Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

illustration of TN state outline with Welsh coat of arms set over it

I wish I had never heard of Tennessee

The most famous Welsh settlement in Ameria is Brynyffynnon in eastern Tennessee, established in 1855 by Samuel Roberts of Llanbrynmair.

April 17, 2017 Cotton Mills / Tennessee / Unions

See what a break that was? We got the 40 hour week

In 1934 Cherokee workers joined textile workers across the South in a strike known as Uprising of 1934. Knoxville workers stayed out 8 weeks.

April 13, 2017 Oral histories / Tennessee

He was active as a cat, strong as a second Sampson

He was one sixteenth Indian and inherited many of their ideas as to living up to nature. He could feel the bark on a tree the darkest night and find his direction.

April 12, 2017 Border disputes / Legal profession / Tennessee / Virginia

Gov. Taylor immediately wired, “The laws of Tennessee must be upheld.”

The most serious difficulty over the TN/VA stateline issue, one which threatened bloodshed, was what’s been termed the “The Water-Works War.”

April 11, 2017 Wild foraging

Hickory chickens are underfoot this month

‘Hickory chickens,’ or ‘dry land fish,’ have nothing to do with chicken, fish or hickory. They are morel mushrooms. They’re in season now.

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