May 10, 1929.May 10, 1929.
Mack Elliott lived in the Stoney Creek section of Carter County, Tennessee, in a house built of concrete blocks and stucco, considered one of the nicest houses in the area.
Category: The Roaring 20’s
The Scopes Monkey Trial, Part TwoThe Scopes Monkey Trial, Part Two
In 1925 the state of Tennessee passed the Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution in public schools. Today we tell part two of that
The Scopes Monkey Trial, Part OneThe Scopes Monkey Trial, Part One
In 1925 the state of Tennessee passed the Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution in public schools. A group of men in Dayton, Tennessee,
On This Day In 1921 – Out Of Control Rail CarOn This Day In 1921 – Out Of Control Rail Car
On this day one hundred years ago a logging rail car belonging to the Suncrest Lumber Company was being loaded with cut timber in the mountains above Sunburst, North Carolina.
One Hundred Years Ago Today…One Hundred Years Ago Today…
In the spring of 1920 miners in Mingo County went out on strike in order to secure the right to join the United Mine Workers. The response of the coal
D. C. StephensonD. C. Stephenson
In 1962 a World War I vet came to the VA hospital at Mountain Home, Tennessee for medical care. This man decided to stay in the area, getting a job
The Escape Artist?The Escape Artist?
Today’s story is from Clay County, Kentucky, and involves a man who was arrested for allegedly killing his father and stepmother, but who escaped justice for years by breaking out
Lesley RiddleLesley Riddle
Lesley Riddle on the right, next to Brownie McGhee Back in the 1920’s A. P. Carter scoured the Appalachian countryside looking for songs the Carter Family could perform. Along with
Dr. John Romulus BrinkleyDr. John Romulus Brinkley
Today we tell the story of Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, from the mountains of western North Carolina. Dr. Brinkley lived a colorful life as a promoter of patent medicines, quack
The Murder of Mary MagdalineThe Murder of Mary Magdaline
Greenup, Kentucky, was the scene of a tragic and brutal murder of a three year old child at the end of 1927. That crime and its notoriety brought the nation’s