Yo, Hilbilly Queen ...

Just wanted to point this out …

On April 23, 1900: 1st known occurrence of word “hillbillie” (in the New York Journal)

Another fun fact to add to my library of useless information. Many thanks!

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Welcome, BookReader – obviously you’re going to fit in here just fine.

Now that I’ve recovered from the heart attack induced by seeing my name in a thread title:

Thanks for that bit of info. I’m suprised and a little disappointed my tribe doesn’t go back a little further in history.

It just took that long for the term to make it to New York City!