Bob Hutton
@herecomesdrbob.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Appalachian Studies, and Divisive Concepts
Author of BLOODY BREATHITT from @KENTUCKYPRESS
I like to steal, gamble, and rob.
Author of BLOODY BREATHITT from @KENTUCKYPRESS
I like to steal, gamble, and rob.
Our admin building is kinda handsome and it's a good thing we have it up here. My former employer would've torn it down decades ago.
October 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Our admin building is kinda handsome and it's a good thing we have it up here. My former employer would've torn it down decades ago.
Anytime I visit my parents I have to stop and sift through the house archives (alas, no finding aids).
September 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Anytime I visit my parents I have to stop and sift through the house archives (alas, no finding aids).
Waiting for Bernie Sanders right now in Charleston while he's en route from Mingo County.
August 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Waiting for Bernie Sanders right now in Charleston while he's en route from Mingo County.
On August 1st, 1921, Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers were assassinated on the McDowell County, WV courthouse steps by Baldwin-Felts detectives in apparent retaliation for their role in the "Matewan Massacre" 439 days earlier.
August 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On August 1st, 1921, Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers were assassinated on the McDowell County, WV courthouse steps by Baldwin-Felts detectives in apparent retaliation for their role in the "Matewan Massacre" 439 days earlier.
One of the best things my parents did for me was buying me comics BEFORE I was functionally literate (they later learned to regret it 1x I COULD read). This was one of the 1st covers I recall.
July 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
One of the best things my parents did for me was buying me comics BEFORE I was functionally literate (they later learned to regret it 1x I COULD read). This was one of the 1st covers I recall.
Anybody need some wood? I've got wood.
May 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Anybody need some wood? I've got wood.
I'm in reruns this afternoon- hope someone's watching in Knoxville.
April 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'm in reruns this afternoon- hope someone's watching in Knoxville.
Betty from ON THE AIR is definitely anti-vaxx
March 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Betty from ON THE AIR is definitely anti-vaxx
Help me scrape the mucus off my brain.
March 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Help me scrape the mucus off my brain.
This is how you Nashville.
March 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is how you Nashville.
From little acorns, mighty oak trees grow.
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
From little acorns, mighty oak trees grow.
This was a night in JAN2017 when we held a historians' panel about the recent trump election. I like to think I's the 1st person to ever compare him to McKinley (see how confused my co-panelists look?).
I miss everyone pictured, esp my buddy Josh (center, beard) who was taken from us way too soon.
I miss everyone pictured, esp my buddy Josh (center, beard) who was taken from us way too soon.
January 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This was a night in JAN2017 when we held a historians' panel about the recent trump election. I like to think I's the 1st person to ever compare him to McKinley (see how confused my co-panelists look?).
I miss everyone pictured, esp my buddy Josh (center, beard) who was taken from us way too soon.
I miss everyone pictured, esp my buddy Josh (center, beard) who was taken from us way too soon.
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?
January 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?
Find yourself a bar that big screens DIVISION II ball.
December 11, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Find yourself a bar that big screens DIVISION II ball.
Historians still on twitter
December 3, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Historians still on twitter
My Pawdad got out of Knoxville High School a few months early in 1943 to enlist in the navy, but first he had to read Dorothy Parker.
November 24, 2024 at 3:54 PM
My Pawdad got out of Knoxville High School a few months early in 1943 to enlist in the navy, but first he had to read Dorothy Parker.
After nearly 4 decades I'm still fascinated by the cover art for Atari's VIDEO CHECKERS cartridge.
November 16, 2024 at 2:46 AM
After nearly 4 decades I'm still fascinated by the cover art for Atari's VIDEO CHECKERS cartridge.
The trump appointees remind me of this NEW YORKER cartoon from my sophomore year at college.
November 13, 2024 at 10:08 PM
The trump appointees remind me of this NEW YORKER cartoon from my sophomore year at college.
I made a meme (apologies to Gary Larson)
November 11, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I made a meme (apologies to Gary Larson)
