Appalachian History

The bandits wantonly killed first and then seized the payroll

Few records of the Glen Alum [WV] payroll robbery exist, but in 1959 O.H. Booton, retired ‘Daily News’ writer, recalled the 1914 incident.

In your grandfather’s time the blacksmith shod horses, made plough points, built wagons and carriages, and made all kinds of tools.

The Vardy School, (1929-1970s), was a mission school that offered educational opportunities to the Melungeons.

The musical saw is believed to have gotten its start somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains in the 19th century.

Records speak of the mountain as “The Giant at Rest” & “Resting Giant.” Mother Nature has lovingly covered him with earth, to protect him.