The Wilderness Road
Stories of Appalachia4 Kesä 2016

The Wilderness Road

In 1775, Appalachia WAS the West, and people were pouring into the region and beyond. With the purchase of millions of acres of Kentucky land by the Transylvania Company, a way was needed to get settlers over the mountains to that land. And that’s where Daniel Boone came in. Boone and a company of ax-men […]

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Andrew Jackson, East Tennessee Lawyer

Andrew Jackson, East Tennessee Lawyer

In 1788, a brash 21 year-old came over the mountains from North Carolina to the frontier,seeking fame and fortune as a lawyer. Andrew Jackson began a long and illustrious career in what’s now Jonesbor...

31 Loka 20156min

Alfred Dean Slack, Kingsport Spy

Alfred Dean Slack, Kingsport Spy

Welcome to our new podcast, Stories, A History of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Each week we’ll take a look at the history of the area, one story at a time. This week, it’s the story of the ...

31 Loka 20156min

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