On This Day In Appalachia – February 24, 1868On This Day In Appalachia – February 24, 1868
On this day in 1868 President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial began. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and give us a thumbs up, please!
Appalachia And The First Anti-Lynching LawAppalachia And The First Anti-Lynching Law
Wise County, Virginia, saw very little racial violence after the Civil War. In fact, up until 1927, there were only three known cases of death by lynching in this southwestern
The Resting Tree Slave CemeteryThe Resting Tree Slave Cemetery
I recently took a trip to Bristol, Virginia, to get some photographs for an upcoming podcast on the Walnut Grove plantation and decided to pull out the video camera when
The Lady Chained To The WallThe Lady Chained To The Wall
Firefighters responding to a house fire in Canton, Pennsylvania, in 1896 were stunned by what they found. Today we tell that story. The Stories podcast is available at Apple Podcasts,
The Wild Man Of The SmokiesThe Wild Man Of The Smokies
Mason Evans was a schoolteacher and principal in McMinn County, in southeast Tennessee. After his one true love left him he made a fateful and life-changing decision to head to
The Cumberland GapThe Cumberland Gap
For those of you wondering “where’s this week’s video” we have an answer. It’s right down below! Steve took a trip to Cumberland Gap to hike the same trail that
The Wright-Templeton GangThe Wright-Templeton Gang
The bloody legacy of the Civil War lived on in Appalachia up until the beginning of the 20th century in the form of feuds and honor killings between those who
One Hundred Years Ago Today…One Hundred Years Ago Today…
In the spring of 1920 miners in Mingo County went out on strike in order to secure the right to join the United Mine Workers. The response of the coal
The EscapeThe Escape
In 1777 two girls, Polly Alley, of Dungannon, and Jane Whittaker, from Castle’s Woods (Castlewood), were captured by Cherokee led by Chief Benge and taken north to a Shawnee town
The Murderous LandladyThe Murderous Landlady
After World War II a young vet moves to Abingdon, Virginia, to take a teaching and coaching position in an area high school. And, being short on funds, he rents