Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Appalachian Sound Archives Fellowship 2010-2011

App State grad student Meredith Doster Edgerton researched the shape note singing tradition at two churches in Watauga County, NC.

A personality characteristic of Appalachian people is their acceptance of strangers once they get over their initial suspicions.

Examining the sport from its postwar beginnings on Piedmont North Carolina dirt tracks and Daytona Beach dunes through the early 1970s.

If you keep chickens, be sure to color those biddies’ eggs; otherwise they won’t hatch! Ever heard that? Appalachia is full of superstitions.

“Hancock & its surrounding area during the main span of the 20th century was one of the largest fruit producers in the nation,” says the marker.

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