Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Father went to the county seat and bid in a pauper

The county had no poor farm those days; county officials let paupers out to live at homes of whoever of responsibility made the lowest bid.

Westmoreland’s bankruptcy could still be felt in Southwest Virginia by now-retired miners, but it is unclear what the future holds.

It ought to be clear that poverty in the mountains of North Carolina is actually and relatively less than elsewhere in the state.

Collectors often skirt the edges of the legitimate in their pursuit of collection building. Barnes had his admirers, & he had his detractors.

She was nominated as a Democratic candidate for NC’s House of Representatives 2 months before the 19th Amendment was ratified in August 1920.