Appalachian History

This review by Alan Bailey originally ran on ThePitPass. How did NASCAR evolve from moonshine running and dirt tracks to a billion dollar industry and the biggest spectator sport in the United States? A new book by Daniel S. Pierce, University of North Carolina at Asheville associate professor of history, takes an unprecedented look into [...]

The Southwest Times “serving Southwest Virginia since 1906” Friday, April 20, 1928 F. A. Seagle was called to Marion today in connection with the undertaking department of Seagle Bros. ——- Howard C. Gilmer left yesterday evening for New York on a profesional trip, expecting to be away for several days. ——- A communications from Commonwealth’s [...]

“My great uncle Ellis, being the youngest of the family, lived at home with his mother Martha until her death. I remember my grandmother (Ellis’ sister Fannie Mainous Botner) and my mother going up there from Travelers Rest to help care for her. They did the laundry for her and Ellis. “Ellis inherited the 30 [...]

Does any one remember that genuine specimen of the old field schoolmaster, Allen S. Bacon? He lived in 1830 on the school land in the mouth of the dry valley, and taught school there for many years. At his school quite a number of the young and rising generation of that day obtained the education [...]

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 1910 crime report from Poe [...]