Vernon Dalhart

Playing Forgotten Music on 78 RPM Records by Curt HahnDalhart, Vernon Wreck of the ShenandoahStone Mountain MemorialAll credit due to the artist, musicians and Record Companies  No profit or income derived from this podcast.Have a historic 78 RPM and story you want to share with my listeners?  Contact me at:www.facebook.com/s3productions2 or [email protected], Vernon wreck of the Shenandoah15041D Columbia Records W140929 9/11/25STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIALW140930 9/11/25Vernon Dalhart (1883 – 1948) born Marion Try Slaughter, was a popular American singer and songwriter of the early decades of the 20th century. He is a major influence in the field of country music. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1981 and into the Gennett Records Walk of Fame in 2007USS Shenandoah was the first of four United States Navy rigid airship. It was built in 1922–1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, and first flew in September 1923.  And made the first crossing of North America by airship. USS Shenandoah crashed on land (and thus be suitable as a tourist attraction). On September 3, 1925, it was ordered to conduct an ill-advised publicity tour of Midwestern state fairs. Less than 24 hours into its flight "the strongest airship in the world" was caught in a thunderstorm, torn to pieces, and scattered across the rolling hills of Noble County in southeastern Ohio. Stone Mountain Memorial Craving  The largest high relief sculpture in the world, the Confederate Memorial Carving, depicts three Confederate heroes of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.