Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Maryland’s Oldest Founding-Family-Owned Restaurant

Geatz’s Restaurant in Cumberland MD has been in the family since 1880, making it the oldest family owned place of its kind in MD.

The Skyline Farms Heritage Assn is pushing to resurrect the buildings, artifacts & culture of Skyline Farms Colony, built in the 1930s.

Alcohol’s a staple throughout American history. It’s had its historic bad reputation of causing ruination, but it’s also built fortunes.

Book review of Dan Pierce’s newly published book ‘Corn from a Jar’ about moonshiners in the Southern Appalachians.

The whimmy diddle is a traditional kinetic Appalachian toy commonly made from two sticks of rhododendron or mountain laurel.