Saturday, December 15, 2007

Up From The Mines in Copperhill

An interesting story in the New York Times on Friday about a rural community rebuilding after a century of copper mining in the hills of Tennessee. Society continues to change ~ as does Ruston. Enjoy!
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2 comments:

Ducktown said...

I am a native of this area and I was very offended that the New York times only interviewed one native person in this article. The other people that were interviewed have all moved here from somewhere else and I felt like they have no business commenting about our home. We might live in a rural part of the country but we still have highly educated locals right here and the New York Times never made any effort to contact those people. David Beckler from Ducktown is a native of the Copper Basin area and one of the most well known historians in this area. He also is a retired school teacher who holds a masters degree. Sue Cheatham who owns the house on the top of the page that the story was on is also a native school teacher who holds a masters degree. We are not all a bunch of hillbillies who need people like Mrs. Jacobi who left her position at CNN to come and bless our little town with her presence. If anyone wants to do a story about the Copper Basin Area then they should try to include local people.

January 24, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Ruston Home said...

Thanks for your comment. I can understand the frustration. We have similar issues here in Ruston, Washington. Many of us old-timers who value and want to maintain our town's independence are well-educated. But many of the new faces that have moved into town who like to call us 'boorish' or 'foolish' and parade their money. Education does make the person; it's their integrity and compassion.

Please keep reading and adding your thoughts to our experiences. We are having many similar challenges, even in opposite ends of the country. Let's stay connected!

January 24, 2008 at 11:46 AM

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