Appalachian History

Myrtle Corbin was known far & wide in the late 19th century as the 4-Legged Woman. One pair belonged to her; the other to her dipygus twin.

I’ve learned that the most interesting places are not right on the road

At the little country stores where the road crews gather for a quart of milk and a moon pie, that’s where you find some real historians.

On May 2, 1929, the unusually violent storm slammed into the little community of Rye Cove, VA in the mountains of Scott County.

Ruth Bear Levy wrote about how “modern artists could create masterpieces out of the sights and sounds of Lonaconing.”

Madison County, KY native Frances Estill Beauchamp spearheaded the late 19th century antiliquor crusade in Kentucky.