Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

John Amis settles on Kentucky River’s South Fork

John Amis was on the south side of the Kentucky River. William Strong was on the North Fork. Feud trouble was about to brew between them.

It probably started out as All-ee, all-ee, outs in free, a call from the person who was IT letting those hiding children know it was safe now.

The older Washington District family of churches fell into doctrinal discord, which in 1924 split the No-Heller side from the Heller side.

There were only four kinds of country music: gospel songs, heart songs, event songs, and jigs & reels, said Columbia’s A&R scout Frank Walker

Excerpt from “The story of Hazard, Ky. – The pearl of the mountains,’ by Louis Pilcher, Citizens Print. Co., 1913