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- Kansas City Railroad Blues
- Blues music; Guitars; Railroads;
- Spence Moore plays blues guitar for Vaughan Webb in his home in Chilhowie, Virginia. He was born and raised in Mountain City, Tennessee. Listen to them talking about this song: fe07102.
- Ferrum College
- [Train wreck of the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad in 1889] / [unknown].
- Knoxville, Cumberland Gap, and Louisville Railroad Company. ; Railroad accidents.
- This photograph shows a train wreck outside of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the year 1889. The railroad line was the short-lived Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville (KCG&L) Railroad. Several prominent Knoxvillians were killed in this horrific...
- Lincoln Memorial University
- Attempt by Communists to seize the American labor movement
- Labor unions; Coal miners; Labor unions; Communism
- This series of six articles was prepared by the United Mine Workers of America, disclosing the attempt that is being made by the Red forces, under the direct supervision of Moscow, to seize control of the organized labor movement of America and use...
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- New Railroad
- Bands; Fiddle music; Banjos;
- The Chicken Spankers perform at the Asheville Junction. The band consists of John Nevine, John Simmons, and Jim Hale. Grandpa Jones wrote this song.
- Warren Wilson College
- Ballad of Railroad Bill
- Guitars; Singing; Railroads;
- Poor Howard plays steel guitar and sings at the Asheville Junction, founded by Andy Cohen.
- Warren Wilson College
- Railroad tracks, 1/4 mile east of Pardee Point overlooking Doe River near Milligan College
- Railroads; Rivers; students
- The E.T. & W.N.C. railroad tracks, 1/4 mile east of Pardee Point overlooking Doe River. George W. Hardin, General Manager, sponsored student excursions on the "Tweetsie" railroad.
- Milligan College
- C & O Railroad, laying rail song (talking)
- Interviews; Railroads;
- E. E. Johnson talks with Kip Lornell about working on the railroad. He sings a rail laying work song. He is from Buckingham County, Virginia and worked with the C&O Railroad company in Beckley, West Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- railroad work (talking)
- Interviews; Railroads;
- E. E. Johnson talks with Kip Lornell about working on the railroad, lining and laying track. He is from Buckingham County, Virginia and worked with the C&O Railroad company in Beckley, West Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms
- Bands;
- Ted Boyd plays fiddle in his Endicott home in Franklin County, Virginia with a group of his neighbors and friends: Junior Shively (guitar), Hub McAlexander (guitar), and David Shively (banjo).
- Ferrum College
- Rambalin' Railroad Hobo (talking)
- Guitars; Railroads;
- Bob White performs at the Asheville Junction, a coffehouse venue founded by Andy Cohen. This is the second night of a two-concert series.
- Warren Wilson College
- "The Milligan Station"
- Railroad stations;
- The exact location of "The Milligan Station" is to be determined probably at juncture of railroad and Cedar Grove Road at an easterly point just before Cedar Grove Road turns south to meet Milligan highway, Milligan College, TN.
- Milligan College
- Founding of Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Watt's Hotel at Cumberland Gap / [unknown].
- Buildings -- Tennessee -- Cumberland Gap.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.; Watt's Hotel (Cumberland Gap, Tenn.)
- This photograph shows the Watt's Hotel at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The mounted articles states that the "hotel was built by English prospectors circa 1887, and destroyed by fire in 1912." The article continues: The names of the men...
- Lincoln Memorial University
- [Cumberland Gap community road and adjoining railroad] / [unknown].
- Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.
- This photograph of a community road and adjoining railroad line is adjacent to the township of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee; it shows the gravel road with homes in the upper quadrant, with electric poles are evident towards the central area of the...
- Lincoln Memorial University
- Cumberland Gap / [unknown].
- Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.; Historic sites -- Tennessee -- Cumberland Gap.
- This photograph of the township of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee was taken facing east. Main Street is parallel to the viewer, to the right of center. Railroad tracks travel north-south in the lower portion of the photo. Written below the railroad...
- Lincoln Memorial University
- Railroad at 17 Points
- Postcards; Blue Ridge Mountains
- Depicts the route of a railroad in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
- Lees-McRae College
- Hannah
- Interviews; Railroads;
- E. E. Johnson talks with Kip Lornell about working on the railroad, and sings a song about a girl he knew. He is from Buckingham County, Virginia and worked with the C&O Railroad company in Beckley, West Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- lining rail, with work song (talking)
- Interviews; Railroads;
- E. E. Johnson talks with Kip Lornell about working on the railroad, lining rail, and sings a work song. He is from Buckingham County, Virginia and worked with the C&O Railroad company in Beckley, West Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Floyd Cannaday railroad story (talking)
- Interviews; Storytelling;
- Calvin, 'Curvin', Harris tells a railroad prank story to interviewer, Phyllis Wampler. This takes place in his home in Council, Virginia. His wife, Alva is also present.
- Ferrum College
- riding trains, railroad detectives (talking)
- Blues music; Guitars; Interviews; Railroads;
- Cowboy "T" Burks talks with interviewer, Vaughan Webb, about hopping trains and railroad detectives. This takes place in his home in Low Moor, Virginia.
- Ferrum College