Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Ray Hicks, keeper of the Jack Tales

Ray Hicks was best known for his traditional storytelling and for preserving the original Beech Mountain ‘Jack Tales’ of western NC.

The park’s centerpiece: world’s largest display of the 10 Commandments. Letters 5 ft tall, 4 ft wide, spelled out in white-painted concrete.

The best archeological guess is that it was built between 500 B.C.-1500 A.D., with the highest probability that it was built around 500 A.D.

Unquestioningly, the Bible holds some of the greatest wisdom ever shared with mankind. But, when fallible mortals twist that wisdom…

The official story is that the western band of the Cherokee made the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma & the eastern band formed Cherokee, NC.

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