Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Foxfire Museum adds a rare German-style barn to its collection

Foxfire Museum adds to its collection a spectacular local barn of a style not often seen in the north Georgia mountains.

Western Maryland Railway Business Car 204, built by Pullman in 1918, will return home to the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, Cumberland.

The saddest episode in the Western NC Railroad construction occurred when workers were constructing the 863-foot Cowee Mountain Tunnel.

Who was Harry Powers, aka the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell, one of the first men in modern history to be labeled a serial killer?

James Marjory ‘Miss Jim’ Perry became the 1st woman member of the SC bar, and first to be named a partner in a South Carolina law firm.