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Encore-The Rye Cove Cyclone

Stories of Appalachia
Stories of Appalachia
Episode • Sep 6, 2016 • 11m
On this encore episode, Rod and Steve present the story of the tornado that tore through the small Appalachian community of Rye Cove, Virginia, on May 2, 1929. This cyclone has been immortalized in country music legend with a song written by A. P. Carter and recorded by the Carter Family, who lived in the […]