16 Saturday Nov 2013
Posted in Ferrellsburg
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Appalachia, culture, Ferrellsburg, history, Isaac Marion Nelson, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Isaac Marion Nelson, resident preacher of Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV, c.1920s
13 Wednesday Nov 2013
Posted in Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Charley Brumfield, crime, culture, feud, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Charley Brumfield on his porch with children, Harts, Lincoln County, WV, 1915-1926
02 Saturday Nov 2013
Posted in Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, crime, culture, feud, genealogy, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia, Will Adkins
G.W. “Will” Adkins, member of the 1889 mob
25 Friday Oct 2013
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Women's History
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Appalachia, culture, Ferrellsburg, Guyandotte River, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Ferrellsburg Ferry, Lincoln County, West Virginia, 1905-1915
25 Friday Oct 2013
Posted in Harts, Women's History
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Appalachia, Caroline Brumfield, chickens, culture, farming, genealogy, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Caroline Dingess Brumfield feeding chickens, Harts, West Virginia, 1920s
19 Saturday Oct 2013
Posted in Ed Haley, Music, Women's History
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Appalachia, Clay County, culture, genealogy, guitar, history, life, Logan County, Nora Martin, photos, Ugee Postalwait, West Virginia
Nora (Douglas) Martin, daughter of Rosie Hicks Day, Clay County, WV, 1913-1925
08 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Civil War, Little Harts Creek
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Appalachia, civil war, culture, genealogy, history, Isaac Gartin, life, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Isaac G. “Ike” Gartin, Confederate veteran and resident of Little Harts Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
08 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Ed Haley, Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, crime, culture, feud, genealogy, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, Paris Brumfield, photos, West Virginia
Paris Brumfield, Lincoln County feudist, 1880-1891.
29 Sunday Sep 2013
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Pikeville, Women's History
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Appalachia, Big Sandy River, culture, history, Kentucky, life, photos, Pikeville, steamboat, U.S. South
“Waiting on a boat,” Pikeville, Kentucky, 1901
29 Sunday Sep 2013
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Women's History
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Appalachia, culture, Harts Creek, history, life, Liza McKenzie, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Big Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, circa 1940s
27 Friday Sep 2013
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Appalachia, culture, Farmers, genealogy, Great Depression, Hiawatha Adams, history, life, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Big Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, c.1938
24 Tuesday Sep 2013
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Appalachia, Cabell County, culture, fiddler, Fred B. Lambert, history, life, Morris Wentz, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Morris Wentz, West Virginia fiddler
21 Saturday Sep 2013
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Appalachia, Clyde Holton, culture, genealogy, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, timbering, U.S. South, Ward Brumfield, West Virginia
Deputy Sheriff Ward Brumfield with nephew Clyde Holton, taken in Harts, West Virginia, 1918-1920
20 Friday Sep 2013
Posted in Fourteen
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Appalachia, culture, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, John Henan Fry, life, Lincoln County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
John Henan Fry
18 Wednesday Sep 2013
Posted in Coal
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Appalachia, coal, culture, history, labor, life, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Harrison Smith
18 Wednesday Sep 2013
Posted in Big Ugly Creek, Timber
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Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, culture, genealogy, history, Leet, life, Lincoln County, photos, timbering, West Virginia
Leet, West Virginia, 1905-1920
30 Friday Aug 2013
Posted in Calhoun County, Ed Haley, Music
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Akron, Appalachia, Calhoun County, culture, fiddler, fiddlers, fiddling, history, Kerry Blech, life, music, Ohio, photos, Rector Hicks, U.S. South, West Virginia
Rector Hicks, fiddler from Calhoun County, West Virginia, c.1976. Photo courtesy of Kerry Blech
25 Sunday Aug 2013
Posted in Logan
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Appalachia, culture, history, life, Logan, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Logan Court House, built 1904, destroyed by fire 1911.
24 Saturday Aug 2013
Posted in John Hartford, Music
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Appalachia, banjo, bluegrass, culture, history, John Hartford, life, Museum of Appalachia, music, Norris, photos, Tennessee
John Hartford banjo, Museum of Appalachia, Norris, TN. 15 May 2012
13 Tuesday Aug 2013
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Coal, Matewan
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Appalachia, culture, history, Matewan, Mingo County, photos, West Virginia
Matewan, West Virginia, 2008
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