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John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
167 years ago this weekend, on the night of October 16, 1859, fiery abolitionist John Brown and his men set out toward Harpers Ferry and the federal …
9 hours ago
When Nightriders Met the Devil: John Wright and the Wright/Reynolds Feud
This week we tell the story of the Wright-Reynolds feud and the legendary figure at its center: a man folks often called “Devil”: John Wesley Wright…
1 week ago
Hunted in East Tennessee: The True Story of Robert A. Ragan
This week Steve and Rod share the true survival story of Captain Robert A. Ragan.
A schoolteacher and Union supporter from Cocke County in East Tennes…
2 weeks ago
James Rumsey and America's First Steamboat
Before Robert Fulton, there was James Rumsey, an inventor who defied his skeptics and the power of the Potomac River at Shepardstown, in what’s now W…
3 weeks ago
From Bear Hunter to Aviator: The Fiercely Independent Life of Levi Trentham
Before Elkmont became a tourist destination and eventually a ghost town, it was home to Levi Trentham, a mountain landowner, businessman, hunter, gui…
4 weeks ago
The Night Hell Came to Asheville: The Outlaw Will Harris
In 1906, escaped convict Will Harris arrived in Asheville, North Carolina, and unleashed one of the most violent crime sprees in the city’s history. …
1 month ago
Mad Anne Bailey: Widow, Scout and Appalachian Frontier Legend
Richard Trotter was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, leaving behind his wife, Anne. Instead of living quietly, raising their son, she …
1 month, 1 week ago
The Marrying Parson: The Preacher at the Train Station
For decades a preacher would come to the Bristol, Virginia, train station to meet the incoming trains, looking for couples who’d come to the city to …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Whiskey Rebellion
In 1794, thousands of federalized militia marched into western Pennsylvania to put down an uprising by American farmers. Their crime? Making whiskey …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Old Dill Asher: The Kentucky Pioneer Who Became a Legend
Dillion “Old Dill” Asher was one of the early pioneers of southeastern Kentucky, a frontier soldier and farmer who became the toll keeper at the Cumb…
2 months ago