Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

I studied medicine because it was a challenge, and I wanted to know

The Asheville Colored Hospital opened in 1944 through the efforts of Dr. Mary Frances Shuford and others such as Charles A. Webb.

Hog slaughtering was a festive time that required a late fall day of well-coordinated activities, and instilled a sense of esprit de corps.

Virginia governor Lord Dunmore concluded to settle the boundary line dispute with Pennsylvania by forcibly taking possession of Fort Pitt.

When you sit down to your Thanksgiving meal, will the dressing on your plate be made with cornbread or wheat bread?

W.C. Handy was quick to acknowledge that he did not invent the blues, but merely transcribed them and presented them to a worldwide audience.