Appalachian History

Along the wooded slopes and ridges

Claude W. Hibbard was the first naturalist at Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park (June 1, 1934 to August 22, 1935).

October 23, 2017 Sports / Tennessee

The first minigolf tournament in the US

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

October 20, 2017 Kidnapping / Virginia

He was laboring to prevent the sudden discovery that he was the lost child

Brother Stillman came out of the hands of his captors one of the most conscientious beings, not excepting my own Mother, that I have ever known.

This course is designed to help young people take advantage of their natural powers and to make their life in the country better, more efficient and more interesting.

marjorie ramsey against newspaper clippings background

October 18, 2017 Educators/teachers / West Virginia

WV teacher sells $50,000 of War Bonds, wins contest

In October of 1951, 27 year-old Marjorie Ramsey of Logan, WV won a statewide US Defense Department Bond Selling Contest for schoolteachers.