Two posts from my neck of the woods

Appalachian History just posted two stories in a row that are both pretty close to home, at least for me—one about a bloody labor incident here in my home county, the other about Middlesboro, KY, which is just over the state line.

Brian McKnight has an article

…over at the Times blog about early Civil War battles in Appalachia.  Check it out.

Quantrill’s revenge?

Today’s discussion question:

Famed Confederate raider William Clarke Quantrill died after Union troops ambushed him near Taylorsville, KY in 1865.  A century and a half later, Taylorsville is being overrun by stray cats, a feline plague of almost biblical proportions.

Coincidence?  And if not, what’s in store for Lawrence, KS?