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EPISODE · Apr 11, 2017 · 7 MIN

The Bunkers of Mt. Airy

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

Mt. Airy, North Carolina, is known as the model for Andy Griffith’s Mayberry, as depicted on his television show. But, a hundred years before, it was best known as the home of the first well-known conjoined twins, Chang and Eng, who adopted the American sounding name of “Bunker” when they settled in Appalachia. On today’s […]

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