02 Saturday Aug 2014
Posted in Atenville, Women's History
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Atenville, Atenville Grade School, basketball, history, June C. Adkins, Lincoln County, photos, Sports, West Virginia
“Lincoln County Champs,” June C. Adkins (coach)
01 Friday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud
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Blood in West Virginia, Cain Adkins, doctor, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, preacher, teacher, West Fork, West Virginia
Cain Adkins, resident of the West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, and participant in the Lincoln County Feud
01 Friday Aug 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood
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Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, West Virginia
Anthony Adams, resident of Harts Creek, Logan County, and participant in the Lincoln County Feud
31 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Timber
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, crime, Harts, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia, Will Adkins
G.W. “Will” Adkins, member of the 1889 mob, resident of Harts, Lincoln County, WV
31 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Appalachia, culture, farming, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Harts Creek scene, Logan County, WV
30 Wednesday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, general store, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia, Whirlwind
Whirlwind Post Office, located in the head of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV, 2014
30 Wednesday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Music
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banjo, Boone County, Ed Haley, genealogy, history, Johnny Hager, Johnny Hagter, music, photos, West Virginia
Johnny Hager, banjo player and friend to Ed Haley
28 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Abbotts Branch, Blood in West Virginia, culture, George Fry, Green McCoy, history, life, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Milt Haley, photos, Stella Abbott, West Virginia
Stella Abbott, my great-great-grandmother, who helped to cook Haley’s and McCoy’s meal at the Fry home
26 Saturday Jul 2014
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Chief Logan State Park, life, Logan, music, photos, West Virginia
Pickin N the Park, Chief Logan State Park, Logan, WV, 2012
26 Saturday Jul 2014
Posted in John Hartford, Music
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bluegrass, Brandon Kirk, history, John Hartford, life, Madison, music, Nashville, photos, Tennessee
John Hartford guest house, Madison, TN. This is where I often stayed when visiting John.
25 Friday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Stiltner, Women's History
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Blood in West Virginia, Cain Adkins, Green McCoy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Mariah Adkins, photos, Spicie McCoy, West Fork, West Virginia
Spicie (Adkins) McCoy, wife of Green McCoy, resident of West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV
24 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in Ed Haley, John Hartford, Music
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Alabama, bluegrass, Brandon Kirk, Ed Haley, fiddler, fiddling, history, John Hartford, music, photos, Rogersville, Ugee Postalwait
John Hartford plays his fiddle for Ugee Postalwait in Rogersville, Alabama, 1997
23 Wednesday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Ed Haley, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, Buck Fork, Carter Hollow, cemeteries, Harts Creek, history, Jane Mullins, Logan County, Peter Mullins, Peter Mullins Family Cemetery, photos, West Virginia
Peter Mullins grave, located at Carter Hollow of Buck Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
23 Wednesday Jul 2014
Posted in Harts, Women's History
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Caroline Brumfield, Charley Brumfield, genealogy, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, Verna Johnson, West Virginia
Verna (Brumfield) Johnson (seated at right), daughter of Charles and Caroline (Dingess) Brumfield of Harts, Lincoln County, WV
21 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Music, Stiltner
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genealogy, Green McCoy, Harts Creek, history, life, Lincoln County, music, photos, Sherman McCoy, Spicie McCoy, Stiltner, Wayne County, West Fork, West Virginia
Sherman Boyd McCoy (1888-1943), son of Green and Spicie (Adkins) McCoy, resident of Wayne County, WV
21 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood
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Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Buck Fork, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Anthony Adams grave, located on Harts Creek near the mouth of Buck Fork, Logan County, WV, 2011
20 Sunday Jul 2014
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Appalachia, coal, David Frye, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Henlawson, history, Hutchinson, Lincoln County, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
David B. Frye (1894-1949), resident of Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV
20 Sunday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Music
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Appalachia, fiddlers, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Lincoln County, music, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia, Wog Dalton
Moses “Wog” Dalton (1845-1933), an old fiddler from Big Branch of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV
15 Tuesday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Spottswood
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Appalachia, genealogy, Harriet Baisden, Harts Creek, history, Jeff Baisden, Logan County, photos, Trace Fork, U.S. South, West Virginia
Jeff and Harriet (Jonas) Baisden of Trace Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
14 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Shively, Spottswood, Warren
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Blood in West Virginia, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, history, Hugh Dingess, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, Sallie Dingess, Smokehouse Fork, West Virginia
Hugh Dingess, son of Henderson and Sarah (Adams) Dingess, participant in the Lincoln County Feud
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