The Hermit of Bald Mountain. In this episode, Nathan Wilson portrays his fourth great-grandfather, Isaac Adkins, born in 1828, recalling the story of an ornery, dangerous man named David Hog Greer, who was known as the Hermit of Bald Mountain.
Written and Hosted by Dylan Wilson
Performed by Nathan Wilson
Music performed by Nicholas Rash
Edited and Produced by Jules Corriere
Our Mountain Speaks Season One is funded by a grant from the Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional Library System.
Special thanks to the Yancey History Association and Millie's Mountain.
Stories for this podcast were inspired from an oral history collection found in The Heritage of the Toe River Valley by Dr. Lloyd Bailey (1994)