Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

National Forest Service Celebrates 100 Years

Pisgah National Forest was established in 1916 after the passage of the 1911 Weeks Act; one of the first national forests in the eastern US.

While it’s a little harder to find these days, I believe the age-old spirit of Appalachia still resides in pockets of East Tennessee.

The building on Baltimore Avenue these women trained in was dedicated in 1892. It seems likely this photograph was taken on the hospital’s grounds.

William Davis, 1st black man nominated for governor in WV & Booker T. Washington’s first teacher, may be a forgotten piece of state history.

Harry Kramer, vaudeville trick-cyclist, designed and fabricated his own trick bicycles and unicycles. ‘Pop’ dazzled people with his antics.