Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Military

Rover would seize the snake and literally shake him to pieces

And Rover’s efficiency for killing snakes? No member of our family ever was bitten by any kind of a snake in all of the years living there.

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

The Dingle was wilderness when Nemacolin, a Delaware chief, & Thomas Cresap, a MD frontiersman, first blazed a trail through here.

I looked at a letter recommending that Frenchy LaRue be returned stateside. “What were you deported for?” “Oh, I was one of Al Capone’s gang.”

Featuring flags from USAT Goethals, excerpts from the ship logs, period photographs of the ship and crew, and photos from the Normandy campaign.

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