[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Thank you for posting this excellent article. Living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina I understand the impact the Scottish and Irish settlers had on not only this region, but on early America. Ancestors on both mine and my husband’s families were Scottish.

[Kid Shelleen]

I am glad you enjoyed it. One of the issues that infuriates me most is the false moral equivalence of illegal immigrants who exploit our generosity verses settlers like your forefathers that actually carved out a new nation and created wealth and freedom.

[JBW1949]

Being from the East Tennessee mountains, my ancestors were Scots/Irish and Ani-Yun-Wiya (Cherokee)