230 years ago a man was born in the Long Hollow section of Scott County, Virginia. This man grew up to become a Shaker, then a spiritualist and lay preacher,
On this day in 1925 teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in the famous Scopes “Monkey Trial.” Scopes was the football coach at Rhea County High
In the 1930’s a man interested in writing, new age religions and far-right politics came to Asheville, North Carolina, where he established his own fascist organization in support of Adolf
In 1945 a preacher was arrested and charged in his wife’s death…by snakebite. Seems he had been holding a service near Norton, Virginia, in which a large poisonous snake had
On this day eighty years ago the Reverend M. D. Garrett, of Athens, Georgia, drove to the town of Franklin, North Carolina. There he set up an amplified speaker in
In 1925 the state of Tennessee passed the Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution in public schools. Today we tell part two of that
In 1925 the state of Tennessee passed the Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution in public schools. A group of men in Dayton, Tennessee,
Back in the 1800s a preacher named Abijah Alley from Scott County, Virginia, made a name for himself when he began traveling around the world. He also was a bit
Today we tell the story of one of southern West Virginia’s most beloved circuit riding preachers, William Dyke Garrett. Garrett is best known to the rest of the world, though,
Today we tell the story of Robert Sheffey, one of Southwest Virginia’s most well-known circuit riders. These preachers traveled from one community to the next, bringing the word of God