James Hatcher married Octavia Smith in Pikeville, Kentucky, in 1889. The couple had a son, Jacob, who died shortly after his birth and Octavia soon spiraled into a deep depression
In the 1870s cholera swept throughout the south, eventually reaching the home of a former president, nearly killing him and forcing terrified residents to flee their homes. Today we tell
A few weeks ago we told about the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic that swept across Appalachia. Today we return to tell more of that story. You can subscribe to the
They say that history doesn’t repeat itself. While that’s certainly true, it’s also true that history does tend to rhyme every now and then. Today we tell the story of