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trot line how-to diagram
September 23, 2019 Alabama / Fishing / Oral histories

We used to catch the cat on a trot line

At Yonker Hole, you could catch some pretty big catfish and oh, some five or six pound bass. We used to catch the cat on a trot line.

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September 20, 2019 Family record keeping / Geneaology

The Family Bible

The family Bible held the narrative of ancestral history prior to retrievable birth certificates, marriage licenses, death certificates.

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The special police escort with Howard Little (center left, in cuffs, the only man not armed) in front of Lebanon Jail. My great great grandfather, Sam Baker, is the man furthest to the left (from Tuck and Aileen Baker).
September 20, 2019 Appalachian crime / Virginia

The Laurel Creek Murders, part 2

Howard Little was convicted of the murders on Laurel Creek and sentenced to death. He was electrocuted in Richmond on January 7, 1910.

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photo illustration of fire and cabin
September 19, 2019 Appalachian crime / Virginia

The Laurel Creek Murders, part 1

On September 21st, 1909, Howard Little allegedly came to visit Elizabeth E. Baker Justus and her extended family in Laurel Creek, VA.

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gravely sr. and plow patent
September 18, 2019 Farmers/farming / Manufacturing / West Virginia

Gravely and his motor plow

Benjamin Franklin Gravely had a dream: to build a tractor which would revolutionize gardening and lawn maintenance for the homeowner.

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