Appalachian History

Cotton mills move upcountry

The textile industry grew quickly after 1880, and SC was one of the leading textile-producing states nationally for the next 40 years.

Middlesboro Country Club’s golf course is the oldest continuously played course in the United States, the second oldest course in the nation.

Mrs. Lillian Ballew Gentry, b. 1927 in Madison County, KY; April 1, 1992 interview conducted by A.G. Dunston, Eastern Kentucky University.

Mary Titcomb had the nation’s first bookmobile custom outfitted in 1904 to deliver books to the residents of Washington County, MD.

Baseball pitcher Charles Louis (“Deacon”) Phillippe, of Rural Retreat VA, was drafted into the National League by Louisville in 1898.