A Hike On The Red Fox Trail (To The Killing Rock)A Hike On The Red Fox Trail (To The Killing Rock)
I recently took a hike on the Red Fox Trail near Pound, Virginia, a walk of about a mile and a quarter up Pine Mountain to the Killing Rock, scene
Author: Steve Gilly
Fire In The Hole!Fire In The Hole!
New Straitsville, Ohio, was founded as a coal town in the Hocking Valley after the Civil War. Labor unrest happened in the 1880’s, leading to the Great Hocking Valley coal
The Greeneville Cholera Epidemic of 1873The Greeneville Cholera Epidemic of 1873
In the 1870s cholera swept throughout the south, eventually reaching the home of a former president, nearly killing him and forcing terrified residents to flee their homes. Today we tell
The Shelton Laurel MassacreThe Shelton Laurel Massacre
Loyalties were divided in Appalachia, from Kentucky to Tennessee to North Carolina. And it was in western North Carolina that a Confederate army unit committed an atrocity against Union sympathizers
On This Day In Appalachia – February 25, 1820On This Day In Appalachia – February 25, 1820
On this day in 1820 western North Carolina congressman Felix Walker made a speech. In the process, his fellow congressmen gave the English language a new word, uh, in his
On This Day In Appalachia – February 24, 1868On This Day In Appalachia – February 24, 1868
On this day in 1868 President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial began. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and give us a thumbs up, please!
Appalachia And The First Anti-Lynching LawAppalachia And The First Anti-Lynching Law
Wise County, Virginia, saw very little racial violence after the Civil War. In fact, up until 1927, there were only three known cases of death by lynching in this southwestern
The Resting Tree Slave CemeteryThe Resting Tree Slave Cemetery
I recently took a trip to Bristol, Virginia, to get some photographs for an upcoming podcast on the Walnut Grove plantation and decided to pull out the video camera when
The Lady Chained To The WallThe Lady Chained To The Wall
Firefighters responding to a house fire in Canton, Pennsylvania, in 1896 were stunned by what they found. Today we tell that story. The Stories podcast is available at Apple Podcasts,
The Wild Man Of The SmokiesThe Wild Man Of The Smokies
Mason Evans was a schoolteacher and principal in McMinn County, in southeast Tennessee. After his one true love left him he made a fateful and life-changing decision to head to