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The Bunkers of Mt. Airy

Stories of Appalachia
Stories of Appalachia
Episode • Apr 11, 2017 • 7m
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 […]