Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

A system of morality veiled in allegory

The Masons were at the center of small town life–being a Mason was the entree to a town’s business and political elite.

When the Tallulah Falls hydroelectric plant began generating electricity in 1913, it was among the first such plants in the United Sates.

When Uncle Jed was well shaved, Grandpappy Greenberry sat down in the chair. Uncle Jed took the razor & went over him! That settled the feuds.

I was always told that the large hollow tree in the the ‘Sheep Hole’ was where Uncle George hid after his escape from the Home Guard.

Benjamin Parks is said by some to be the person who discovered gold in Georgia in 1828, west of the Chestatee River in Lumpkin County.