The holiday season can be the center of many wonderful family memories. Four of East Tennessee's most talented storytellers share wonderful stories of the season as they happened in southern Appalachia.

The Territory South of the River Ohio was once called the Southwest Territory. It is the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, called the Tennessee country. It belonged to the Cherokee. Taking it from them would not be easy. Herein the conflict begins. The story of an uncommon people who settled this frontier land -- when the west was Tennessee country. The story is told via a loose narrative set in the 1790's about what...

The passage of time can take many forms. In this episode of The Heartland Series, time spent with trains is the central theme. Viewers will go inside the shops and ride the locomotives of a shortline rail company. Two short features focus on a different sense of time, including a quiet walk through a rarely used, botanically beautiful trail in the mountains of Southern Kentucky, and a soothing performance on a reed organ.

A series of vignettes exploring the history, traditions, and folkways of East Tennessee

For more than twenty-five years as host of WBIR-TV, Knoxville, Tennessee's The Heartland Series, and 2,000 television episodes, Bill's been spinning years and telling tales about the people of east Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains. Now, finally, in A last Hurrah, he's telling his own story.

A series of vignettes exploring the history, traditions, and folkways of East Tennessee.

"On November 16, 1863 there was no more important ground in the lives of nearly 20,000 Civil War soldiers than the land surrounding Campbell Station. Holding the crossroads near the way station would be critical to the success of both armies. The fighting took place on two fronts simultaneously. Two Medals of Honor would be awarded as the fighting culminated with a 6-hour battle that waged back and forth. Today, aside from an erroneous roadside marker,...