Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Roy Rogers before he was Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers wasn’t always Roy Rogers, and one of Hollywood’s most famous cowboys wasn’t raised on a western ponderosa either.

Two North Georgia farmers compete to see who can tell the best version of a local ghost story. “Fat or lean, take him as he is!”

Joseph Sargent Hall interviewed Wiley Oakley in the Great Smoky Mountains in 1939. Oakley had a 5th-grade education but was street smart.

Think of him as a Johnny Appleseed of our day. Tom Brown of Clemmons, NC became interested in finding & saving heirloom apples in 1999.

The American Medical Association immediately issued a warning, through newspapers and radio, that Elixir Sulfanilamide was toxic and deadly.