Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

June bride? Time for a shivaree!

Shivaree: a 19th & early 20th century Appalachian custom (originated in 16th century France) of teasing a couple on their wedding night.

Originally titled “I Hate the Capitalist System;” song was recorded as such for Library of Congress. Sarah thought of it as autobiographical.

He was hanged in Moundsville. His head fell off when they hung him! They put him on the gallows, sprung the thing and his head flew off.

First car to Crow, W. Va. Walter Dudley and family of Glen Morgan, Permission Postmisstress at Crow. June 11, 1910. That’s all we know here.

“Coon Creek Girls was a very happy time. As far as I know, we were the first all-girl string band,” recalled band leader Lily May Ledford.

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