Appalachian History

Book Excerpt: ‘Lost at Thaxton’

Author Michael Jones’ great great grandfather was in charge of the Thaxton, VA rail station where a terrible 1889 wreck happened.

I wanted to provide our state’s citizens & the world with an online video documentary of the history of every West Virginia county.

Tennessee’s lower Tellico River offers a picture of what a trout river can look like after it has been restored.

Evolving Appalachia allows users to contribute their wildlife sightings that become real scientific data alongside professional scientists’.

Engineers, politicians, power companies spent the first half of the 20th century trying to reduce the Youghiogheny River to a series of lakes.