Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Mom & Pop meet the Supermarket

While independent food stores were still common during the Depression, the chain store boom of the 20s had already changed the face of retail.

The Mountain dulcimer, also known as the Appalachian dulcimer, lap dulcimer, or fretted dulcimer, is basically a fretted zither.

WV doctor George M Lyon testifies before Congress in 1933 on behalf of a proposed maternal welfare amendment to the Economic Security Act.

Louise McNeill Pease was a noted twentieth century Appalachian poet and author, and poet laureate of West Virginia from 1979 to 1993.

Tweetsie is the nickname for a passenger train on the East TN & Western NC Railroad. The train ran between Boone, NC and Johnson City, TN.

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