Historian Theodore Kornweibel estimated that more than 10,000 enslaved workers a year built the southern railroads between ...

While every movie fan knows John Wayne (True Grit is a milestone in American cultural literacy), A Big Hand for the Little ...

The 25th annual John Henry Days, to celebrate the legend of how John Henry beat the steam drill, is celebrating over three days, July 8-10, featuring live music, a parade, a 4-mile run, various ...

After Carolyn Krause heard Charlotte Blake Alston at the recent Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival tell the story of John Henry ... carving a big hole part of the way through it.