Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

When a cold winter shadow I cast on the ground/ And frost from the foothills is creeping all around/ I now and then glance down the road…

Hard work, fresh air, and plenty of food

The SC men of CCC camps built Oconee State Park, Long Mountain Fire Tower, and Walhalla Fish Hatchery, and rebuilt Highway 107.

Theodore Dreiser organized a committee to infiltrate KY’s Harlan coal mines to investigate allegations of abuses against striking miners.

Since 1943, the Santa Special, more commonly known as the Santa Train, has traveled 110 miles through the mountains of KY, VA and TN.

Kentucky mountaineer Josiah Henry Combs assesses the development of Appalachian mountain ballads in this 1913 book excerpt.