Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Galveston's awful calamity - Gulf tidal wave, September 8th 1900

January 5, 2018 Oral histories / Tennessee

The weather furnished a field where I could tell big stories—and tell the truth

Dr. Isaac Monroe Cline became the world’s foremost authority on hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, as they were called in his time.

Georgia Marble Company quarry near Tate, Georgia, 1911

January 3, 2018 Georgia / Marble industry

The Lincoln Memorial, the NY Stock Exchange, and Tate, GA

Georgia Marble Company stone is found in the NY Stock Exchange annex, the Lincoln Memorial & the 24 columns of the US Capitol’s east front.

January 2, 2018 Georgia / Writers

It was the finest house we’d ever seen

Viola Brown Black wrote this poem about her childhood home, built in 1909 by her father. It still stands on Bell St. in Hiawassee, GA.

December 29, 2017 Folk medicine / Winter

Ahh-CHOOOOO !

Aspirin had already been around since 1915, but there were still plenty of folks back in the hollers who relied on traditional folk remedies for colds and flu.

12 drummers drumming/12 days of christmas color

December 28, 2017 Christmas traditions / Folklore

The Legend of Ruling Days

Call it Hillbilly Witchcraft. Call it White Magic. You may think it’s simply a load of malarkey. But Ruling Days have been round a long time.

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