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Welcome to Whirlwind, WV

28 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind

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Appalachia, culture, Harts Creek, life, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia, Whirlwind

Whirlwind, WV

Whirlwind, Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

Ann Brumfield grave

26 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History

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Ann Brumfield, Appalachia, cemeteries, Charles Brumfield, genealogy, Harts, history, Lincoln County, Paris Brumfield Family Cemetery, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia

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Charles Brumfield places a modern tombstone at the grave of his great-great-grandmother, Ann (Toney) Brumfield, 2002

 

Ed Haley Fiddle

25 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Music

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Bernie Adams, Ed Haley, fiddle, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, music, photos, Robert Adams, Roy Dempsey, West Virginia

Roy Dempsey Fiddle 1

Ed Haley fiddle, Roy Dempsey house, Harts, Lincoln County, WV, October 1995

Halcyon Resident

25 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon

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genealogy, Halcyon, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, photos, West Fork, West Virginia, William Stratton Dingess

William Stratton Dingess

William Stratton Dingess, born c.1835

Log Cabin

23 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Timber

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Albert Dingess, Appalachia, culture, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia

Albert Dingess cabin, Smokehouse Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

Albert Dingess cabin, Smokehouse Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

Oris Vance

23 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Little Harts Creek

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Appalachia, genealogy, history, life, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Oris Vance, photos, West Virginia

Oris Vance of Little Harts Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia

Oris Vance of Little Harts Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia

The Hanging Tree

22 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Timber

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Appalachia, crime, Green McCoy, Harts Creek, history, Hugh Dingess, Logan County, Milt Haley, photos, West Virginia

The "hanging" tree," 1995

The “hanging” tree,” 1995

In Search of Ed Haley

21 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, John Hartford

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Appalachia, art, genealogy, Harts Creek, Harve Dingess, history, Hugh Dingess, John Hartford, Logan County, photos, West Virginia

John Hartford's sketch of the Hugh Dingess home, October 1995

John Hartford’s sketch of the Hugh Dingess home, October 1995

Sol “Squire Sol” Adams Cabin (1995)

21 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Whirlwind

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Appalachia, culture, Ellen Adams, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, Minnie Smith, photos, Sherman Smith, Sol Adams, West Virginia, Whirlwind

Sol Adams Cabin

Squire Sol Adams cabin, constructed in 1869, Whirlwind, Logan County, WV, 1995.

In Search of Ed Haley

17 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley

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Appalachia, Bob Mullins Cemetery, culture, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, photos, West Virginia

Bob Mullins Cemetery, looking down toward Ticky George Hollow, Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

Bob Mullins Cemetery, looking down toward Ticky George Hollow, Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

In Search of Ed Haley

16 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Timber

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Appalachia, Burl Farley, Cabell County, culture, genealogy, history, life, photos, Roach, West Virginia, writing

Burl Farley, Roach, Cabell County, WV

Burl Farley, Roach, Cabell County, WV

In Search of Ed Haley

15 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud

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Appalachia, Burl Farley, Cabell County, culture, genealogy, history, life, Mary Ann Farley, photos, Roach, West Virginia

Burl Farley (extreme right), Roach, Cabell County, WV

Burl Farley (extreme right), Roach, Cabell County, WV

In Search of Ed Haley

14 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Music, Women's History

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Appalachia, Carolyn Johnnie Farley, culture, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Lincoln County, music, photos, West Virginia

 

Carolyn "Johnnie" Farley of Brown's Run of Smokehouse Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV.

Carolyn “Johnnie” Farley of Brown’s Run of Smokehouse Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV.

In Search of Ed Haley

13 Thursday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Music

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Appalachia, culture, Dood Dalton, fiddler, Harts Creek, history, Laura Adkins, life, Lincoln County, love, Nary Dalton, photos, West Virginia

Dood Dalton, Nary (Adkins) Dalton, unknown man, Laura Tomblin

Dood Dalton, Nary (Adkins) Dalton, unknown man, Laura Tomblin

Ethel Brumfield

12 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Harts, Women's History

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Appalachia, Caroline Brumfield, Charley Brumfield, culture, Ethel Brumfield, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia

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Ethel Brumfield, daughter of Charles and Caroilne (Dingess) Brumfield

 

Residents of Lower Hart

10 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley

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Appalachia, culture, Dick Adkins, Dood Dalton, Harts Creek, history, John Lambert, life, Lincoln County, photos, Reb Adkins, West Virginia

Moses "Dood" Dalton, Charles "Reb" Adkins, John "Stud" Lambert, and Stonewall "Dick" Adkins, Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV

Moses “Dood” Dalton, Charles “Reb” Adkins, John “Stud” Lambert, and Stonewall “Dick” Adkins, Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV

John Hartford’s shoes

09 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in John Hartford, Music

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Appalachia, bluegrass, country, history, John Hartford, Museum of Appalachia, music, Nashville, photos, Tennessee

Museum of Appalachia, Norris, TN, 2012

Museum of Appalachia, Norris, TN, 2012

Log Structure

08 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Dingess, John Hartford

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Appalachia, culture, Dingess, John Hartford, life, Mingo County, photos, West Virginia

John Hartford took this photograph at Dingess, Mingo County, West Virginia, 4 March 1995.

John Hartford took this photograph at Dingess, Mingo County, West Virginia, 4 March 1995.

Ben France: Confederate Soldier and Fiddler from Cabell County, WV

07 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Ed Haley, Music

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Appalachia, Ben France, Cabell County, civil war, Confederate Army, fiddler, fiddling, Fred B. Lambert, genealogy, history, music, photos, West Virginia

Ben France, Cabell County, West Virginia.

Ben France, fiddler and Confederate veteran, Cabell County, West Virginia. From the Fred B. Lambert Papers at Special Collections Department, Morrow Library, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.

In Search of Ed Haley

06 Thursday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Music

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Appalachia, culture, Dood Dalton, fiddler, fiddling, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Lincoln County, music, photos, West Virginia, writing

Moses "Dood" Dalton, Big Branch of Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV, c.1905

Moses “Dood” Dalton, Big Branch of Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV, c.1905

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Feud Poll 1

If you had lived in the Harts Creek community during the 1880s, to which faction of feudists might you have given your loyalty?

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Do you think Milt Haley and Green McCoy committed the ambush on Al and Hollene Brumfield in 1889?

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Who do you think organized the ambush of Al and Hollene Brumfield in 1889?

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  • Logan County Jail in Logan, WV
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Ed Haley Poll 1

What do you think caused Ed Haley to lose his sight when he was three years old?

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