Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

A Smoky Mountain clan protects its way of life one song at a time

The Reverend Craig Chess is a young minister with a problem: his first church assignment is located in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains.

In writing ‘Christy,’ Catherine Marshall honored her parents’ service at Ebenezer Mission, & from their stories, created timeless characters.

Chief James Vann, an instrumental force in the Cherokee Renaissance, created the largest, most prosperous plantation in the Cherokee Nation.

One of Hollywood’s most famous cowboys wasn’t raised on a western ponderosa. Leonard Slye grew up west of Lucasville, OH on a small farm.

On Oct. 14, 1980, Stella Fuller Day was proclaimed by the mayor of Huntington, WV to acknowledge her lifelong efforts in helping the poor.