Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Kentucky’s soft drink

Unable to come up with a name he liked for his new drink, Wainscott asked for ideas at the Clark County Fair. The winning entry stuck!

This was just one of many trips for Eleanor Roosevelt into the mining areas, but it started the homestead idea.

When Dad learned Eleanor Roosevelt was due to visit Arthurdale, her personal project, he made sure he was among the crowd gathered.

Joseph S. Hall was an unlikely candidate to become the leader in the documentation of the language and culture of the Smoky Mountain people.

Started in 1903, the Kelly’s Creek Colliery Company commissary served about 75-90 miners living at or near Ward, WV.