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The Unwritten Law
Today we tell the story of a woman who enlisted her children in a plot to rid herself of "the other woman." According to her, it was her right to do…
8 years, 6 months ago
The Distinguished Senator From Tennessee
Tennessee came into the union in 1796, and former Southwest Territory governor William Blount was one of the two first senators appointed from that s…
8 years, 7 months ago
The Great Kanawha County Textbook War
In the spring of 1974 the Kanawha County, West Virginia, school board had to approve new textbooks for the schools. One of the board members objecte…
8 years, 7 months ago
Who Was Steve White?
In 1924 an elderly Middlesboro, Kentucky, housepainter was taken to the hospital when he fell deathly ill. It was here that he confessed that he was…
8 years, 7 months ago
The Collapse of the Keystone Bank
Keystone, West Virginia is a small town in McDowell County with 282 residents, mostly African American. Like many small coal communities, Keystone h…
8 years, 7 months ago
The Tucker County War
During the 1880's a dispute broke out over where the county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia, should be. Unlike the usual political fighting ove…
8 years, 8 months ago
Charles Johnson
Today we tell the story of Bristol, Virginia, native Charles S. Johnson. Born the son of a Baptist minister during the time of Jim Crow, Johnson got …
8 years, 8 months ago
George Washington's Appalachian Land
After the American Revolution, General George Washington took a trip out west to inspect land he received for his service to the country, land that w…
8 years, 8 months ago
The Great Appalachian Earthquake of 1897
Think you're safe from earthquakes in Appalachia? Think again. On May 31, 1897, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Virginia (and the second lar…
8 years, 8 months ago
Ira Jackson Seay
On today's episode of Stories, Steve and Rod sit back and listen as Ira Jackson Seay tells his own story of poverty, war, love, moonshining and racin…
8 years, 9 months ago