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

Category: Politics

That’s old Hide-an’-Taller, the best gun ever seen

His weekly column “Tales of the Tall Timbers” was read & enjoyed all over the country, & by servicemen worldwide during the 1940’s-50’s.

Surpluses of the main US farm products had been piling up in storage bins since the early 1920s. FDR used the AAA to balance that.

Call them things if you wish, or objects, or relics. Without interpretation these items are useless–the museums that hold them, warehouses.

History presenter Dr. Richard Dean explains how he came to portray the life of early SE Ohio frontier politician Ephraim Cutler.

Georgia’s Bartow History Museum opens a new exhibition in the permanent gallery on the life and legacy of Honorable Joe Frank Harris.

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