Appalachian History

Excerpt from newly published book ‘The Girl from Stretchneck Holler: Inside Appalachia,’ by Betty Dotson-Lewis and Kathleen Colley Slusher.

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We open today’s show with a 1962 interview with Sanders Russell, harness racer who won the famed Hambletonian at the age of 62.

Filmmaker Elaine McMillion discusses her latest project, “Hollow,” an interactive, online documentary on the lives of McDowell County, WV.

We open today’s show with the story of Dendroica cerulea, until the mid 20th century a bird common throughout much of eastern North America.

The casket Octavia had been buried in had not been airtight. She had awoken from her sleep to find herself trapped beneath the ground.