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At the foot of the Blue Ridge, various tribes including the [[Siouan]] [[Manahoac]]s, the [[Iroquois]], and the [[Shawnee]] hunted and fished. As more settlers moved into Virginia, their economic and at times martial competition pushed the native inhabitants west. [http://www.eoffice.com/offices/_540/675/5330/my_webserver/files/newsite/page2/page2.html]
At the foot of the Blue Ridge, various tribes including the [[Siouan]] [[Manahoac]]s, the [[Iroquois]], and the [[Shawnee]] hunted and fished. As more settlers moved into Virginia, their economic and at times martial competition pushed the native inhabitants west. [http://www.eoffice.com/offices/_540/675/5330/my_webserver/files/newsite/page2/page2.html]
==Popular culture==
==Popular culture==
*The song "Honeysuckle Blue" by [[Drivin N Cryin]]
*The song "Honeysuckle Blue" by [[Drivin N Cryin]]
*The song "Stonewall Jackson's Way" [http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/confederate/songs/tjway-song.html]
*The song "Stonewall Jackson's Way" [http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/confederate/songs/tjway-song.html]
*The chorus of the popular song, [[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]. The song was popularized in the 1930s by the comedy duo [[Laurel and Hardy]], who sang it in their film, [[Way Out West (1937 film)|''Way Out West'']]. Their recording was released (posthumously) in 1975, achieving chart success in the United Kingdom. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029747/trivia]
*The chorus of the popular song, [[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]. The song was popularized in the 1930s by the comedy duo [[Laurel and Hardy]], who sang it in their film, [[Way Out West (1937 film)|''Way Out West'']]. Their recording was released (posthumously) in 1975, achieving chart success in the United Kingdom. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029747/trivia]
*[[John Denver]] sang of the Blue Ridge in the celebrated 1971 song "[[Take Me Home, Country Roads]]". The lyrics place the mountain range in the state of [[West Virginia]], although in fact, the only part of the range falling within that state is at its easternmost tip, at a point near [[Harper's Ferry]].
*[[John Denver]] sang of the Blue Ridge in the celebrated 1971 song "[[Take Me Home, Country Roads]]". The lyrics place the mountain range in the state of [[West Virginia]], although in fact, the only part of the range falling within that state is at its easternmost tip, at a point near [[Harper's Ferry]].
==References==
==References==
9. Ted Olson (1998), _Blue Ridge Folklife_, University Press of Mississippi (Folklife in the South Series). ISBN 1578060230.
9. Ted Olson (1998), _Blue Ridge Folklife_, University Press of Mississippi (Folklife in the South Series). ISBN 1578060230.
