Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Now I’ve got my Tailypo!

At night, when the moon shines and the wind blows, you can hear a voice say: ‘Tailypo, tailypo, now I’ve got my tailypo.’

Men in room at Mrs. Jones’s boardinghouse. Six men live in this room. Three beds, pay eight to ten dollars a week rent. December 1940.

The first class passengers all sit still; Second class passengers walk up the hill; But the poor third class have fallen behind.

During the 30s interest in the Apple Blossom Festival declined. The turning point came in 1938, when Tom Baldridge became Executive Director.

The population of this region is divided into 2 distinct classes, as far removed in character & environment as it is possible for people to be