Bristol’s Other Train StationBristol’s Other Train Station
Most folks are familiar with the Bristol, Virginia Train Station, located at the corner of Martin Luther King Blvd and State Street. That station has been the source of much
Category: The 1880’s
General John D. ImbodenGeneral John D. Imboden
Lawyer, politician, Confederate general, land developer, promoter of coal and the founder of the town of Damascus, Virginia. All these jobs were held by one man for whom a mine
The Bristol Waterworks WarThe Bristol Waterworks War
In the late 1880s a Bristol, Tennessee water company decided to extend its lines across the state line to what was then known as Goodson, now Bristol, Virginia. The folks
The Rugby ColonyThe Rugby Colony
After the Civil War a group of English men and women traveled to the hills of Tennessee to set up a utopian colony. Today we tell that story. You can
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 Wright-Templeton GangThe Wright-Templeton Gang
The bloody legacy of the Civil War lived on in Appalachia up until the beginning of the 20th century in the form of feuds and honor killings between those who
The War Of The RosesThe War Of The Roses
In 1886 two brothers from Carter County, Tennessee, ran for governor of the Volunteer State, one a Republican and the other a Democrat. Instead of ripping the family apart, the
The Election of ’88The Election of ’88
Our theme today is “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” You’ll see how that fits in as we tell the story of the contested election for