Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

He’d been known to escape houses through the keyhole

The defendant had been seen to escape out of houses through the door key holes, and furthermore operated on the minds of others from a 10-15 mile distance.

October 16, 2018 Appalachian scary tales / Ghost stories / Halloween / Pennsylvania

Halloween’s coming! Time for an Appalachian Ghost Story

The mystery grew stranger still when some children made a ghastly discovery. Chained to a tree near the spring was the skeleton of an ox.

Purple Martin, 1827 from The Birds of America: Plate XXII

October 15, 2018 Alabama / Birds / Chickasaw nation / Purple Martins

Alabama’s gourd martin house tradition

For centuries, Alabamians have recognized the gourd martin house for its usefulness and compelling aesthetic qualities.

On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first man to pilot the Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, above the California desert at Muroc Dry Lake Bed.

A view of Chester, Ohio. A mill can be seen in the forefront, the Chester Court House can be seen in the distance.

October 11, 2018 Farmers/farming / Ohio

Away back in the early days they had disagreed

Landowners might wrangle bitterly over boundaries with neighbors, and disputed areas became known as “the devil’s lane.”

Author: Dave Tabler

He’d been known to escape houses through the keyhole

Halloween’s coming! Time for an Appalachian Ghost Story

Alabama’s gourd martin house tradition

I learned how to push a machine without it biting me

Away back in the early days they had disagreed