Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Once the fire is lit, we are no longer separated

The once ubiquitous trade of blacksmithing hasn’t disappeared altogether. Artisans like Wind Chapman have kept the ancient skills alive.

For most of the young transients, riding the rails would not become a way of life. After a while, you knew you had to get on with your life.

While all documented versions of the story are very different, they all claim the town was named after the dish — rabbit hash.

Excerpt from Sharyn McCrumb’s “The Ballad of Tom Dooley,” which tells the true story behind the celebrated folk song.

Children at school in 1925 would have used an inkwell similar to the one shown here, from the collection of the Cherokee County [GA] Archives.

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