Brushy Mountain’s Prodigal SonBrushy Mountain’s Prodigal Son
An attempted robbery of a Johnson City, Tennessee, laundry in 1930 eventually led to a stint in Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, a prisoners strike and an escape for the robber.
Month: December 2020
Dr. Thomas WalkerDr. Thomas Walker
Merry Christmas, one and all!! As a Christmas present for you, we have a brand new, YouTube only story about a man who led a colonial Virginia exploration of Appalachia
The KrampusThe Krampus
Christmas is fast approaching so this week, as we do at this time of the year, we tell a Christmas story. And, since this is the pandemic year, 2020, what
TsaliTsali
Today we tell the story of Cherokee prophet and leader, Tsali. According to tribal oral tradition, it was Tsali who made it possible for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee
A Courtroom TragedyA Courtroom Tragedy
The Avery family is very well-known in western North Carolina, starting in the late 1700s with Waightstill Avery, a lawyer and the very first attorney general in the state. His