Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

The center of social activity for the upstate

South Carolinians have known about the mineral springs of Glenn Springs, in the Blue Ridge foothills near Spartanburg, for centuries.

There’s much more to the story of how Felix Walker ‘gave new meaning to the word’ than the historical marker sign is letting on.

Maryland’s own winged beast? The Snallygaster for several years in the late 1920s and early 1930s caused a sensation in Frederick County.

For the last three or four years, or until the middle of 1920, the cotton mills passed through a very prosperous period.

To the locals, George Pollock (right) was an arrogant and self-serving businessman, responsible for the dislocation of over 400 families.