The Fraterville Mine DisasterThe Fraterville Mine Disaster
In May of 1902 one of the best-run mine companies in the Coal Creek, Tennessee, area suffered a disaster when an explosion trapped and killed 216 miners, all but 3
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The Train Crash At New Market – September 24, 1904The Train Crash At New Market – September 24, 1904
On this day in 1904 two passenger trains collided head-on at New Market, Tennessee, killing over 60 people and injuring scores more. One train, the Number 12 Carolina Special, had
July 8, 1909.July 8, 1909.
On this day in 1909 a mysterious explosion in a pile of scrap metal in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, injured one man and three boys. Samuel Rosessky, a junk dealer, along with
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
Will HarrisWill Harris
In 1906 a North Carolina prison escapee comes to Asheville. There he gets into a drunken shootout with police and an escape littered with his murdered victims. Today we tell
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
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