19 Thursday Dec 2013
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ferrellsburg, Timber
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Appalachia, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, Samp Davis, timbering, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia
Samp Davis, an old timber man from West Fork, Lincoln County, WV.
12 Thursday Dec 2013
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Appalachia, culture, Great Depression, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, photos, West Virginia
Children of Upper Hart during the Great Depression, Logan County, West Virginia.
29 Friday Nov 2013
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Appalachia, banjo, culture, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Holly Sias, life, Lincoln County, music, photos, West Virginia
Holly “Hod” Sias, Lincoln County, West Virginia, 1925-1940.
20 Wednesday Nov 2013
Posted in Ed Haley
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Ed Haley, Ella Haley, genealogy, history, Ironton, Kentucky, life, Mona Haley, Ohio, photos
Mona Haley Mullins-Hager, daughter of Ed Haley.
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
12 Tuesday Nov 2013
Posted in Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, crime, feud, George Fry, Green McCoy, Green Shoal, history, Milt Haley, photos, West Virginia
The Murder House? Green Shoal, Lincoln County, WV, 1995
11 Monday Nov 2013
Posted in Green Shoal, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, crime, feud, George Fry, Green McCoy, Green Shoal, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Milt Haley, murder, photos, West Virginia
Site of the Haley-McCoy murders, Green Shoal, Lincoln County, WV.
11 Monday Nov 2013
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Whirlwind
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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Appalachia, Barney Carter, civil war, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Fork, Logan County, photos, West Virginia
Capt. Barney Carter (1821-1902), resident of Hoover Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, served as captain of Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry.
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
01 Friday Nov 2013
Posted in Fourteen, Wewanta, Women's History
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Appalachia, Caleb Headley, Elizabeth Jane Farley, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, midwife, photos, Sarah Headley, Sulphur Spring Fork, U.S. South, West Virginia, William Floyd Farley
Sarah Ann (Farley) Headley, daughter of William F. and Jane (Clark) Farley and wife of Caleb Headley. Sarah (1849-1945) is my great-great-great-grandmother. She lived at Sulphur Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, WV.
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
09 Wednesday Oct 2013
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Appalachia, civil war, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, Fourteen Post Office, genealogy, history, James Wilson Sias, Lincoln County, photos, Union Army, West Virginia
James Wilson Sias, Union veteran and postmaster of Fourteen in Lincoln County, WV
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
28 Saturday Sep 2013
Posted in Civil War
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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Appalachia, civil war, Confederacy, Confederate Army, genealogy, history, photos, U.S. South, Vincent A. Witcher, Wayne County, West Virginia
Lt. Col. Vincent A. “Clawhammer” Witcher, commander of the 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry
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