Eleanor Roosevelt Archives - Appalachian History

Was it murder? Or a heart attack?

“I went up to Wise that night along with my cousin and not meaning no harm,” testified Edith Maxwell at her murder trial.

The Skyline Farms Heritage Assn is pushing to resurrect the buildings, artifacts & culture of Skyline Farms Colony, built in the 1930s.

This was just one of many trips for Eleanor Roosevelt into the mining areas, but it started the homestead idea.

When Dad learned Eleanor Roosevelt was due to visit Arthurdale, her personal project, he made sure he was among the crowd gathered.

Cartoonists had a field day with the alphabet-soup of agencies the newly elected Roosevelt spun out starting in 1933. 15 in his first year!