Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

The buck flies would just eat you up

It’s changed so much you have to be a big farmer to make a living because a little farmer can’t hardly make a living.

A 1948 Grafton, WV newspaper article discusses the two local women responsible for the creation of Mother’s Day.

“What in tarnation?” is one of a big variety of euphemistic expressions of surprise or bewilderment that arose in 18th & 19th century America.

From 1830 to 1840, though embracing a period of great financial distress, yet was included a period of great improvement in Huntsville, AL.

The greatest interest in poultry is shown by farmers living in the ‘runs’ and ‘forks.’ On a typical ‘ridge’ farm, the farm land is rougher.

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