Thursday, January 29, 2004

Blairsville Collegiate Institute

›
The Blairsville Collegiate Institute held a good record for providing education for youth of the mountain region from 1905 through 1930. Its...
Thursday, January 22, 2004

The Rev. Elisha Hedden, Circuit-Riding Preacher- (Part 2)

›
Rev. Elisha Hedden, Jr. Juanita Caroline Butt Hedden When Elisha Hedden, Jr. was twenty-four and his bride was seventeen, he married Juani...
Thursday, January 15, 2004

The Life and Times of a Circuit-Riding Preacher: The Rev. Elisha Hedden, Jr. (Part 1)

›
It has been said of the Rev. Elisha Hedden, Jr. (2/2/1814-8/23/1900), mountain preacher of the nineteenth century, that “few, if any, men ha...
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Federal Investigator Frank Loransey Souther

›
Frank Loransey Souther (04/30/1881 - 07/13/1937) U. S. Marshall - 1920-1937 The career Frank Loransey Souther chose was fraught with danger ...
Thursday, January 1, 2004

The Wright Brothers Craft Came After Clark Dyer's Flying Machine

›
On December 17, 2003, America stood poised to see a reproduction of the Wright Brothers’ flying machine lift from Kill Devil Hill near Kitty...
Thursday, December 18, 2003

Good Old-Fashioned Christmases

›
For all of you who have become faithful readers since July 31, 2003 when “Through Mountain Mists” first appeared in this paper, Happy Christ...
Thursday, December 11, 2003

A Brutal Murder, A Son's Promise, and the Truth: A Book Review of Blood Mountain Covenant by Charles E. Hill

›
James "Jim Washington Lance (1/31/1961 - 9/2-1940) Blood Mountain Covenant: A Son's Revenge by Charles L. Hill explores a century-o...