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The Upper Cumberland is full of stories involving Civil War battles, presidents, & historical figures. Mountain True, with host Troy Smith, will share with you these stories that all took place right here in the area that we call home.

News Talk 94.1


    • Mar 14, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    Pomp Kersey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2020 37:24


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith dives deep into the history of Pomp Kersey who hailed from Cannon County, and became the leader of a small band of Confederate guerrilla soldiers while active in DeKalb County during the Civil War.

    Pomp Kersey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2020 37:24


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith dives deep into the history of Pomp Kersey who hailed from Cannon County, and became the leader of a small band of Confederate guerrilla soldiers while active in DeKalb County during the Civil War.

    The Moonshine Wars Pt 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 13:30


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion detailing the very dangerous job carried out by US Federal Marshals in the post-Civil War period, and how moonshine and violence resulting from the production of moonshine tie the history of the state of Oklahoma and the Upper Cumberland together.

    The Moonshine Wars Pt 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 13:30


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion detailing the very dangerous job carried out by US Federal Marshals in the post-Civil War period, and how moonshine and violence resulting from the production of moonshine tie the history of the state of Oklahoma and the Upper Cumberland together.

    The Moonshine Wars Pt 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2020 17:41


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion detailing the very dangerous job carried out by US Federal Marshals in the post-Civil War period, and how moonshine and violence resulting from the production of moonshine tie the history of the state of Oklahoma and the Upper Cumberland together.

    The Moonshine Wars Pt 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2020 17:41


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion detailing the very dangerous job carried out by US Federal Marshals in the post-Civil War period, and how moonshine and violence resulting from the production of moonshine tie the history of the state of Oklahoma and the Upper Cumberland together.

    The Moonshine Wars Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 16:39


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion detailing the very dangerous job carried out by US Federal Marshals in the post-Civil War period, and how moonshine and violence resulting from the production of moonshine tie the history of the state of Oklahoma and the Upper Cumberland together.

    The Moonshine Wars Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 16:39


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion detailing the very dangerous job carried out by US Federal Marshals in the post-Civil War period, and how moonshine and violence resulting from the production of moonshine tie the history of the state of Oklahoma and the Upper Cumberland together.

    The Moonshine Wars Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020 16:18


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith begins a discussion detailing the very dangerous job carried out by US Federal Marshals in the post-Civil War period, and how moonshine and violence resulting from the production of moonshine tie the history of the state of Oklahoma and the Upper Cumberland together.

    The Moonshine Wars Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020 16:18


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith begins a discussion detailing the very dangerous job carried out by US Federal Marshals in the post-Civil War period, and how moonshine and violence resulting from the production of moonshine tie the history of the state of Oklahoma and the Upper Cumberland together.

    Supreme Court Justice John Catron Pt 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 13:50


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion on Supreme Court Justice John Catron - the 26th Supreme Court Justice who served from 1837 to 1865, and hailed from White County right here in the Upper Cumberland.

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    Supreme Court Justice John Catron Pt 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 13:50


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion on Supreme Court Justice John Catron - the 26th Supreme Court Justice who served from 1837 to 1865, and hailed from White County right here in the Upper Cumberland.

    Supreme Court Justice John Catron Pt 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2019 14:46


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion on Supreme Court Justice John Catron - the 26th Supreme Court Justice who served from 1837 to 1865, and hailed from White County right here in the Upper Cumberland.

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    Supreme Court Justice John Catron Pt 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2019 14:46


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion on Supreme Court Justice John Catron - the 26th Supreme Court Justice who served from 1837 to 1865, and hailed from White County right here in the Upper Cumberland.

    Supreme Court Justice John Catron Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2019 12:57


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion on Supreme Court Justice John Catron - the 26th Supreme Court Justice who served from 1837 to 1865, and hailed from White County right here in the Upper Cumberland.

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    Supreme Court Justice John Catron Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2019 12:57


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues his discussion on Supreme Court Justice John Catron - the 26th Supreme Court Justice who served from 1837 to 1865, and hailed from White County right here in the Upper Cumberland.

    Supreme Court Justice John Catron Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 13:31


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith begins a discussion on Supreme Court Justice John Catron - the 26th Supreme Court Justice who served from 1837 to 1865, and hailed from White County right here in the Upper Cumberland.

    supreme court justice troy smith catron white county upper cumberland
    Supreme Court Justice John Catron Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 13:31


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith begins a discussion on Supreme Court Justice John Catron - the 26th Supreme Court Justice who served from 1837 to 1865, and hailed from White County right here in the Upper Cumberland.

    The Sparta Shirt Factory Strike Of 1947

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2019 25:48


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues discussing the topic of labor issues in the Upper Cumberland with the seemingly forgotten incident which would later become known as the Sparta Shirt Factory Strike of 1947.

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    The Sparta Shirt Factory Strike Of 1947

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2019 25:48


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith continues discussing the topic of labor issues in the Upper Cumberland with the seemingly forgotten incident which would later become known as the Sparta Shirt Factory Strike of 1947.

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    Labor Issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2019 20:40


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith highlights some of the key labor issues that occurred across the Upper Cumberland - particularly as they relate to the United Mine Workers of America and the history of coal mining all across the area.

    Labor Issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2019 20:40


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith highlights some of the key labor issues that occurred across the Upper Cumberland - particularly as they relate to the United Mine Workers of America and the history of coal mining all across the area.

    Texas And The Upper Cumberland

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2019 15:30


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith travels from Texas to the Upper Cumberland to show how the great state of Texas's roots can be traced back to our state of Tennessee - specifically in regards to White County native - William Mosby Eastland.

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    Texas And The Upper Cumberland

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2019 15:30


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith travels from Texas to the Upper Cumberland to show how the great state of Texas's roots can be traced back to our state of Tennessee - specifically in regards to White County native - William Mosby Eastland.

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    The African American Community & The Civil War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 30:17


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith shares some information gathered from recent years of personal research regarding the history of the African American community in the Upper Cumberland during the Civil War, specifically in White County, based on documented interviews with former slaves after the end of the War.

    The African American Community & The Civil War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 30:17


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith shares some information gathered from recent years of personal research regarding the history of the African American community in the Upper Cumberland during the Civil War, specifically in White County, based on documented interviews with former slaves after the end of the War.

    Champ Ferguson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2019 33:56


    This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith dives deep into the history of the infamous Champ Ferguson, a notorious Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War who claimed to have killed over 100 Union soldiers and pro-Union civilians.

    Champ Ferguson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2019 33:56


    News Talk 94.1 — This week on Mountain True, host Troy Smith dives deep into the history of the infamous Champ Ferguson, a notorious Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War who claimed to have killed over 100 Union soldiers and pro-Union civilians.

    Tecumseh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019 16:35


    In the debut episode of Mountain True, host Troy Smith will introduce you to Tecumseh, a Native American Shawnee chief who led a multi-tribal confederacy during the Chickamauga Wars at the Battle of Rock Island, in White County.

    Tecumseh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019 16:35


    News Talk 94.1 — In the debut episode of Mountain True, host Troy Smith will introduce you to Tecumseh, a Native American Shawnee chief who led a multi-tribal confederacy during the Chickamauga Wars at the Battle of Rock Island, in White County.

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