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Blue Ridge Country

Sports

Ty Cobb: Death in the Dark

Ty Cobb, who would go on to be the greatest baseball player of his time, was a 17-year-old minor league prospect when his mother shot and killed his father at home in Georgia.

K. Rheinheimer Blue Ridge Country Jun 2010 Permalink

History

The Day They Hanged An Elephant

In 1916, a down-on-its-luck traveling circus hung its star elephant.

J. V. Schroeder Blue Ridge Country Feb 2009 10min Permalink