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The Christmas Flood

Stories of Appalachia
Stories of Appalachia
Episode • Feb 18, 2017 • 10m
Times were good in Saltville, Virginia, in 1924. It was Christmas Eve and people were wrapping up their shopping and getting ready for parties and family and gifts under the tree. Then disaster struck in the form of the collapse of a dam holding back millions of gallons of caustic muck. Today, Steve and Rod […]