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Old Gods of Appalachia
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The Pumpkins Aren't Coming From My Land, Ma'am.
The cumberland valley authority owned all sorts of land in the area around the hazel county reservoir. The men put in charge of this particular project had some interesting ideas about addressing flooding, such as sinking entire towns beneath the waters of huge man made reservoirs and hydrolectic power plants. Hazel county's reservoir held no ghost hounds in its depths. But these days, the c v a was mighty secretive about its projects and protective of its property. Folks were expected to shut up, pay their lot bills in a timely fashion and mind the no trespassing signs. Those who ignored them signs would be escorted off c v a land at gun point,. or worse, least, cording to
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