title: Sowbelly and Sourdough: Original Recipes from the Trail Drives and Cow Camps of the 1800s
author:  Scott Gregory 
description: <div>"This spiral bound collection of original recipes from the trail drives and cow camps of the 1800s is a book meant to be used. The recipes are simple, starting with Frying Pan Supper but tasty like Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls. Next time you head for the campground or the tailgate party before the game - <i>Sowbelly and Sourdough</i> belongs there too!"&#8212;P.L. Tarter, <i>Sunday Western Star, Commonwealth Journal</i></div> (P.L. Tarter)
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  Una Of The Hill Country  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  # Una Of The Hill Country
  
  
  ### Charles Egbert Craddock
  
  
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  UNA OF THE HILL COUNTRY
  
  By Charles Egbert Craddock
  
  1911
  
  The old sawmill on Headlong Creek at the water-gap of Chilhowee Mountain was
  silent and still one day, its habit of industry suggested only in the ample
  expanse of sawdust spread thickly over a level open space in the woods hard
  by, to serve as footing for the “bran dance” that had been so long heralded
  and that was destined to end so strangely.
  
  A barbecue had added its attractions, unrivalled in the estimation of the
  rustic epicure, but even while the shoats, with the delectable flavor imparted
  by underground roasting and browned to a turn, were under discussion by the
  elder men and the sun-bonneted matrons on a shady slope near the mill, where
  tablecloths had been spread beside a crystal spring