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

Category: Politics

Edwards their man will be buried so deep beneath the great flood of Powers ballots

Last Monday being county court day in McKee, there was quite a large crowd gathered in from different parts of the county.

The government proved that Burr raised money & men on Blennerhasset Island. But it couldn’t make anything above a misdemeanor charge stick.

Sheriff Don Chafin ruled Logan, WV with iron fist till the late 20s. In 1921 he blocked protesting UMW workers trying to cross Blair Mountain.

Joseph Diss DeBar’s designs became the official seal and coat-of-arms for the state when West Virginia came into the union.

On July 1, 1915, statewide prohibition went into effect in Alabama, for the second time, five years before the federal prohibition amendment.

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