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

Category: Tennessee

The weather furnished a field where I could tell big stories—and tell the truth

Dr. Isaac Monroe Cline became the world’s foremost authority on hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, as they were called in his time.

In the era before the Pure Food & Drug Act, Chattanooga Medicine Co. flourished with elevated claims for its 2 most popular patent medicines.

They pulled it out a yard long; and they doubled it back, and pulled it out; and when it began to look like gold the sweethearts paired off.

Mark Twain’s father and mother, John Clemens and his wife, had lived near the internationally famous Sgt. Alvin C. York, in Pall Mall.

Uncle Garnet decided that they needed some entertainment for their guests at the Fairyland Inn. He came up with the idea of miniature golf.

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