Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

You murdered that you and your wives might have palaces

Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was an American labor organizer and one of the founders of the Social Democratic party.

Modern carpenters would not know what “cracking” a log was; and yet, the pioneer artisans of old had to make their boards by that method.

“Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley.” The most famous murder ballad in American folk music history. You know the Kingston Trio’s version.

If you’ve taken part in a shivaree and played post office and spin-the-bottle, chances are you’ve been around a half-century or more.

Clark Dyer filed patent 154,654 for his ‘Apparatus for navigating the air’ a full 29 years before the Wright brothers made their flight.