Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Next thing we know you’ll be endorsing matrimony, the metal zipper and the dial telephone

Huntsville, Alabama-born actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) was a staunch Democrat and campaigned for Harry Truman’s reelection in 1948.

Silent remnants welcome hikers and campers at the entrance to the Mortimer campground in the Pisgah National Forest. What a story they hide!

By the spring of 1920, 35 states had ratified the 19th Amendment, which would give women the right to vote. Thirty six states were required.

Jesse Jewell started what was to become Georgia’s largest agricultural crop—poultry. He pioneered vertical integration in that industry.

Black communities in Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina have observed Emancipation Day ever since Lincoln’s proclamation on January 1, 1863.

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