Six pieces of journalism, eight short stories, and interview, and the first portions of two novels.

By popular request, twenty-two short stories by Stanley Mcqueen - author of THE FOLKS OF MUDDY FORK. There's humor, pathos and downright fun in this medley of short stories. You will come to love these homespun tales of country folk living on the ridges of Muddy Fork, Kentucky.

A compilation of over twenty short stories that revolve around the folk who live in the fictional Township of Muddy Fork, USA. Written in true hillbilly style, and with an authentic voice, by the author, who currently resides in Kentucky. While totally fun to read, The Folks of Muddy Fork offers a glimpse of some of the realities people have in an isolated culture in the backwoods of the Bible Belt, before the mechanization of agriculture uprooted their way of life. This is a view of life from that time, those values, ethics and the hilarity of the hill folk. It is country charm at its best.

The Oates and related families in North Carolina and elsewhere. James Oates was in Warwick Co., Va. during the 1670's. He appeared as an attorney in the January, 1696 court in Perquimans Co., N.C. James Oates (1660-1703) married Elizabeth Eivens (d. 1705), widow of Richard Eivens, Jr. (d. 1693), 1694. She had five children from her first marriage, and one, Joseph Oates (1697-1747), from her second marriage. Joseph Oates married Elizabeth Wyatt in Albemarle Precinct, Perquimans Co., North Carolina.

A linguistic history of Native American place-names in Indiana In tracing the roots of Indiana place names, Michael McCafferty focuses on those created and used by local Native Americans. Drawing from exciting new sources that include three Illinois dictionaries from the eighteenth century, the author documents the language used to describe landmarks essential to fur traders in Les Pays d’en Haut and settlers of the Old Northwest territory. Impeccably researched, this study details who created each name, as well as when, where, how and why they were used. The result is a detailed linguistic history of lakes, streams, cities, counties, and other Indiana names. Each entry includes native language forms, translations, and pronunciation guides, offering fresh historical insight into the state of Indiana.