April 6, 1921April 6, 1921
On this day one hundred years ago the Royal Palm, a passenger train traveling from Chicago to Jacksonville, Florida, derailed on Southern Railway tracks near New River, Tennessee, north of
Bouncing Bertha’s GhostBouncing Bertha’s Ghost
In 1938 a family had an encounter with an Appalachian ghost when young Bertha Sybert’s bed began to shake mysteriously every night. Soon people were coming from all over the
March 30, 1930March 30, 1930
On this day in 1930 work began to construct a 3 mile tunnel beneath Gauley Mountain in West Virginia. The reason for the tunnel was to divert the waters of
Kidnapped!Kidnapped!
In 1949 a gang robbed the Bank of Follansbee, near Weirton, West Virginia, of $5,400.00 and made their escape. Later that night two policemen pulled over a car they suspected
On This Day In 1921 – Out Of Control Rail CarOn This Day In 1921 – Out Of Control Rail Car
On this day one hundred years ago a logging rail car belonging to the Suncrest Lumber Company was being loaded with cut timber in the mountains above Sunburst, North Carolina.
The Marshall University Plane CrashThe Marshall University Plane Crash
November 14, 1970, is a date burned into the memories of the residents of Huntington, West Virginia. That’s the day Marshall University lost its football team in a terrible plane
A Hike On The Red Fox Trail (To The Killing Rock)A Hike On The Red Fox Trail (To The Killing Rock)
I recently took a hike on the Red Fox Trail near Pound, Virginia, a walk of about a mile and a quarter up Pine Mountain to the Killing Rock, scene
Fire In The Hole!Fire In The Hole!
New 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 Valley coal
The Greeneville Cholera Epidemic of 1873The Greeneville Cholera Epidemic of 1873
In the 1870s cholera swept throughout the south, eventually reaching the home of a former president, nearly killing him and forcing terrified residents to flee their homes. Today we tell
The Shelton Laurel MassacreThe Shelton Laurel Massacre
Loyalties were divided in Appalachia, from Kentucky to Tennessee to North Carolina. And it was in western North Carolina that a Confederate army unit committed an atrocity against Union sympathizers