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Ted Or Edgar?Ted Or Edgar?


May 11, 2021May 11, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 0 Comment| 7:27 am

On January 30, 1912, in Atlanta, Ted Morris married Callie Carson. The couple traveled throughout the Southeast, with Mr. Morris working at several automobile dealerships making from $350 to $500

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May 10, 1929.May 10, 1929.


May 10, 2021May 10, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 0 Comment| 7:37 am

Mack Elliott lived in the Stoney Creek section of Carter County, Tennessee, in a house built of concrete blocks and stucco, considered one of the nicest houses in the area.

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The Scopes Monkey Trial, Part TwoThe Scopes Monkey Trial, Part Two


May 7, 2021May 7, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 0 Comment| 8:00 pm

In 1925 the state of Tennessee passed the Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution in public schools.  Today we tell part two of that

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The Scopes Monkey Trial, Part OneThe Scopes Monkey Trial, Part One


April 30, 2021April 30, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 2 Comments| 8:00 pm

In 1925 the state of Tennessee passed the Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution in public schools. A group of men in Dayton, Tennessee,

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The Kentucky Meat Shower 2021The Kentucky Meat Shower 2021


April 23, 2021April 23, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 0 Comment| 8:00 pm

Today we go back and retell one of our favorite stories, about a very odd occurrence at a farm in Kentucky in the 1870s that’s still a mystery today. A

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Cassius Marcellus ClayCassius Marcellus Clay


April 16, 2021April 16, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 0 Comment| 8:00 pm

Prior to the Civil War the Clay family of Kentucky was one of the nation’s most prominent political families, the most well-known of which was congressman, senator, Speaker of the

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April 29, 1872: The Bank Robbery In Columbia, KentuckyApril 29, 1872: The Bank Robbery In Columbia, Kentucky


April 12, 2021April 12, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 0 Comment| 7:55 am

The Deposit Bank of Columbia, Kentucky, was robbed in April, 1872. This is nothing unusual as banks are robbed because, as has been said, that’s where the money is. This

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April 11, 1908: Samuel Dixon Indicted For Peonage And ConspiracyApril 11, 1908: Samuel Dixon Indicted For Peonage And Conspiracy


April 11, 2021April 11, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 0 Comment| 8:21 am

Samuel Dixon was born on November 14, 1856, in Skelton, Yorkshire, in England, the son of an ironstone miner. At the age of 21 Dixon left Yorkshire and immigrated to

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George Washington’s Lost ColonyGeorge Washington’s Lost Colony


April 9, 2021April 9, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 0 Comment| 8:00 pm

After the French and Indian War the governor of Virginia awarded veterans land in the western part of the state in payment for their service to king and colony.  Among

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April 8, 1951April 8, 1951


April 8, 2021April 8, 2021| Steve GillySteve Gilly| 0 Comment| 7:15 am

On this day 70 years ago a military twin engine C-47 airplane which was in route to Charleston, West Virginia, for the funeral of a flier crashed and burst into

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