Appalachian History

Radio and the Blue Ridge

Joe Wilson, a 2001 NEA National Heritage Fellow, discusses the impact early radio had in his hometown, and on America more broadly.

Controversy over mining, strife between miners/their employers is not a new phenomena, as historian James Green points out in his new book.

Berea College archivist Rachel Vagts is ‘proud to do what we are able to preserve the story and history of all peoples of Appalachia.’

‘Bedlam’ is a true story firsthand account by America’s last moving train robber as told to author Wilson Casey.

Irene Drukker Broh, one of Huntington’s foremost civic leaders, led a campaign to pass a $1 million bond to fund the city’s flood wall.