07 Friday Feb 2014
Posted in Ed Haley, John Hartford
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Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, history, Huntington, John Hartford, life, Marshall University, music, photos, West Virginia
My first meeting with John Hartford, Morrow Library, Huntington, West Virginia, 1 March 1995
06 Thursday Feb 2014
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Appalachia, Bill Adkins, culture, genealogy, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Bill Adkins of Harts, Lincoln County, West Virginia, c.1992
05 Wednesday Feb 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley
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Appalachia, culture, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, Peter Mullins, photos, West Virginia
Peter Mullins with unknown woman, circa 1890s
05 Wednesday Feb 2014
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Coal, Matewan
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Baldwin-Felts Agency, Bluefield, Cabell Testerman, coal, crime, culture, life, Matewan, photos, Sid Hatfield, United Mine Workers of America, West Virginia
Historical marker at Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, 2008.
27 Monday Jan 2014
Posted in Big Ugly Creek, Coal
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Big Ugly Creek, coal, culture, environment, Lincoln County, mining, mountains, photos, West Virginia
Surface mining on Big Ugly Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 2006
27 Monday Jan 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley
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Appalachia, culture, Ed Haley, Ewell Mullins, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, photos, West Virginia
Ewell Mullins residence (part of the old Ed Haley property), Trace Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV, 2006
24 Friday Jan 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Timber
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Al Brumfield, Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, crime, feud, Green McCoy, Harts Creek, history, logging, Milt Haley, Pelican Publishing Company, photos, timbering, true crime, West Virginia, writers, writing
In June of 2014, Pelican Publishing Company will release my book detailing the true story of the Lincoln County feud.
24 Friday Jan 2014
Posted in John Hartford, Music
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bluegrass, fiddlers, fiddling, Gillian Welch, John Hartford, Larry Cordle, music, Nashville, Nashville Bluegrass Band, photos, Ronnie McCoury, Station Inn, Tennessee
Station Inn, Nashville, TN, August 1998
22 Wednesday Jan 2014
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Appalachia, culture, genealogy, Harts, Johnny Golden Adkins, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Johnny Golden Adkins of Harts, Lincoln County, WV
22 Wednesday Jan 2014
Posted in John Hartford, Music
22 Wednesday Jan 2014
Posted in Ed Haley, John Hartford, Music
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Carol Hardway, Cliff Top, culture, fiddlers, fiddling, history, John Hartford, life, music, photos, West Virginia, Wilson Douglas
Carol Hardway, Wilson Douglas, and John Hartford at the Appalachian String Band Festival in Cliff Top, West Virginia, 1995
19 Sunday Jan 2014
Posted in Harts
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Appalachia, Bob Brumfield, culture, Ethel Brumfield, genealogy, Harts, history, Jessie Brumfield, life, Lincoln County, Nora Brumfield, photos, West Virginia
Nora Pack Brumfield, Bob “Jaker” Brumfield, Ethel Brumfield, and Jessie Brumfield, standing by the Charley Brumfield house in Harts, Lincoln County, WV, 1920s
17 Friday Jan 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, culture, Dave Dingess, feud, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, photos, West Virginia
Dave Dingess, resident of Smoke House Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV, 1890s
17 Friday Jan 2014
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Appalachia, culture, East Lynn, guitar, history, life, music, photos, Ralph McCoy, Spicie McCoy, Wayne County, West Virginia
McCoy Time Quartet of Wayne County, West Virginia, c.1940
14 Tuesday Jan 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud
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Anthony Adams, Appalachia, culture, feud, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, photos, West Virginia
Anthony Adams family, Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, 1890
13 Monday Jan 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley
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Appalachia, culture, Great Depression, Harts Creek, history, life, Liza Mullins, Logan County, Peter Mullins, photos, West Virginia
Peter Mullins family, Trace Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV, 1940s
10 Friday Jan 2014
Posted in Ed Haley
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Appalachia, banjo, Boone County, culture, fiddle, fiddler, fiddling, history, Johnny Hager, life, music, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Johnny Hager on extreme right holding a banjo, Boone County, WV, 1950s.
07 Tuesday Jan 2014
Posted in Ed Haley
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art, crime, Don Morris, drawing, history, John Hartford, murder, photos
John Hartford’s Sketch of the “Murder Table,” 1995.
31 Tuesday Dec 2013
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley
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Appalachia, culture, history, Jackson Mullins, Joe Mullins, life, Logan County, Peter Mullins, photos, West Virginia
Mullins Homeplace, Trace Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV, 1945-1950.
21 Saturday Dec 2013
Posted in Harts, Women's History
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Appalachia, Bessie Adkins, culture, Great Depression, Harts, Hazel Adkins, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Bessie (Brumfield) Adkins stands behind Hazel Adkins, Harts, Lincoln County, WV, 1940s.
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