Hoye and Christean Coates live in the remote Madison County in the mountains of Western North Carolina. On the hill behind their current home sits Christean's old homeplace, a massive log cabin with wrap-around porch that still stands today. Growing up, she shared the cabin with her nine brothers and sisters and has many fascinating stories to share about that experience. Hoye and Christean share memories about growing up on their parent’s farms, her father’s sawmill days when he would be gone for weeks camping while logging timber tracts after the farm was planted, details of the impressive log cabin, and how they feel about living in the mountains of Southern Appalachia.
The Coates ran their family business, Coates Produce, at the WNC Farmers Market in Asheville, NC, with his brother and sister-in-law for many years before retiring, and their nephews, Michael and Myron, still operate it today. Check out the link in the description below for more about Coates Produce.
I also share images from my Appalachian-themed books, The Face of Appalachia, On Earth’s Furrowed Brow, and Hands in Harmony (available in bookstores and at barnwellphoto.com), along with images never published, and we’ll see videos I made of the Coates-Bradley farm structures today.
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Coates Produce: coatesproduce.com