The Day The Circus Came To Kingsport
This week’s story is a well-known story about the Sparks’ World-Famous Circus and its visit to Kingsport, Tennessee, 99 years ago. The day’s festivities turned deadly, and the rest is, as they say, hi...
23 Nov 201517min
Swift’s Lost Silver Mine
On this week’s podcast, Rod Mullins tells us the story of the legend of Swift’s Lost Silver Mine, supposedly located somewhere in the hills of Southwest Virginia. Rod also shares a personal connection...
18 Nov 201518min
John Randolph Neal, Jr., East Tennessee Advocate
Today, I’m sharing the story of John Randolph Neal, Jr., whose life revolved around the law. Neal was a rather eccentric law professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law in the 1920’s who w...
14 Nov 201511min
Mickey Ray Hendricks, All American Redhead
We have a sports-related podcast this week as Steve and Rod tell you the story of a woman from Scott County, Virginia, who traveled the country playing professional women’s basketball in the 1960’s, o...
10 Nov 20157min
Chief Benge’s Last Raid
This week on the podcast, Steve and Rod go back to the 1790’s to tell you the story of the last raid of the Cherokee warrior Bob Benge against the settlers of Scott, Lee and Wise Counties in Southwest...
5 Nov 201510min
The Norton Braves
This week, Steve and Rod tell you the story of one of Southwest Virginia’s minor league baseball teams, the Norton Braves. Thanks for listening! View image | gettyimages.com
31 Okt 201510min
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 Okt 20156min
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 Okt 20156min
