Years before European settlers moved into Appalachia, native tribes from Alabama to Ohio spoke of going to war with a mysterious race of pale-skinned people who were so sensitive to
A woman who once lived atop Newman’s Ridge in Hancock County developed a reputation as the biggest moonshiner in Appalachia, literally. Her unique ability to avoid the law brought reporters
Today we bring you part of the end of an era of public executions in Appalachia, which had, in many cases, turned into an excuse for a carnival, with vendors
After America’s first Appalachian president was elected, a farmer in New York decided to send him a very fragrant gift, one which President Andrew Jackson had trouble getting rid of.
The opossum, or just plain possum as we tend to say, is, for a lot of folks, a symbol of Appalachia. It seems some important people happen to like possums
On this day in 1899 the south was in the grip of a severe cold wave, with temperatures of 15 below zero reported in Anniston, Alabama. In the Knoxville area
One of the biggest moonshiners (literally) in Appalachia was a Melungeon woman from Newman’s Ridge in Hancock County, Tennessee. She lived an interesting life, providing shine in many ways, including
After the end of the Civil War a railroad was built to haul iron ore from the Cranberry mines in North Carolina down to a foundry in Johnson City, Tennessee.
The 1920s were a decade of loosening morals, Prohibition and crime, with notorious outlaws popping up across America. Along with the likes of Al Capone, John Dillinger and Bonnie and
In 1897 a young woman’s neck was broken, killing her. Her husband was arrested and convicted, partly on testimony from her mother, who told the jury what the ghost of