Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Traipsin’ the Stage

Robin Waggoner wrote most of the play about the life of the Ashland woman who started the American Folk Festival in 1930.

On June 8, 1917, the first of 2,300 Germans arrived by train at Hot Springs to begin life in a World War I internment camp.

It took Beth Harrington 12 years to create ‘The Winding Stream’. She shares favorite behind the scenes moments in making this documentary.

I’d hear about how my aunt didn’t go to the dentist but tied her tooth to the door. This was a story of survival, and became a family staple.

Manly Wade Wellman’s ‘Silver John’ stories stand out among the few works of fantasy fiction penned about the Appalachian region.