Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

We open today’s show with WV evangelist John William Harris’s account of his 1st time at a summer revival in 1897. Horse thieves were there.

Most people in all their lives never sleep under an open sky

Until Earl Shaffer actually did it, experts believed that a hike of the entire Appalachian Trail in one continuous trip was impossible.

Two other families came into the neighborhood. These got into trouble with each other; some neighbors took part with one, some with the other.

Tipper Presley listened to an elder of her community share memories of plant uses. “She seemed to be telling me the old ways are almost gone.

The Great Smoky Mountains in mid-June light up, as fireflies begin to blink in beautiful, astonishing unison. Waves of light cascade down.