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
On this day in 1929 the Little River Lumber Company turned over 7,916 acres of timberland to the Great Smoky Mountains commission, largely ending a dispute over the right to
On this day one hundred years ago Scott Dillingham was arrested in Dallas, Texas. Dillingham was an Asheville, North Carolina, used car salesman and his arrest made the papers in
On this day in 1745 John Sevier was born near the town of New Market, Virginia, the oldest of seven children born to Valentine and Joanna Sevier. Valentine Sevier owned
On Monday, August 1, 1921, Sid Hatfield and his former deputy, Ed Chambers, along with their wives, arrived at the McDowell County courthouse in Welch, West Virginia, to face trial
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
On this day one hundred years ago, a riot occurred at the Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Trouble began during lunch when prisoners began to throw their silverware and plates
On this day one hundred years ago a logging rail car belonging to the Suncrest Lumber Company was being loaded with cut timber in the mountains above Sunburst, North Carolina.
On this day in 1820 western North Carolina congressman Felix Walker made a speech. In the process, his fellow congressmen gave the English language a new word, uh, in his
On this day in 1868 President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial began. https://youtu.be/4hvHwxJDxsg Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and give us a thumbs up, please!