Welcome to "Stories of Appalachia," the podcast where hosts Steve Gilly and Rod Mullins have been unraveling the captivating history and folklore of the Appalachian region since 2015. Join them as they guide you through mist-covered mountains and winding rivers, exploring the stories that define the heart and soul of Appalachia.
We also have an audio podcast, on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker and many other podcast apps.
Join us as we piece together the story of Appalachia, one story at a time...
Diamonds are found in weird places. There have been several found in VA and there is no geologic reason for them to be here. The largest was 14 carats and found near Richmond while workers were digging a ditch. Another was found in Pound, VA, close to KY. Several were found by miners looking for gold in the VA "Gold Belt." Diamonds and other materials are washed downstream and, when the stream changes it's bed, they get covered. Maybe they will wash out of fall out of an excavation later so that they can be found. There is no geologic reason for diamonds to be located anywhere in the eastern US, that I know of. I am a geologist, so I have a clue. The almond in Richmond was an octahedral shape, which makes it possible for the one in WVA to be cubic shaped.
Important story - well-told. Thank you, gentlemen. A side note: Both of you, Steve Gilley and Rob Mullens, are very good storytellers. But Steve, in particular, has a great voice for advertising. I was employed by McCann-Erickson (the world's largest advertising agency) for over 2 decades (retired now) and can tell you that Steve's voice is meant for that medium - in the vein of Steve Bodett ("we'll keep the light on for ya" - Motel 6). Anyway, to both of you: great job!
Goodness, it wasn't until this story was about halfway through, when I put Embry and Riddle together. My son graduated from Embry Riddle in 2014. The graduation ceremony was at Pensacola Naval Air Station. So they must have satellite classrooms at various Air Stations. My son at the time was a helicopter mechanic for the Coast Guard. He is now a supervisor on the Quality Department on the A220, Air Bus Assembly, in Mobile, AL. Thanks for sharing this story.
James Turner was my 1st cousin 6x removed. His son John D Turner married Fannie Middleton daughter of Bejamin and Sarah Blevins Middleton who were victims of Devil Jim.
This is a awesome podcast thank you and im a descendant of perry cline my grandma nida cline i grew up in Iowa and never got to visit my family thier but i love hearing history about my family although after the history channel movie i talked to my grandma and ahe told me that the story of Perry starting it was not how it happened and while my family did file a lawsuit that is about as big as our family got involved directly and perry cline wasn't even a lawyer till after the feud the family lore goes that he became a lawyer because of him loosing the trial and timber rights of our land
Thank you! The feud is a very complicated bit of history, what with many versions of parts of it being told. It’s most definitely the most well known of the stories of Appalachia!
We don’t get to pick the thumbnail for shorts,RU-vid does; that’s just Crockett’s picture we showed when talking about his part in the assassination attempt.
@@StoriesofAppalachia Yeah, but it's also a used aeroplane with possible war damage. I figure the price was about right for it. Those Jenny's went through a lot in the Great War, but they proved to be very reliable.
Thank you for sharing my family’s story about Pound Gap. Ira Mullins was my great great great uncle and my grandmother wrote a book about it called “Shadow of the Pines”. She change the names, but all the characters are real.
Having watched the miniseries with Kevin Costner and the late Bill Paxton, and having looked up any and all information I have been able to find about the actual events of the feud, which as you may guess do not always stack up as it depends on whether it's the Hatfield or McCoy side you're reading about, the sad thing is the whole damned thing could've been completely prevented, if both families would have just said: "Enough," and decided to let things go. So much loss of life, and it was completely unnecessary, and shows just how poisonous both hatred and revenge are - they lead to nothing but pain and suffering.
You just know with a name like "Loston" that I had to comment on a video about a town called "Loyston." lol. So many towns were submerged by water. It always fascinating to hear about these small towns that no longer exist. TVA disrupted a lot of families lives back then, but I think it was all for the best, as it benefited the state of Tennessee tremendously, helping to modernize the country. The benefits were enormous, but you still have to feel for those people who had to relocate.
Partly by intermarriage and partly by taking those names and ways of the settlers hoping they could stay in their homeland, which in the end didn’t work.
i am the great grand daughter of Lucinda Mills, And the grand daughter of Lucinda Mills Allen, who was not involved with the murder, I can tell you what got into their heads as it was told to me, there where a couple of preachers that went through the holler preaching this crap! And the after math of this murder is my grand mother and my mother preached to us to BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS! My grand father Bill Allen was the neighbor who got the sheriff to come. He tried days before but since there was no crime committed yet they didn't do anything to stop it!
I just found your channel. I love your stories. Although I live in the coastal plain of NC, I love and yearn to know all that I can about the Appalachian area.
This church was creepy! A tree was laid over the rood wouldn't let us cross there was a animal on the tree and wouldn't let us pass we turned around and never came back
2024 - The War was just a few years of his life. His last years brought him into penniless care of an NC mental hospital. When visiting "the Boundary" and you will not see a monument or mention of Thomas. There is a single NC History Road Marker on Hwy 74 near the exit for Cherokee because the valley there is named for him. -- Thomas was not a perfect guy - he was a rich politician after all...but his true loyalty and political friendship to the ECBI is unduly erased because of reverse prejudice from the sovereign nation. Just my opinion.
John Wright's parent's didn't name him "Devil". He got that nickname from the bad men he hunted down, who said that when John Wright was after them, it was like the Devil himself was on their tail!
Richard, Thomas and Lincoln were my great grandmother's brothers. My mom knew Link and said he made his wife's and his own caskets. She said his was lined in yellow and hers was lined in black. He would also get in his to demonstrate that it fit. Have heard a lot of stories about Link!
People definitely lived longer in places like that. Much healthier than the sheeple being pumped full of hormones & petroleum-based medications of today.
Burkharts are a branch of the Hunfriding dynasty , bouchardings, The first Burkhart and his brother , Adalbert ,had theirheads removed for not acquiescing to the Vatican in 911 ad. In 711 ad a monk from Wessex traveled to Germany with other monks and chopped down the Donner Oak in their zeal to spread the new Christianity. He is St. Burcardus
My name is Eric great grandfather is Denver Burkhart in Union County TN whose heritage is from Harlan. I agree with Brian, he was a witch doctor, had many wives, and did live to 125. There use to be a monument to George at the appalachian museum outside of Knoxville. There's much more to him from the tales than the tree that grew up on from Bertha and Denver and Genelga(my grandmother) Id like to ask if anyone has any info in the Burkhart clan about Pace or our native American lineages. Thanks in advance
I'm a Gatlin myself an this first time I have ever heard this story. I was waiting for the civil war started an end to see if this story was even close to what I've been told .
This leaves out a lot of details. Like the man that was shot by the corupt police. And how they beat people that didn't pay there fees. It was a lot worse than depicted here
I don’t think so. In this case, though, they were so concerned about something happening they wanted to let recovery teams know who they were if worse came to worst.
I worked in the mines 6 yrs and my Dad was a Federal Inspector for MSHA Barbourville KY office for 36 years and I can tell you that it is Federal Law that any worker in a mine has to be wearing an MSHA approved mining belt with your KY Miner ID# (which is your SSN) engraved in brass and permanently affixed to it. I'm 100% sure that's what they were talking about and it just got miscommunicated to them somehow.
My great-grandfather was there in 1935. He had a background in the steel industry, so I am almost sure he was there to get the steel mill ready. I know he left in 1936 because my grandmother was born in NC. Later he worked on at least one dam for the TVA.
