Today we tell the story of the battle over the Tellico Dam, the last major project of the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA’s ambitious plans for the Tellico project included not
Nearly twenty years before Tennessee was a state, William Bean built a cabin along the Watagua River and planted roots. In this episode, we tell the story of his journey
This week, Steve and Rod bring you the remarkable story of Isaac Cline, a Tennessee-born son of Appalachia who rose to become one of America’s most respected meteorologists. From his
On a cold February day in 1939, 25-year-old Eliza Darnell disappeared without a trace from Lee County, Virginia. She was a Lee County schoolteacher, educated at Big Stone Gap High
In this episode of Stories of Appalachia, we tell the story of a shocking event in January 1927 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. That was when a prominent county businessman named
In this episode from our YouTube channel, Steve and Rod tell the story of Clifton Branham, an outlaw who lived along the border between Virginia and Kentucky around the turn
On April 3, 1925, one hundred years ago today, the legal system finally caught up with one of the most powerful and dangerous men in Indiana. D.C. Stephenson, the Grand
The Great Flood of 1913 was one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history. Between March 23 and 26, relentless rainfall overwhelmed rivers across the central and eastern