Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

SC’s famous ‘Dark Corner’ wasn’t the first

Throughout the 19th century SC had six additional counties containing a ‘dark corner.’ They weren’t at all like the Greenville County one.

Parcel Post Service became available to Americans on January 1, 1913. It didn’t take long for citizens to get creative on what to send.

Crowning a college ‘May Queen’ to celebrate May Day. From the 1920s to the early 1960s it was game changer for the young women involved.

The Great Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889 is remembered as the worst disaster by dam failure in American history.

What we call the ‘KY long rifle’ wasn’t always known that way. Rifled gun, hog rifle, PA long rifle were just a few of its earlier names.

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