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Scott Huffard

@shuffard.bsky.social

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historian, author, train song connoisseur, and college prof posting dispatches from deep in the blue ridge mountains (Beech Mountain, NC). Currently working on a book about Casey Jones. Also into skiing, cycling, folklore, and fiddling w/the banjo

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Excited to share that “Casey Jones: America’s Engineer” (tentative title) now has final @uncpress.bsky.social board approval and is heading to publication (in early 2027). Thanks especially to @lucaschurch.bsky.social for working with me to get this over the line. Stay tuned for more details…🚂

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

me rn (mentally broken penn state fan)

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

today in Appalachian history: discussing a reading (War Trails of the Blue Ridge) from the guy whose historic marker I almost hit every time I back up my car

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

thank you Victoria 3 for reminding me about my book project (and also thanks for having this event appropriately boost the labor movement)

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

got a decent dump of light powdery snow here at 4500 ft

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

some scenes from a walk around my neighborhood (Beech Mountain) 6 weeks after Helene. We fared better than many towns in the area but WNC is still in recovery mode (and will be for a long time)

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

gravel cycling is an excellent way to grasp the ever-shifting terra firma of the South - Saluda County SC adds in a nice mix of red clay and sand to the dirt and gravel I’m used to riding on in the blue ridge

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

telling everyone I’m going as Estes Kefauver but no one gets the joke

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Happy Halloween from my appropriately spooky campus

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Some fall break local hiking action: blended some history (the overmountain victory trail) with some great fall scenery on the Appalachian Trail and Little Hump Mountain

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Scott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

starting to really look like fall here at 4500 ft in western NC (and here’s my gravel bike)

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