In 1916, a circus arrived in East Tennessee with Mary the elephant at the front of its attractions. Crowds gathered to watch her move through town, unaware of how quickly things would take a violent ...
In the tiny town of Erwin, Tenn., history is the elephant in the room. At the Unicoi County Chamber of Commerce, Cathy Huskins remembers one particularly angry tourist "came barreling through the door ...
James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
View image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2234/hangir5.jpg <BR><BR>A truly great moment in our history, when a dangerous elephant was executed by hanging, with a ...
In the tiny town of Erwin, Tenn., history is the elephant in the room. At the Unicoi County Chamber of Commerce, Cathy Huskins remembers one particularly angry tourist "came barreling through the door ...
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. In the tiny town of Erwin, Tenn., history is the elephant in the room. At the Unicoi County Chamber of ...
From left, the team of teacher Tim Wasem; students Caleb Miller, Jaxton Holly, John Gouge and Deanna Hull; and teacher Alex Campbell won the NPR Student Podcast Challenge. (Mike Belleme for NPR) In ...
A 1916 photo shows Mary hanging lifelessly from the crane. This macabre, visual evidence of the execution traveled far and wide, and it cemented Erwin's reputation — a town that few beyond East ...
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