Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

“Folks, we have come to take your picture”

John Jacob Niles recounts a 1933-34 photography trip through TN, KY, & NC with photographer Doris Ulmann [transcribed from a tape recording].

James Dent wrote the daily “Gazetteer” column at Charleston Gazette. Dent was a rare writer who occupied a warm spot in the public’s heart.

Roy Lee Harmon occupied the post of West Virginia State Poet Laureate three different times, starting in 1937 on through till 1978.

The AAA was supposed to buy “submarginal” farmlands & resettle farm families on better farms elsewhere. It didn’t work out that way.

When it comes to Baptists & doctrine, ‘my father’s mansion has many rooms’ is surely true in Appalachia, with a host of small denominations.

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