Politics Archives - Page 6 of 12 - Appalachian History

They weren’t too beaten down

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

The average citizen was irritated, confused; big business was delighted. In the end, Thanksgiving was celebrated on 2 different dates in 1939.

Randolph County, WV’s wealth of natural resources set the stage for the Courthouse War of the 1890s between the towns of Beverly and Elkins.

Rebecca Felton saw right through the political machinations that led to her officially becoming the 1st woman to serve in the US Senate.

Ku Klux Klan pitch letter sent to Edgar M. Lyda, Chairman of the Buncombe County Commissioners and Finance at the time he received it.

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