Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

There’s more than one definition of fruitcake in Appalachia

Early versions of the rich style fruitcake, such as what we know today as Scottish Black Bun, date from the Middle Ages.

The effort anti-secession Virginians, dubbed Unionists by the press, played in trying to save the nation from civil war is rarely told.

Our aim within the Mountain Memories Project is to individually film every pre-displacement mountain resident that we can locate.

With a conviction that storytelling should be a shared family experience, Lynette Ford selects stories for children and adults.

By 18, Martin Himler already knew he wanted to make a living in America’s free enterprise system & serve America best he knew how.