Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Plumb out of Tennessee and nearly out of Georgia

The crafts center Plum Nelly is not actually a town, but a sort of farm name. It is “Plum” out of Tennessee and “Nelly” out of Georgia.

WV Governor Ephraim Morgan, along with mayors of Kingwood & Terra Alta, untied the ceremonial ribbons & let the barrier of bunting fall away.

“I went hunting with two men. The young man got killed out in the woods and the other man told evry body that I killed him.”

American Custard Apple? West Virginia Banana? No, it’s neither apple nor banana. It’s the Paw-paw, the largest native fruit of North America.

The Catawbas maintained the longest pottery-making tradition in N. America. They were instrumental in keeping Cherokee pottery-making viable.