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More than 150 years ago, in the heart of Appalachia, James Edward Thomas, known as Uncle Ed, loaded up a handcart and pushed it along the banks of Troublesome Creek, selling his handmade mountain dulcimers in Hindman, Kentucky. Today, at Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Co., the making of these same dulcimers, as well as guitars,...