Museum of Appalachia Archives - Appalachian History

A new home for the cabin of Mark Twain’s parents

Mark Twain’s father and mother, John Clemens and his wife, had lived near the internationally famous Sgt. Alvin C. York, in Pall Mall.

Appalachia had a roadsign painter for God by the name of Henry Harrison Mayes (1898-1986). Mayes began his roadside mission in 1917.

Diana Jones discusses the musical/personal influences that led her to record in a traditional style at Museum of Appalachia in December 2012.

Two magnolia trees are intertwined with the lives of President Andrew Jackson, President Ronald Reagan, and Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr.