Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Horace Kephart, champion of the Smokies

Horace Kephart became especially renowned for his classic works ‘Our Southern Highlanders’ and ‘Camping and Woodcraft.’

The Meaders family of potters is probably the most influential family in the history of Southern Appalachian folk pottery.

Elizabeth Gerding Hannah raised orphaned Cuban girl Lorena Maria Lacarada Paidrone, whom she brought home following the Spanish-American War.

The boat was soon to leave, & the Cuban girl who’d learned to love this kind American woman couldn’t leave because she hadn’t been vaccinated.

It still stands as the 5th deadliest twister in US history. On April 6, 1936, the citizens of Gainesville, GA were dealt an agonizing blow.