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Stephen F. Austin

Stories of Appalachia
Stories of Appalachia
Episode • May 27, 2017 • 10m
In the latter part of the 18th century a family settled along the New River in what’s now Wythe County, Virginia, and began to operate a lead mine there. The area to this day bears the name of that family, as Austinville. And one member left Appalachia to found a new nation in the West […]