The Varmint of Burkes GardenThe Varmint of Burkes Garden
The highest mountain valley in Virginia is Burke’s Garden, also referred to as “God’s Thumbprint” for its bowl-like shape. It was here that something began killing sheep in the winter
The Night They Burned Superman in West VirginiaThe Night They Burned Superman in West Virginia
In 1948, a small town in West Virginia became the center of a growing national fear over the perceived evil influence of comic books. There, in the town of Spencer,
Worse than Savages: The Bloody Legacy of Kirk’s RaidersWorse than Savages: The Bloody Legacy of Kirk’s Raiders
George Washington Kirk was a carpenter from Greene County, Tennessee. He was also a feared and hated Union soldier/bushwhacker during the Civil War, operating in the mountains along the border
The Long Walk Home: The Harrowing Journey of Mary Draper InglesThe Long Walk Home: The Harrowing Journey of Mary Draper Ingles
In 1755, the frontier settlement of Draper’s Meadow was shattered by a brutal Shawnee raid in which many settlers were killed and the survivors captured. Among those taken prisoner was
James Harrod: The Kentucky Pioneer and his Mysterious DisappearanceJames Harrod: The Kentucky Pioneer and his Mysterious Disappearance
James Harrod was a soldier, a longhunter, an explorer and the man who founded Kentucky’s first permanent pioneer settlement. But in February 1792, the legendary Colonel Harrod walked into the
The 1895 Flat Top Coal StrikeThe 1895 Flat Top Coal Strike
In the spring of 1895, a sudden wage cut swept through the Flat Top-Pocahontas coal fields along the Virginia/West Virginia border, touching off one of the earliest large-scale labor confrontations
The Old Red Fox of East Tennessee: Daniel EllisThe Old Red Fox of East Tennessee: Daniel Ellis
Daniel Ellis of Carter County, Tennessee was a wagon maker who became one of the most successful guides of the Civil War. Living behind Confederate lines in East Tennessee, Ellis