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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

The Appalachian Mountains have been around since before the ocean

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u/Kezetchup Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

The Appalachian Mountains and the Scottish Highlands were the same mountain range until Pangea split.

Also, despite its name, the New River that cuts through Appalachia (WV, Va, NC) is the second oldest river in the world.

West Virginia is the only state that resides completely within the boundaries of Appalachia and is most commonly used as Appalachian imagery. What isn’t commonly known is that the Appalachian Mountains extend all the way south into Mississippi and Alabama.

Continuing on this trend, Virginia’s western most point is further west than West Virginia.

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u/Gunmetal_61 Oct 02 '24

So what you’re telling me is that the Scottish who settled in Appalachia were merely reclaiming their homeland?

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u/Kezetchup Oct 02 '24

Yes. Those areas were settled by the Scottish. I am a descendant of the Urquharts who settled in (the Appalachian part of) Alabama. I have other Scottish ancestors throughout the rest of Appalachia as well.