Appalachian History

Poultry capital of the world

Jesse Jewell started what was to become Georgia’s largest agricultural crop—poultry. He pioneered vertical integration in that industry.

Black communities in Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina have observed Emancipation Day ever since Lincoln’s proclamation on January 1, 1863.

My concentration shifted to driving the team as they strained in their collars. The wagon’s wood creaked as they pulled the massive load.

On August 6, 1890, baseball great Cy Young pitched his first professional game against Cap Anson’s Chicago White Stockings.

Folks with a strong sex drive were said to suffer from ‘white liver.’ But the folk medicine record contains scant info on this folk illness.