Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

The Daily News-Digest of Beckley, WV was a tabloid published mornings, Monday through Friday. The first issue appeared April 9, 1952.

Albert J Ewing, photographer

Traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing worked on a floating studio aboard the Water Queen showboat that cruised the Ohio River.

Before railroad work was completely mechanized in the 1950s, railroad calls were an everyday part of the track worker’s ritual.

Born in Viper, Kentucky, Jean Ritchie came from a family of musicians who have preserved folk traditions for generations.

They were started as a way to provide a less expensive (to the taxpayers) alternative to what we would now call “welfare.”