The Jesse Stuart Foundation proudly presents

The Jack Ellis Writers Workshop

Jesse Stuart Lodge – Greenbo Lake State Resort Park

June 21-22, 2024

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Jesse Stuart Lodge a wonderful attraction in Greenup County

While Jesse Stuart was recuperating from his 1971 heart attack, Mildred Enyart and several of his Greenup County neighbors were planning a surprise for him. The lodge at Greenbo Lake, a state resort park in Greenup County, was nearing completion, but it had not been named. The Greenup Lions Club, along with the Greenup Women’s Club, petitioned Governor Louis B. Nunn to name it after Jesse Stuart, their county’s [...]

By |March 22, 2022|Categories: Appalachia, James M. Gifford|

In Praise of Appalachian Women

I offer this essay about my grandmother as my tribute to Women’s History Month. My father was an alcoholic who deserted us when my brother and I were infants. My mother was mentally and emotionally handicapped. She was incapable of gainful support and sat at home in rags while my aging grandmother, Clara Moore Clark, taught and supported us. As a little boy, I imagined that my grandmother was [...]

By |March 8, 2022|Categories: James M. Gifford|
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