2018 - Page 48 of 51 - Appalachian History

When I went to suck my bottle of milk, Uncle made fun of me

Uncle made fun of me, so I took my bottle and hid behind the room door, and he still teased me, so I crawled under the bed and finished it!

This case is a one of a kind in the American judicial system … in which the word of a ghost helped to solve a crime and convict a murderer!

Family tradition says that Ganaway Russell paid for the property in 1867 with a fortune he made driving cattle to feed California gold miners.

[The Farm Security Administration] was one of the few places you could go where you felt that your pictures would be used and seen.

On Jan 17, 1781, American General Daniel Morgan scored a stunning victory over British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre “Barbarous Ban” Tarleton.