lost in The Wind
Fort Davis, Texas
Confessions of A Soiled Soul
Alpine, Texas
Mystery in The Marfa Skies
Marfa, Texas
Keeping The Faith
Presidio, Texas
A Godmother in The Desert
Hot Springs, Texas
The Spring of Dry Bones
Marathon, Texas
Bury My Heart in Palo Pinto
Palo Pinto
The Stage That Didn’t Stay Dark
Granbury, Texas
Journey Home to Die
Italy, Texas
Battle for The Damned
Fort Worth, Texas
It Came from Outer Space
Aurora, Texas
The Man Who Made Luckenbach
Luckenbach, Texas
Sanctified Sisters
Belton, Texas
Whatever It Was, Or Wasn’t
Saratoga, Texas
A Promise Kept
Honey Island, Texas
Desperate Gamble
Kilgore, Texas
Few Kind Words for Possums
Gilmer, Texas
On The Fringe of Flight
Pittsburg, Texas
Curse of the Railroad Man
Jefferson, Texas
Pearls of Wisdom
Uncertain, Texas
The Trail Where They Cried
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Puzzle of The Runestone
Heavener, Oklahoma
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My travels have never been measured in miles, only in people. The places I’ve gone, the sights I’ve seen, the long back roads I’ve walked have never been as important as the people I’ve met along the way.
Their voices stay with me. So do the stories they have told me.
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Down in the valley was the dastardly Ephraim Bales. He could hoe corn all day long, some said, without ever standing on Tennessee soil. Ephraim Bales would simply walk across the rocks, find a pile of loose dirt, press a corn kernel into the earth, then step on to the next stone. His was a hard life. But then, it was never easy living in a two-room cabin with a wife, nine children, and a mother-in-law. Ephraim Bales was known as the meanest man in the valley. He had his reasons. He was feared. He was cursed. Men rode miles out of their way to keep from passing his cabin.
No one mourned him when he died. Ephraim Bales was buried in the rich sod of his own backyard, and no one came to the funeral. The pews were as empty as his life had been. On Monday, Bales had stalked off into the woods and cut down a chestnut tree, then hauled it by mule to a sawmill. “Cut it up in planks,” he ordered.
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