Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

On Jan 17, 1781, American General Daniel Morgan scored a stunning victory over British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre “Barbarous Ban” Tarleton.

Well the son-of-a-gun pecked in, now let him peck out

Nationally recognized herbalist Tommie Bass was the subject of scholarly & popular books, and a front-page essay in the Wall Street Journal.

As with elsewhere in Georgia, many of Rabun County’s place names are derived from Indian names. In Rabun County that would be the Cherokees.

In the era of hand-made tools, the man who custom-made his own tools could allow himself the luxury of making tools to meet his needs.

Georgia writer Bill Arp, writing as ‘The Country Philosopher’ post Civil War, was implicitly critical of the New South in his columns.