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The Hensley Settlement
Early in the 20th century a family moved to the top of Brush Mountain, near the Cumberland Gap, and proceeded to live the next 50 years much like the…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Pine Grove Fire
Pine Grove, West Virginia, was a boom town back in 1905, fueled by vast deposits of natural gas and oil. One thing the town lacked at the time was a…
7 years, 3 months ago
It Fell Out Of The Sky!
In hundreds of thousands of years not one human being had ever been known to have been hit by a meteorite. Then, in 1954, that lucky streak came to …
7 years, 3 months ago
The Kidnapping of Alice Stoll
In 1934 a woman from a wealthy Kentucky family was kidnapped by a failed law student and former mental patient. Today we tell that story. The Stories…
7 years, 3 months ago
Wonderland
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was formed out of privately owned farms, woodlands, pastures and homes that had been purchased by the governm…
7 years, 3 months ago
Nancy Hart Douglas
Born in North Carolina, then moving to what's now West Virginia, Nancy Hart Douglas was a Confederate guide, scout and spy during the Civil War. We …
7 years, 3 months ago
The Shadow
Happy Halloween, y'all! Today we tell a little tale about a man who was unjustly hanged in the mountains of North Carolina, so he put a curse on thos…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Strike at Salt Lick High School
In 1953, Salt Lick High School in Bath County, Kentucky, was scheduled to close with the students there transferred to nearby Owingsville High School…
7 years, 4 months ago
The McGhee Brothers
Thanks to the work of A.P. Carter and the Carter family, country music can trace its origins back to the hills and hollers of Scott County, Virginia,…
7 years, 4 months ago
George Roby Dempster
Did you know that the dumpster, now seen behind every convenience store on the planet, was invented in Knoxville, Tennessee? Today we tell you the s…
7 years, 4 months ago