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Tsali
Today we tell the story of Cherokee prophet and leader, Tsali. According to tribal oral tradition, it was Tsali who made it possible for the Eastern …
5 years, 11 months ago
A Courtroom Tragedy
The Avery family is very well-known in western North Carolina, starting in the late 1700s with Waightstill Avery, a lawyer and the very first attorne…
5 years, 11 months ago
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
Today we tell the story of the man from West Virginia who became a brigadier general in the U. S. Air Force, helped train the first American astronau…
5 years, 11 months ago
Appalachian Travellers
At one time it was a common sight to see a traveling group of Roma, known then as gypsies, come through Appalachia. Folks would barter with them for …
5 years, 11 months ago
The Last Gunfight In Knoxville
Disputes in Appalachia between the well-to-do were often handled with the use of firearms with one of the most well-known people from the region, And…
5 years, 11 months ago
The New Market Train Wreck
Saturday, September 24, 1904, started just like any other day for the passengers getting ready to board the Southern Railway Number 15 train at the B…
6 years ago
Ghost Stories 2020/A Look Back Over Five Years
It's Halloween so Rod and Steve each have a bit of Appalachian folklore for you, in the form of two ghost stories. Stick around after the stories, t…
6 years ago
Will Harris
In 1906 a North Carolina prison escapee comes to Asheville. There he gets into a drunken shootout with police and an escape littered with his murder…
6 years ago
Raccoon John Smith
In 1784 a child was born on the Appalachian frontier, along the Holston River, in what was then the state of Franklin. This child would grow up to b…
6 years ago
More Short Stories
Today we have another collection of what we call "short stories," bits of Appalachian history that are interesting but which by themselves won't make…
6 years, 1 month ago