Appalachian History

The Appy League: play ball!

The Appalachian League was born in 1911 with teams in Asheville, Bristol, VA; and in TN Cleveland, Johnson City, Knoxville, & Morristown.

Jordan and Augusta set up housekeeping 2 weeks after they got married in Longdale Furnace, VA (shown here) where they lived for 13 months.

As he rode into exile Old Man Lige Wright thanked God that those enemies from behind had knocked him senseless with his own gun.

Folktale scholar Hugh H. Trotti suggests that Daniel Boone’s tall tales may be the origin of some of the Bigfoot tales in North America.

Schenck was excited about the location because it offered the students the opportunity of direct observation of hardwood & spruce forests.

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