Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

May 16, 2018 Dam building / Tennessee

Patterned after one of the Soviet dreams

On May 18, 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, creating the TVA.

May 15, 2018 Cherokee folklore / Cherokee Nation

How the Partridge Got his Whistle

The Terrapin was constantly going about, whistling and showing his whistle to the other animals, until the Partridge became jealous.

“The Little Cities of Black Diamonds” borrows a term originally coined by a newspaperman in the 19th century to describe Nelsonville (shown here in 1914.)

A View From Big Hill Near Berea, Kentucky

May 11, 2018 Kentucky / Oral histories

One time the boy next to me tried to bribe me to misspell a word

My proclivity toward spelling prowess reached fulfillment with one of my teachers. She had weekly spelling bees, and I quickly climbed.

Knaffl Madonna (Madonna & Child) glass plate negative. Original 1899 glass plate negative by Joseph Knaffl

May 10, 2018 Photographers / Tennessee

Knaffl & Brakebill Photography Studio experiments with relief imagery

Knaffl & Brakebill went on to receive widespread acclaim for their photographic work in the early decades of this century.

Author: Dave Tabler

Patterned after one of the Soviet dreams

How the Partridge Got his Whistle

Ohio’s Little Cities of Black Diamonds

One time the boy next to me tried to bribe me to misspell a word

Knaffl & Brakebill Photography Studio experiments with relief imagery