Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

The Laurel Creek Murders, part 2

Howard Little was convicted of the murders on Laurel Creek and sentenced to death. He was electrocuted in Richmond on January 7, 1910.

On September 21st, 1909, Howard Little allegedly came to visit Elizabeth E. Baker Justus and her extended family in Laurel Creek, VA.

Benjamin Franklin Gravely had a dream: to build a tractor which would revolutionize gardening and lawn maintenance for the homeowner.

A 1926 account of Grantsville, Maryland’s oldest inn: Little Crossings (still standing and now known as Penn Alps Restaurant & Craft Shop.)

When they threshed that wheat? Somebody came in with a threshing machine. He made a business of traveling around to all the farms.