The Buried South

Documentary histories of Appalachia and the Upland South, built from primary records — court filings, committee prints, contemporary newspapers and federal photographs. Every claim on this site traces to a document, and the document is on the page.

Episodes

12 Deputies Drove That Road. 2 Came Back. | The Battle of Evarts, 1931 — 35 scenes, 0 documents
The Judge Got Three Words Out. | Hillsville Courthouse, 1912 — 50 scenes, 0 documents
175 Men Checked In. Nobody Could Count the Dead. | Fraterville, 1902 — 60 scenes, 18 documents
Masked Men Captured a Kentucky City. Only a Lawsuit Ever Named Them. | 1907 — 75 scenes, 26 documents
They Widened the Tunnel to Sell the Rock That Was Killing the Men | 1930 — 90 scenes, 54 documents
He Named His Killer From the Gallows and Predicted the Acquittal | 1899 — 108 scenes, 56 documents
The Camp Said Its Water Was Perfect. The Wells Killed 18 Men | 1918 — 108 scenes, 69 documents
The Feds Dismantled This Memphis Gang in 2017. The Name Came Back. — 142 scenes, 0 documents
They Killed the Witness to Stop the Trial. The Jury Convicted Anyway. — 159 scenes, 60 documents
Congress Blamed the Second Explosion on the Government Itself | Scotia 1976 — 149 scenes, 67 documents
The Government Told Them There Was Uranium in Their Wells. It Left Out One Word. — 188 scenes, 163 documents
Nothing on the Railroad Could Tell That the Bridge Had Moved — 208 scenes, 202 documents
Kentucky in 1940, in 93 Photographs — 93 scenes, 93 documents
The Government Built 198 Houses in West Virginia. 1,640 Families Applied. — 89 scenes, 69 documents
Two Miners Went to Detroit to Ask Henry Ford. They Were Fired When They Got Back. — 56 scenes, 12 documents