Appalachian HistoryBlue Diamond Coal Company: From First Creek to Scotia and Stearns January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Campbell County TN, Harlan County KY, Letcher County KY, McCreary County KY, Perry County KY, Wise County VA
Appalachian HistoryBrashear’s Salt Works at Leatherwood: Salt, War, and Memory in Perry County January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Clay County KY, Harlan County KY, Perry County KY
Appalachian HistoryUnited Mine Workers of America in the Appalachian Coalfields January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall
Appalachian HistoryHindman Settlement School: Education, Music, and Community on Troublesome Creek January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Breathitt County KY, Harlan County KY, Knott County KY, Madison County KY, Perry County KY
Appalachian FiguresThe Story of Ethel de Long Zande of Harlan, Kentucky January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Harlan County KY, Knott County KY
Appalachian HistorySmithville’s Dark Afternoon: The 2011 EF5 Tornado in Appalachian Mississippi January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Franklin County AL, Itawamba County MS, Monroe County AL, Monroe County MS
Appalachian History“Bloody Madison”: The Shelton Laurel Massacre and a Divided North Carolina Mountain County January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Madison County NC
Appalachian HistoryMiners and Convicts in the Coal Creek Valley: The Coal Creek War of 1891 to 1892 January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Anderson County TN, Campbell County TN, Grundy County TN, Morgan County TN
Appalachian HistoryLetters from the Fraterville Mine: The 1902 Explosion in Anderson County, Tennessee January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Anderson County TN, Campbell County TN
Appalachian HistoryCoalfield Classrooms: The Kanawha County Textbook War and the Rise of the Culture Wars January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Kanawha County WV
Appalachian HistoryThe Monongah Mine Disaster of 1907: Coal, Immigrants, and the Worst Day in American Mining January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Marion County WV
Appalachian HistoryTupelo’s Dark Sunday: The 1936 Tornado and the Making of Modern Appalachian Mississippi January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Itawamba County MS, Lee County MS
UncategorizedHawks Nest Tunnel Disaster: Silica, Silence, and Memory in the New River Gorge January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Fayette County WV, Nicholas County WV
Appalachian HistoryWalking the Hill: The Clinton Twelve and Appalachian Tennessee’s First Integrated High School January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Anderson County TN, Knox County TN
Forgotten AppalachiaForgotten Appalachia: Lilly on the Bluestone and the Flood That Never Came January 15, 2026 / Alex Hall / Mercer County WV, Summers County WV
Appalachian HistoryThe Day the River Entered the Mine: The 1959 Knox Disaster in Luzerne County January 14, 2026 / Alex Hall / Carbon County PA, Lackawanna County PA, Luzerne County PA
Repurposed AppalachiaTracks Across the Sky: The Kinzua Bridge, the 2003 Tornado, and Pennsylvania’s Great Viaduct Ruin January 14, 2026 / Alex Hall / Elk County PA, McKean County PA, Potter County PA
Appalachian Folklore & MythsLanterns in the Raccoon Creek Valley: Moonville Tunnel and the Ghost Town in the Woods January 14, 2026 / Alex Hall / Athens County OH, Vinton County OH
Appalachian Folklore & MythsTailypo: A Southern Monster Tale with Deep Roots in Appalachian Communities January 14, 2026 / Alex Hall
Appalachian Folklore & MythsBoojum and Hootin Annie in the Balsam Mountains: Gemstones, Moonshine Jugs, and Haywood County Folklore January 13, 2026 / Alex Hall / Haywood County NC
Appalachian Folklore & MythsThe Hopkinsville Goblins: Little Green Men on a Kentucky Farm January 13, 2026 / Alex Hall
Appalachian Folklore & MythsWizard Clip and the Priest’s Field: Poltergeist, Frontier Faith, and a Haunted Farm in the Shenandoah Valley January 13, 2026 / Alex Hall / Berkeley County WV, Jefferson County WV
Appalachian Folklore & MythsThe Legend of the Blowing Rock: Wind, Lovers, and a High Country Cliff January 13, 2026 / Alex Hall / Avery County NC, Burke County NC, Caldwell County NC, Watauga County NC
Appalachian Folklore & MythsSensabaugh Tunnel: Ghost Tourism, Urban Legend, and the Real Sensabaugh Family Along the Holston January 13, 2026 / Alex Hall / Hawkins County TN, Sullivan County TN
Appalachian Folklore & MythsThe Rivesville River Monster: Ogua, Giant Turtles, and the Stories Marion County Tells Itself January 13, 2026 / Alex Hall / Allegheny County PA, Marion County WV, Monongalia County WV, Washington County OH
Appalachian HistoryLittle Shepherd Trail: Inspiration Mountain on the Spine of Pine Mountain January 8, 2026 / Alex Hall / Harlan County KY, Letcher County KY
Abandoned AppalachiaAbandoned Appalachia: Goss Park and Cupp Lake of Harlan County January 8, 2026 / Alex Hall / Harlan County KY, Letcher County KY
Appalachian FiguresThe Story of Ronald D. Ray of Perry, Kentucky January 8, 2026 / Alex Hall / Perry County KY
Appalachian FiguresThe Story of George Sharp Davis of Perry, Kentucky January 8, 2026 / Alex Hall / Perry County KY
Appalachian FiguresThe Story of Joseph C. Eversole of Perry, Kentucky January 8, 2026 / Alex Hall / Breathitt County KY, Leslie County KY, Perry County KY
