Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

A joy for wood: on carving hiking sticks

I’ve made many different sticks with a variety of different uses, each allowing me to use what nature has given us & make it special.

The Signs Followers of southern Appalachia prefer not to be called “snake-handlers,” but “serpent-handlers”—the Bible’s KJV translation.

One of the oldest standing houses in Alabama is still thriving, thanks in part to preservation efforts by its current owner.

Ellen Axson Wilson did indeed “come home” in 1914, but not to enjoy parades and illuminated streets. Rather, in a coffin.

Archivist Gordon Belt examines the life of Tennessee’s first governor, John Sevier, through the lens of history and memory.