Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Lover’s Leap

Let us leap off the cliff together & end our trouble, said he. She consented, so arm-in-arm they walked to the cliff, where they leaped off.

On May 12, 1909 the 4th Ohio Cavalry Assn returned the Rifle Scouts Civil War battle flag to Alabama at the Elk’s Theater in Huntsville.

Even today, strawberries are often kept in Cherokee homes. They remind us not to argue and are a symbol of good luck.

Edward Rupert leaned over an open keg of powder to secure material for a charge. The carbide lamp fell from his cap into the explosive.

Samantha Bumgarner, in April 1924, was probably the first Appalachian banjo player of either sex to cut a commercial record.

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