Question: Verna Mae Slone was an Appalachian author from which state?

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Mae Mo Railway Station: Mae Mo Railway Station is a railway station located in Sop Pat Subdistrict, Mae Mo District, Lampang.  It is located 609.168 km from Bangkok Railway Station and is a class 2 railway station.  It is on the Northern Line of the State Railway of Thailand.  A freight line once operated to the nearby coalmines but was ceased operations in 1989.  The station opened in April 1916 following the opening of the Northern Line Mae Chang-Nakhon Lampang section.

Mae Hong Son Province: Mae Hong Son Province (Thai: แม่ฮ่องสอน ,  ] ; formerly called Mae Rong Son), also spelled "Maehongson", "Mae Hong Sorn" or "Maehongsorn", is one of the northern provinces ("changwat") of Thailand, on the country's western border.  Neighboring provinces are (clockwise from north) Shan State of Myanmar, Chiang Mai and Tak.  To the west, the province borders Kayin State and Kayah State of Myanmar.

Francis Hoover: Francis Lentz Hoover (November 15, 1914 – March 19, 2002) was an American college sports coach and administrator.  He coached American football, basketball, baseball, and tennis at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—located in Boone, North Carolina.  Hoover was the eighth head football coach, serving for one season in 1945, and the seventh basketball coach, serving for 11 seasons between 1945 and 1957, at Appalachian State.  He led the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball to two North State Conference championships.  Hoover was the president of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for the 1960–61 academic year.

Verna Kirkness: Verna Jane Kirkness, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 1935 Fisher River Cree Nation, Manitoba) is a Cree scholar, pioneer and lifelong proponent of indigenous language, culture and education who has been influential in Canadian indigenous education policy and practice.  She is an associate professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia and resides in Winnipeg.  Kirkness has received numerous awards for her outstanding contributions spanning five decades including the Order of Canada in 1998.  Kirkness had an important impact on Canadian indigenous education policy and practice.  She is the author of "numerous books and articles on the history of Indigenous education."  The University of Manitoba's Verna J. Kirkness Science and Engineering Education Program was established in 2009 and in November 2013 a native studies colloquium honoured her as a national leader in education.

Appalachia: Appalachia ( ) is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.  While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador) in Canada to Cheaha Mountain in Alabama, the cultural region of Appalachia typically refers only to the central and southern portions of the range.  As of the 2010 United States Census, the region was home to approximately 25 million people.

Padre Conceicao College of Engineering: Padre Conceição College of Engineering (PCCE) is a private engineering college in Verna, Goa, India, established in 1997.  The college is affiliated to Goa University, Taleigao, Goa, and the programmes are approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.  It is a sister institute of Fr.  Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, Mumbai and Fr.  Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra, Mumbai.  The college is a part of Agnel Technical Education Complex, Verna, Goa.  PCCE was the first private engineering college in the state.The students of PCCE call themselves as "Pacers".

Verna Mae Slone: Verna Mae Slone (October 9, 1914 – January 5, 2009) was an Appalachian author from Knott County, Kentucky.

Appalachian State Mountaineers: The Appalachian State Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, United States.  The Mountaineers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and were a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) between 1972 and 2014.  On July 1, 2014, Appalachian State moved to the Sun Belt Conference.  Appalachian State fields varsity teams in 20 sports, 10 for men and 10 for women.  The football team competes in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly I-A, as a result of the transition to the Sun Belt.  The wrestling team remains in the Southern Conference because the Sun Belt does not sponsor the sport.  In field hockey, another sport not sponsored by the Sun Belt, Appalachian State will join the Mid-American Conference for the upcoming 2017 season after playing two seasons as an independent following the demise of its former league, the Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference (NorPac).  Appalachian State has Sun Belt rivalries with all of the East Division schools (Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy, and South Alabama).  Appalachian State's main Sun Belt rivals are Coastal Carolina and Georgia Southern.

George M. Holmes Convocation Center: The George M. Holmes Convocation Center (usually referred to as the Holmes Center or The Holmes Dome) is an 8,325-seat multipurpose arena in Boone, North Carolina, United States, on the campus of Appalachian State University.  The convocation center is named for George M. Holmes, a 1954 graduate and member of the North Carolina General Assembly.  The arena itself is named for Seby Jones.  It was built in 2000 and is home to the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball and women's basketball teams.  The inaugural event was a men's basketball game held on November 17, 2000 between the Mountaineers and the Tar Heels of North Carolina.  The facility replaced Varsity Gymnasium.  The George M. Holmes Convocation Center’s Mission is to provide facilities for the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science and to support the academic processes of Appalachian State University.  Serving as a multipurpose for the northwestern region of North Carolina, the center supports university sponsored events, such as commencement and college fair.  Cultural events, concerts, trade shows, athletic events and other public assembly activities are also a part of the center’s programming.  The cornerstone of the Appalachian State University campus is the George M. Holmes Convocation Center.  Containing Seby Jones Arena, the facility serves as the home of Mountaineer volleyball as well as the men’s and women’s basketball programs and indoor track and field squads.

River of Earth: River of Earth is a novel, published in 1940, by the Appalachian author James Still.

Supporting paragraphs: Verna Mae Slone Appalachia
Answer: Kentucky