Historic Buildings of Appalachia, Virginia
Tabitha Hibbitts Grieger with Appalachia Rising Ventures talks with us in the Historic Peake Building in Appalachia, VA, on their restoration journey on the town’s historic buildings.
Southwest Virginia Museum
The Southwest Virginia Museum was entrusted to the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1946 by C. Bascom Slemp, a member of the U.S Congress and private secretary to President Calvin Coolidge.
Rocky Mount State Historic Site
A step back to the 18th Century at the Capitol of the Southwest Territory with the Cobb Family as they share their everyday living with you along with the makings of apple cider and woodworking. We also tour the museum at Rocky Mount State Historic Park.
Fort Boonesborough
Daniel Boone founded Kentucky’s second settlement in April 1775, and one month later, the state’s first representative of government was held at Boonesborough. Boone had already been in the state years prior as he made his way through the Cumberland Gap on the Wilderness Road.
Portal 31 Lynch, Kentucky
Let’s ride into a former operating mine as we take a step back in time to hear about the everyday lives miners faced underground, immigrant miners looking for a better life, family, and recreation.
Sycamore Shoals State Park/Fort Watauga
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is located along the Watauga River in Elizabethton, Tennessee, on the land where many significant historical events happened during the late 18th century. As many settlers arrived at the settlement, its leaders declared themselves “the first free and independent community on the continent” in 1772
The Country Doctor Museum
In 1967, Dr. Josephine Newell and Dr. Gloria Flippin Graham with a group of women founded The Country Doctor Museum. Both doctors come from a family line of physicians and were very dedicated doctors to their communities. Dr. Newell would make house calls day and night and had the reputation of carrying a pistol to house calls.
Zero Mine Explosion
On the morning of December 9, 1932, at 8:30 am, a blast at the Zero Mine, owned by Harlan Fuel Company, was heard in the Yancy section of Harlan County.
1901 Pocahontas Mine Explosions
It was about this week in 1901 the first mining incident happened at the Baby Mine on November 14 and the second incident at West Mine on November 22; both took the lives of seventeen miners.
Fort Boonesborough
Daniel Boone founded Kentucky’s second settlement in April 1775, and one month later, the state’s first representative of government was held at Boonesborough.