From Bear Hunter to Aviator: The Fiercely Independent Life of Levi Trentham
Before Elkmont became a tourist destination and eventually a ghost town, it was home to Levi Trentham, a mountain landowner, businessman, hunter, guide, and unofficial mayor.As railroads, lumber compa...
19 Sep 17min
The Night Hell Came to Asheville: The Outlaw Will Harris
In 1906, escaped convict Will Harris arrived in Asheville, North Carolina, and unleashed one of the most violent crime sprees in the city’s history. After killing several men, including police officer...
12 Sep 15min
Mad Anne Bailey: Widow, Scout and Appalachian Frontier Legend
Richard Trotter was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, leaving behind his wife, Anne. Instead of living quietly, raising their son, she became a scout and courier on the Appalachian front...
5 Sep 13min
The Marrying Parson: The Preacher at the Train Station
For decades a preacher would come to the Bristol, Virginia, train station to meet the incoming trains, looking for couples who’d come to the city to elope. He claimed to have married 5,142 couples, o...
29 Aug 22min
The Whiskey Rebellion
In 1794, thousands of federalized militia marched into western Pennsylvania to put down an uprising by American farmers. Their crime? Making whiskey and refusing to pay a federal tax on it.The Whiskey...
22 Aug 29min
Old Dill Asher: The Kentucky Pioneer Who Became a Legend
Dillion “Old Dill” Asher was one of the early pioneers of southeastern Kentucky, a frontier soldier and farmer who became the toll keeper at the Cumberland River ford at what’s now Pineville, giving h...
15 Aug 14min
The Frontier's Most Dangerous Woman: The Story of Nancy Hart
In 1779, on the Georgia frontier, a group of armed Loyalist soldiers forced their way into Nancy Hart's cabin, demanding a hot meal from a helpless woman and her daughter.Instead, they found themselve...
8 Aug 15min
The Taylor-Mullins Feud: The Road to the Killing Rock
The infamous Killing Rock massacre ended with the deaths of a moonshiner and his wife and several of their friends on a mountain along the Virginia-Kentucky border. It began years earlier with a lawsu...
1 Aug 22min
