Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

February 8, 2019 Medical ethics / Patent medicines

An 1898 ad for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription

Elixirs such as Dr. Pierce’s were often sold by traveling medicine shows, such as the one shown setting up here in Morgantown, WV.

February 7, 2019 Amphibians

The frog who freezes solid for the winter

The wood frog (rana sylvatica) overwinters under leaf litter in the forest floor—where it freezes solid. How can this be?

5 & dime on hayward block near center & third, ironton ohio

February 6, 2019 Modernization / Ohio / Riverboats

Sixty years of change in Ironton Ohio

My grandfather, James Amlin, was postmaster at Ironton in wartime. A big fire below the railroad on 2nd destroyed the Register office.

handholding couple superimposed on RR map to Red Clay GA

February 5, 2019 Love and romance / Tennessee

A romantic elopement, with an unhappy ending

The eloping pair went to Cleveland and were married last night by Squire Harry Parke. This morning they took the track and walked as far as Red Clay, GA., twelve miles.

Soil Erosion Control District Spartanburg/Greenville 1933

February 4, 2019 Natural resource management / South Carolina

Once fertile fields laid waste

Southern Appalachian farms suffered from poor soil conditions and erosion as a result of practices that maximized the short-term potential.

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