Welcome to our new podcast, Stories, A History of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
Each week we’ll take a look at the history of the area, one story at a time.
This week, it’s the story of the Holston Defense employee who passed plant secrets to the Russians during World War II, leading to an FBI investigation, spying charges and a trial in Greeneville, Tennessee.
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Spread the loveIn the Smoky Mountains, north of Fontana Lake, you’ll find a road that suddenly ends at a tunnel. Lakeview Drive, or The Road To Nowhere, as it’s come
Spread the loveOn this day in 1961 Mildred Gillars was released from the Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson, West Virginia after serving 11 years. Who, you might be asking
Spread the loveIn 1977 a small town along the Tug River in West Virginia needed a bridge. They got that bridge, and became world-famous in the process. That’s our story