11 Thursday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Shively
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Appalachia, Cecil Brumfield, genealogy, Harriet Brumfield, Harts Creek, history, John Brumfield, Logan County, photos, Smokehouse Fork, West Virginia
Cecil Brumfield, son of John and Harriet (Dingess) Brumfield, resident of Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. Courtesy of Kathy Adams.
07 Sunday Sep 2014
Posted in Green Shoal, Lincoln County Feud
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Blood in West Virginia, genealogy, George Fry, Green Shoal, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
George Fry, resident of Green Shoal and reluctant host of the Brumfield mob in October 1889
31 Sunday Aug 2014
Posted in Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Ann Brumfield, Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Dorothy Brumfield, feud, genealogy, history, John Brumfield, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Paris Brumfield, photos
John Brumfield, son of Paris and Ann (Toney) Brumfield, c.1898. John was a key participant in the Lincoln County Feud. Courtesy of Dorothy (Roberts) Brumfield.
25 Monday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, John Hartford, Lincoln County Feud
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archaeology, Brandon Kirk, Haley-McCoy grave, Harts Creek, history, John Hartford, Lincoln County, photos, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia
John Hartford at the Haley-McCoy grave, West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV, May 1998
23 Saturday Aug 2014
Posted in Inez, Lincoln County Feud
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Blood in West Virginia, Green McCoy, history, Inez, Kentucky, Lincoln County Feud, Martin County, Milt Haley, photos, U.S. South
In October of 1889, Milt Haley and Green McCoy were briefly incarcerated at the Martin County jail in Inez, KY
23 Saturday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Harts, Inez, Lincoln County Feud, Timber
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Aquillia Porter, Aubrey Lee Porter, Blood in West Virginia, genealogy, Hattie Hinkle, history, John W Runyon, John W. Porter, Lincoln County Feud, Mary Runyon, photos, Wealthy Hinkle
John W. Runyon (left) and wife, Mary (right), with daughters and grandchildren, c.1901
20 Wednesday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Timber
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Appalachia, archaeology, Brandon Kirk, Haley-McCoy grave, Harts Creek, history, John Hartford, John Imlay, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, logging, Malcolm Richardson, photos, Smithsonian Institution, Steve Haley, timbering, West Fork, West Virginia
John Hartford and Steve Haley at the Haley-McCoy grave, West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 1997
John Hartford and Steve Haley with the Smithsonian crew, West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 1997
John Imlay and Malcolm Richardson of the Smithsonian Institution probing the Haley-McCoy grave, 1997
New timber road near the Haley-McCoy grave, West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 1997
19 Tuesday Aug 2014
Posted in Ferrellsburg
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Ferrellsburg, Frank Davis, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia, World War I
Frank Davis, World War veteran and resident of Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV
19 Tuesday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood, Warren
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Alice Dingess, Appalachia, Dave Dingess, genealogy, Harts Creek, Hattie Adams, history, Logan County, Major Adams, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Dave Dingess (second from left) with Adams family members, Harts Creek, Logan County, WV, 1890s
17 Sunday Aug 2014
Posted in Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Timber
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Al Brumfield, Blood in West Virginia, feud, feuds, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Paris Brumfield, photos, timbering, West Virginia
Allen “Al” Brumfield, son of Paris, resident of Harts, Lincoln County, WV, 1890s
17 Sunday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Timber
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Appalachia, culture, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, logging, photos, timbering, U.S. South, West Virginia
Harts Creek timber scene, Logan County, WV
16 Saturday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Music
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Appalachia, culture, genealogy, guitars, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, music, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Harts Creek men with guitars, Logan County, WV
16 Saturday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Shively, Warren
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, Smokehouse Fork, U.S. South, West Virginia
Henderson Dingess residence, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
11 Monday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Music, Shively, Women's History
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Annie Dingess, culture, genealogy, guitar, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, music, photos, Rose Dingess, Shively, Smokehouse Fork, West Virginia
Annie and Rose Dingess, residents of Shively, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
08 Friday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Shively, Timber
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Appalachia, Cecil Brumfield, Harriet Brumfield, history, John Brumfield, Logan County, logging, photos, timbering, U.S. South, West Virginia
Cecil Brumfield, son of John and Harriet (Dingess) Brumfield, stands atop logs, Logan County, WV
08 Friday Aug 2014
Posted in Harts, Women's History
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education, family, genealogy, Harts Creek District, history, life, Lincoln County, Mae Brumfield, photos, teacher, West Virginia
Mae Caines Brumfield (with children), a teacher in Harts Creek District, Lincoln County, WV
07 Thursday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud
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Blood in West Virginia, Haley-McCoy grave, Harts Creek, Jimmy McCoy, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, West Fork, West Virginia
Jimmy McCoy with son at the Haley-McCoy grave on West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 1997
06 Wednesday Aug 2014
Posted in Lincoln County Feud
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Ashland, Brandon Kirk, Green McCoy, history, Jimmy McCoy, Kentucky, Lincoln County Feud, Milt Haley, photos, Scott Haley
Jimmy McCoy and Scott Haley in the “Haley-McCoy pose,” Ashland, Kentucky, 1997
06 Wednesday Aug 2014
Posted in Ed Haley, John Hartford, Music
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Ashland, fiddle, fiddling, John Hartford, Kentucky, mandolin, Mona Haley, music, photos, Poage Landing Days
Mona Haley and John Hartford performing at Poage Landing Days in Ashland, Kentucky, 1996
05 Tuesday Aug 2014
Posted in Cemeteries, Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, cemetery, Charles Brumfield Family Cemetery, Charley Brumfield, genealogy, Harts, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, West Virginia
Charles Brumfield headstone, located at Harts, Lincoln County, WV, 2014
Charles Brumfield footstone, located in Harts, Lincoln County, WV, 2014
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