Appalachian History

1979 map showing Big Spring Cave under courthouse

Underneath the Huntsville courthouse, yawning caverns

From 1830 to 1840, though embracing a period of great financial distress, yet was included a period of great improvement in Huntsville, AL.

May 4, 2017 Farmers/farming / West Virginia

Notice the trim, white washed poultry house

The greatest interest in poultry is shown by farmers living in the ‘runs’ and ‘forks.’ On a typical ‘ridge’ farm, the farm land is rougher.

Watauga River in eastern Tennessee, at the site of the Watauga settlement

May 3, 2017 Baptists / Houses of worship / Preachers / Tennessee

He poured out his soul in melting exhortations to a devoted people

Historians consider Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church, originally 8 miles N of Jonesborough, the first organized church body in Tennessee territory.

May 2, 2017 Civil War / Railroad industry / South Carolina

Hauling the last shipment of Confederate gold

The Blue Ridge Rail Road was called the Old Blunder Buss in those days, and the people seemed not to realize the importance and the great future of the railroads

May 1, 2017 Appalachian celebrities / Automobiles / Maryland

Miss America 1924 drives a Dagmar

Long before the well-endowed Hollywood starlet of the 1950’s, there was a Dagmar car, built from 1922-1926 in Hagerstown, MD by the M. P. Möller Motor Car Company.

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