Appalachian History

Swift’s Silver Mine – lost or merely invented?

Swift’s Silver Mine has been searched for in every county in eastern Kentucky. Was there ever such a mine? If so, did it really produce?

Ever heard the expression duke’s mixture? It has nothing to do with royalty, unless you consider the 19th century tobacco titans to be such.

Huntsville, Alabama-born actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) was a staunch Democrat and campaigned for Harry Truman’s reelection in 1948.

Silent remnants welcome hikers and campers at the entrance to the Mortimer campground in the Pisgah National Forest. What a story they hide!

By the spring of 1920, 35 states had ratified the 19th Amendment, which would give women the right to vote. Thirty six states were required.