Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

1926 campus of Stonewall Jackson College & yearbook frontispiece

November 30, 2020 Colleges & Universities / Virginia

A 1926 college yearbook spills its secrets

Let’s take a close look at the 1926 yearbook of one Susan Leyburn Hyatt (1908-1999), class of 1927, Stonewall Jackson College, Abingdon, VA.

At times, they were only bystanders. At other times, they were direct participants in decisions that often weighed life-or-death stakes on a grand scale.

November 10, 2020 Coal mining / Health issues / West Virginia

Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease

The updated and revised version of Digging Our Own Graves includes two new chapters and photos by Earl Dotter.

illustration: timeline overview of environmental history

November 4, 2020 Natural resource management

An overview of Southern Appalachian environmental history since the turn of this century

Author and scholar Donald Edward Davis offers a 20 year timeline overview of Southern Appalachian environmental history.

Barn owl in night flight over barbed wire fence

November 3, 2020 Appalachian scary tales / Birds / Supernatural

Ghost owl, Hobgoblin owl, Demon owl. It’s all those. And more.

Its ghostly white underside, its blood curdling call, and its eerie, silent flight have propelled the barn owl into the stuff of legend.

Author: Dave Tabler

A 1926 college yearbook spills its secrets

Vance, Ailes, and Stahr bore witness to some of the most pivotal events in American history

Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease

An overview of Southern Appalachian environmental history since the turn of this century

Ghost owl, Hobgoblin owl, Demon owl. It’s all those. And more.