The Wreck Of The Old ’97The Wreck Of The Old ’97
On September 27, 1903, a mail train was on it’s way to Spencer, North Carolina, from Monroe, Virginia, when it crashed at a trestle in southern Virginia, near Danville. That
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The Potter’s FieldThe Potter’s Field
Back in 1903 the Knox County undertaker was discovered to have been engaged in a bit of fraud. We tell you that story on today’s episode of Stories, A History
The Pine Grove FireThe Pine Grove Fire
Pine Grove, West Virginia, was a boom town back in 1905, fueled by vast deposits of natural gas and oil. One thing the town lacked at the time was a