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 from all over the country to interview her…if they could make the climb up the mountain to her log cabin.
Today we tell the story of Mahala Mullins.
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Spread the loveNew Straitsville, Ohio, was founded as a coal town in the Hocking Valley after the Civil War. Labor unrest happened in the 1880’s, leading to the Great Hocking
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Spread the love Today we venture into the untamed wilderness of the late 18th-century Appalachian frontier, along the Ohio River. In this episode of Stories of Appalachia, Steve and Rod