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Diary of Isolation

Diary of Isolation G. R. Klinefelter Vera Stull was born in the last year ofthe century in an Ohio town of20,000. In her church she learned of a newly started mission in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. A boarding school, an anticipated hospital, and some homes for stafffilled the bottom land where two creeks, Cow Fork and Red Bird, met. Red Bird lent its name to the mission and Cow Fork did not rate in the naming process. Tradition has it that the creek received its name from ChiefRed Bird who in turn got his namefrom the lovely bird so often seen in the valleys of Eastern Kentucky. Vera's sojourn at Red Bird began in 1923 and continued until 1939 with an intermission when Depression funds could not pay her salary. She wrote a journal ofher experiences. In 1936-then fifteen-I met her at a summer church camp on Lake Erie. I had always loved the mountains since reading the story of Heidi, and asked question after question about the mountains and the work she did. Later Ifelt a call to the same mission and worked therefrom 1952 to 1985. I have always felt that Vera's life and stories had a significant http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Diary of Isolation

Klinefelter, G. R.
Appalachian Review , Volume 27 (1) – Jan 8, 1999
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G. R. Klinefelter Vera Stull was born in the last year ofthe century in an Ohio town of20,000. In her church she learned of a newly started mission in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. A boarding school, an anticipated hospital, and some homes for stafffilled the bottom land where two creeks, Cow Fork and Red Bird, met. Red Bird lent its name to the mission and Cow Fork did not rate in the naming process. Tradition has it that the creek received its name from ChiefRed Bird who in turn got his namefrom the lovely bird so often seen in the valleys of Eastern Kentucky. Vera's sojourn at Red Bird began in 1923 and continued until 1939 with an intermission when Depression funds could not pay her salary. She wrote a journal ofher experiences. In 1936-then fifteen-I met her at a summer church camp on Lake Erie. I had always loved the mountains since reading the story of Heidi, and asked question after question about the mountains and the work she did. Later Ifelt a call to the same mission and worked therefrom 1952 to 1985. I have always felt that Vera's life and stories had a significant

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Published: Jan 8, 1999

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