Take the Wilderness Road and you’ll find the Appalachian first lady who fooled Washington

WYTHEVILLE, Virginia — Most people meet this town zooming past it at 70 miles an hour. Interstate 77 comes up out of North Carolina. Interstate 81 runs down the Great Valley toward Bristol. They cross here, share a few miles of pavement, and then split again. Truckers stop for diesel. Families stop for a bathroom. […]

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