Appalachian History

We post a new episode of Appalachian History weekly podcast every Sunday. You can start listening right away by clicking the podcast icon over on the left side of your screen. If you’d rather grab the show off itunes for later listening, click here. We open today’s show with an oral history from one William [...]

New Victim Falls by Hatfield PistolCharleston, WV: Jan 1— Dr. Edwin O. Thornhill, aged 35, a well-known physician and business man of the southern section of West Virginia, was shot dead today in a drug store at Mullens by Willis Hatfield, son of the noted feudist, “Devil Anse” Hatfield. The physician was attending an injured [...]

“Well, we used to go to the neighbors and play cards, various different kind of games, and we popped corn. No pizzas, but we popped corn and made popcorn balls. And we made those with sorghum molasses. We didn’t waste any sugar. And we made our own sorghum molasses. I never cared all that much [...]

Book Review: ‘Spruce Pine,’ by David Biddix and Chris Hollifield, Arcadia Publishing, arcadiapublishing.com, $21.99 It’s fitting that Arcadia Publishing will release “Spruce Pine,” the latest in its ongoing ‘Images of America’ monographs on small towns across America, here in the US market on Sept 28. Locals of this western North Carolina community may appreciate that [...]

We post a new episode of Appalachian History weekly podcast every Sunday. You can start listening right away by clicking the podcast icon over on the left side of your screen. If you’d rather grab the show off itunes for later listening, click here. We open today’s show with a Cherokee myth titled “The Man [...]