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
Category: The 1880’s
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