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Tarzan of Appalachia
During the Great Depression, a man lived in West Virginia much as he imagined his literary hero Tarzan would have lived, had Tarzan been in the wilds…
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The Birth of West Virginia
On this episode of the podcast, we tell the story of the formation and admission during the Civil War of the only state that lies completely within A…
9 years, 8 months ago
Christopher Gist
On this episode of Stories, Steve and Rod tell the story of 18th century explorer, surveyor, guide and Indian agent Christopher Gist. Thanks for list…
9 years, 8 months ago
Nu-No-Du-Na-Tlo-Hi-Lu (The Trail Where They Cried)
In the early part of the 19th century, gold fever struck the North Georgia mountains. Before that fever went elsewhere, a great Indian nation was lit…
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The Wytheville Polio Epidemic
Before the release of the Salk polio vaccine, polio epidemics were commonplace in the United States. In 1950 one such epidemic hit the Commonwealth o…
9 years, 8 months ago
The Wilderness Road
In 1775, Appalachia WAS the West, and people were pouring into the region and beyond. With the purchase of millions of acres of Kentucky land by the …
9 years, 8 months ago
The Flood of ’89
There is little else worse than a flood in the Appalachian Mountains, due to the water being funneled down deep river valleys straight into towns and…
9 years, 9 months ago
Bloody Harlan
By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42629998 The 1930s saw the Great Depression come over America, and probab…
9 years, 9 months ago
Giants in the Earth
There are tales of strange creatures seen in the mines and caves of Appalachia. On this episode, Rod and Steve tell the story of the giants in the ea…
9 years, 9 months ago
Popcorn
Moonshining has long been associated with Appalachia. Probably the most well-known and well-marketed moonshiner was Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton of Cocke …
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