The Great Blizzard of ’93 was a massive storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March… Read More
Microwave Magic By Wayne J. Pitts
I was born in the late 1960’s and at that time, probably only one-in-a-hundred American households owned a… Read More
Remember Flour Sack Dresses?
Coming fresh off of the Great Depression and as World War II forced rationing of a broad array… Read More
The Lucrative Fox Hide Trade By Wayne J. Pitts
Not every family has an Uncle Edsel and that’s probably a good thing. My great-uncle Edsel Church was… Read More
Davy Crockett: Where history and myth collide!
David Crockett, frontiersman, Tennessee legislator and U.S. congressman, folk hero, and icon of popular culture, was an intriguing… Read More
Pen Hooker By Wayne J. Pitts
Mark Twain once wrote, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born… Read More
The Buck stops here!
As with many word histories, the exact root of the word “buck” for one unit of currency is… Read More
A King Named Phillip By Wayne J. Pitts
Pigs have personalities and a broad range of emotions. They can be playful, spiteful, grouchy, vengeful, frisky, loving,… Read More
Appalachia in Pictures
A Farmer, sawmiller, carpenter and sheriff’s deputy…Willie Trivette’s enduring legacy is that he was one of many self-taught… Read More