Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

You must know the six types of married folks

Your affinity is your mate, but unless you know the six types of happy married folks on Olympus, up to date, you may miss yours.

From the 1927 divorce case filed by James R. Seawall against Dorothy Elizabeth Seawall in Knox County Fourth Circuit Court, Knoxville, TN.

Even hardened historians grow weepy when confronted with the hard luck story of Smoky Mountain Railroad—a fit subject for Voltaire’s Candide.

It was the city’s worst flood up to that time. The March 1924 deluge left most of Westernport MD under water.

Aunt Emmie, in clean starched apron and calico frock, sat for hours rocking contentedly while her fingers moved swiftly.