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Sign of Shade: High Waters On Wartrace

Sign of Shade: High Waters On Wartrace #fa> Sign of Shade High Waters On Wartrace by Jack Turner .............!j :: ¿fa :.t occasions in Wartrace. The people of around underneath a house and then Wartrace lived on bottom land half- Floods had come to be major social Wood blocks with jacks would be set the house would start up, with posts circled by Toller Creek. In the years being added and blocks and jacks bewhen Toller had been farming country, ing reset until the proper height had only a cloud burst could threaten the been reached. long bottom. When Jason was a boy, After a while the whole town was though, growing up in Wartrace, floods on stilts, but the water kept on coming were a continuing feature of life there. up. The schoolhouse couldn't be raisedThere was mining going on up- it was built of brick. stream. The water was often black from the washing of coal and there was timbering; a slow rain could turn Toller swift. When it rained hard upstream, the water would turn a bright yellow and flood would threaten the town. It flooded often and the water When the rains came long enough and the water turned yellow and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Sign of Shade: High Waters On Wartrace

Turner, Jack.
Appalachian Review , Volume 11 (2) – Jan 8, 1983
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#fa> Sign of Shade High Waters On Wartrace by Jack Turner .............!j :: ¿fa :.t occasions in Wartrace. The people of around underneath a house and then Wartrace lived on bottom land half- Floods had come to be major social Wood blocks with jacks would be set the house would start up, with posts circled by Toller Creek. In the years being added and blocks and jacks bewhen Toller had been farming country, ing reset until the proper height had only a cloud burst could threaten the been reached. long bottom. When Jason was a boy, After a while the whole town was though, growing up in Wartrace, floods on stilts, but the water kept on coming were a continuing feature of life there. up. The schoolhouse couldn't be raisedThere was mining going on up- it was built of brick. stream. The water was often black from the washing of coal and there was timbering; a slow rain could turn Toller swift. When it rained hard upstream, the water would turn a bright yellow and flood would threaten the town. It flooded often and the water When the rains came long enough and the water turned yellow and

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Published: Jan 8, 1983

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