The Old Louisville Demon Leaper’s Mischief In One Of America’s Largest Victorian Neighborhoods
In the late 1800s, tales of a creature that bounds between rooftops emerged in Old Louisville — The Demon Leaper.
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Photographer Reimagines The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster
Hawks Nest Tunnel is a landmark in West Virginia — a place in Fayette County, West Virginia, where much of the New River is diverted through a mountain to generate hydropower before it rejoins the river near Gauley Bridge. It’s also the site of a hist...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRaymond Thompson, Jr. And Agape Rugs, Inside Appalachia
In the 1930s, hundreds of mostly African American workers died digging the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel. A photographer brings their stories to life in a new book. Also, when Jerry Machen began making art...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, author Raymond Thompson Jr. speaks with Inside Appalachia's Mason Adams about his new book, “Appalachian Ghost: A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Disaster.”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Aerial Tramway Coming To Fayette County Park Next Year
Construction is currently underway for a new aerial tram in Fayette County's Hawk's Nest State Park following the closure of its decades-old tram system in 2022.
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January 29, 1873: Chesapeake & Ohio Completed
On January 29, 1873, railroad officials gathered at Hawks Nest in Fayette County to drive the last spike on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. The C&O, as it…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFebruary 2, 1946: Author Hubert Skidmore Died
On February 2, 1946, novelist Hubert Skidmore died at age 36. In the late 1930s and early ’40s, the Webster County native wrote several novels featuring…
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