Abingdon’s Femme Fatalle
The Baker trial of 1891 held the region spellbound with shameless love, infidelity, and ultimately murder. The prosecution’s star witness was the mistress herself, and...
Love, Honor, and Attempted Murder
Emory and Henry College hosted a lavish wedding in May 1855. Noted Scott County bachelor Henry Solon Kane, Esq., married Sarah Anderson, daughter of the...
Coal Mine Terminology
Commonly used terms from the Appalachian Coal Mines and what they meant. Afterdamp- Toxic fumes that occur after an explosion within a mine. Residual gases...
A Victorian “Wicked Attraction”
The tale of Dr. John Baker and Mrs. Margaret Gilmer began long before their infamy. The majority of the reports state the two were intimate...