After Samuel Roberts' ill-fated attempt at forming a Welsh colony in Tennessee, others from Wales would help develop the state's fledgling iron and coal industry. This book tells how they became Knoxville's largest employer, started the Dixie Eisteddfod, and got involved in an armed insurrection over the use of convicts in the mines.

Perspectus seeking Welsh to purchase lots of land in East Tennessee from the proprietors William Bebb, G. Williams, William and John Roberts Jones, Samuel and Richard Roberts.

17th-19th c. memoirs cite meetings with "White" Indians, and linguistic, archeological, and anthropological evidence from Alabama to Kentucky suggest that Welshmen were among the first discoverers and settlers of America.

The Legend of the Welsh Caves at Desoto Falls is very interesting and entertaining. It is a story about a Welsh Prince who is believed by many to have discovered America in 1170, which is over 300 years prior to Christopher Columbus. It is not common knowledge to the average American. You will definitely enjoy this story, and find yourself looking for more information about Welsh Prince Madoc.