Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Double murder in Vinton County, part 1

Sheriff Maude and Deputy Cox returned to Axtel Ridge the next morning to search the Stout’s farm for any trace of William Stout’s body.

“Thar’s one quilt here my grandmother made. Hit’s the Wilderness Road and I’ve got it in my head that she made hit up herself.”

Perhaps you thought the Wildcats vs Vols football rivalry is a recent phenomenon?

I want to go back where all the common, everyday towels were made of salt sacks, where there was only one store towel, for the preacher’s use.

Lye was a very important thing. You’d use tallow to waterproof stuff with. You’d do your washing on a washboard with lye soap.