Wayne County Bank, Wayne, Wayne County, WV. 1908.
Wayne County Bank (1908)
23 Sunday Jun 2019
Posted in Twelve Pole Creek, Wayne
Tag Archives: photos
Work Scene Near Spurlockville, Lincoln County, WV
12 Wednesday Jun 2019
Tags
Appalachia, history, Lincoln County, logging, photos, Spurlockville, timber, timbering, West Virginia
Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk | Filed under Spurlockville, Timber
Antique Timber Branding Stamp Hammer (2019)
09 Sunday Jun 2019
Posted in Timber
These well-worn hammers were used to “brand” the ends of freshly cut logs so as to identify the owner of each log. Photo by Mom. 7 June 2019
When timber men sent hundreds or thousands of logs floating down the river to market, the identifying mark proved ownership. Cutting the end of the log, thus removing the brand symbol, was a penitentiary offense. Photo by Mom. 7 June 2019
Work Scene Near Spurlockville, Lincoln County, WV (1911-1914)
08 Saturday Jun 2019
Back caption reads: “Here is the Team I am working now. We had these pictures made yesterday morning and got them this afternoon. You can Rase corn now. Z.D.A.”
Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk | Filed under Spurlockville, Timber
William M. Cooper for Committeeman in Huntington, WV (1932)
08 Saturday Jun 2019
Posted in Huntington
Tags
Appalachia, Cabell County, Great Depression, history, Huntington, photos, politics, Republican Party, West Virginia, William M. Cooper
To view Mr. Cooper’s household in 1930, go here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRZV-35Y?i=16&cc=1810731
The Guthrie Hospital in Huntington, WV
05 Wednesday Jun 2019
Posted in Huntington
Curtis Goode of Mullens, WV (1908)
04 Tuesday Jun 2019
Posted in Wyoming County
Photograph dated May 5, 1908.
Pikeville, KY (2019)
28 Tuesday May 2019
Posted in Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Pikeville
Tags
architecture, history, Johnson Hatfield, Kentucky, photos, Pike County, Pikeville, Roseanna McCoy, University of Pikeville
View of Pikeville, KY, from the University of Pikeville campus. 8 May 2019
Pikeville, KY. 10 May 2019
Johnse Hatfield and Roseanna McCoy. Pikeville, KY. 10 May 2019
Pikeville, KY. 10 May 2019
Pikeville, KY. 10 May 2019
Pikeville, KY. 10 May 2019
Pikeville, KY. 10 May 2019
Pikeville, KY. 10 May 2019
Logging Items at Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum (2019)
26 Sunday May 2019
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Appalachia, Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum, branding hammer, history, Kentucky, logging, photos, Pikeville, timber, timbering
Branding stamping hammer, Pikeville, KY. 11 May 2019
Branding stamping hammer, Pikeville, KY. 11 May 2019
Timberman’s caliper, Pikeville, KY. 11 May 2019
Coal Items in the Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum (2019)
25 Saturday May 2019
Tags
Appalachia, Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum, coal, history, Kentucky, photos, Pike County, Pikeville
Coal miner’s lamp, Pikeville, KY. 15 May 2019
Checking tag, Pikeville, KY. 15 May 2019
Miner’s cap with light, Pikeville, KY. 15 May 2019
Devil Anse Hatfield Gun (2019)
20 Monday May 2019
Posted in Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Pikeville
Tags
Appalachia, Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum, Devil Anse Hatfield, Hatfield-McCoy Feud, history, Kentucky, photos, Pike County, Pikeville
Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum, Pikeville, Kentucky. 15 May 2019 For more information about the museum, go here: https://bigsandyheritage.com/
Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum, Pikeville, Kentucky. 15 May 2019. For more information about the gun, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFoarDFii38
Guyandotte River Flood
13 Monday May 2019
Posted in Guyandotte River
Likely Logan County, WV, 1960s. Photo courtesy of Jill (Mullins) Baisden.
Peytona Lumber Company in Omar, WV (2019)
23 Tuesday Apr 2019
Posted in Timber
Tags
history, Logan County, logging, Omar, Peytona Lumber Company, photos, Pine Creek, timber, timbering, West Virginia
The Peytona Lumber Company established itself in 1916 at Omar, Logan County, WV. As of 1921-1922, the company boasted 150 employees. Here’s a PLC splash dam crib on Pine Creek in Omar. 19 April 2019
Lincoln County Courthouse in Hamlin, WV
17 Wednesday Apr 2019
Tags
Appalachia, Hamlin, history, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Hamlin, Lincoln County, WV. Photo credit unknown.
Peggy Price of Williamson, WV (1937)
31 Sunday Mar 2019
Posted in Logan, Music, Williamson, Women's History
Tags
Appalachia, history, Liebenstraum, Logan Banner, Logan High School, Mingo County, Peggy Price, photos, West Virginia, Williamson
Miss Peggy Price, Williamson dance pupil of Helen Cox Schrader, who appears in The Passing Show of 1937. The first night audience of the recital at the Logan high school auditorium Tuesday found Miss Price’s ballet number Liebestraum most pleasing. Logan (WV) Banner, 2 June 1937
Peach Creek YMCA is Thriving (1928)
20 Wednesday Mar 2019
Posted in Coal
Tags
Appalachia, C&O Railroad, coal, history, Logan Banner, Logan County, Peach Creek, photos, West Virginia
Logan Banner, 6 March 1928
Guyandotte River Flood, Harts, WV (1963)
20 Wednesday Mar 2019
Posted in Guyandotte River, Harts
Guyandotte River flood at Harts, Lincoln County, WV. March 1963.
Devil John Wright Saber (2018)
09 Saturday Mar 2019
Posted in Culture of Honor
Tags
Appalachia, Big Stone Gap, crime, Devil John Wright, feuds, history, photos, Southwest Virginia Museum, Virginia
Devil John Wright saber (1901), Southwest Virginia Museum, Big Stone Gap, VA. 26 August 2018
Devil John Wright saber (1901), Southwest Virginia Museum, Big Stone Gap, VA. 26 August 2018
Welcome to Hindman, KY (2019)
09 Saturday Mar 2019
Posted in Music
Tags
Appalachia, Appalachian Artisan Center, Appalachian School of Luthiery, Carl D. Perkins, Centre College, Douglas Naselroad, Frankfort, Hindman, Hindman Historic District, history, Homer Ledford Award, J. Proctor Knott, Kentucky, Knott County, mandolin, Marion County, music, photos
Welcome to Hindman, KY. The Appalachian Artisan Center Studio is to the right. 27 February 2019
Hindman is the county seat for Knott County, KY. 27 February 2019
Knott County Courthouse in Hindman, KY. 27 February 2019
Carl D. Perkins statue at the Knott County Courthouse in Hindman, KY. 1 March 2019
Old business section in Hindman, KY. 27 February 2019
Inside of the Appalachian School of Luthiery in Hindman, KY. 27 February 2019
Mandolins inside of the Appalachian School of Luthiery in Hindman, KY. 27 February 2019
Instruments are made here inside of the Appalachian School of Luthiery in Hindman, KY. 27 February 2019
Inside of the Appalachian School of Luthiery in Hindman, KY. Douglas Naselroad, recipient of the 2017 Homer Ledford Award, conceived of the idea for this school and related ventures. 27 February 2019
Garrett, Floyd County, KY (2019)
04 Monday Mar 2019
Posted in Coal
Tags
Appalachia, Ballard, coal, Elkhorn Coal Company, Floyd County, Garrett, history, Kentucky, photos, Prestonsburg
Located 13 miles south of Prestonsburg, Ballard Post Office was established here in 1910. 27 February 2019
The Elkhorn Coal Company established a town on the site about 1914 and named it Garrett after John and Robert Garrett, two Baltimore bankers and coal company financiers. 27 February 2019
Garrett, Floyd County, KY. c.1915 Photo credit unknown.
Garrett, Floyd County, KY. 27 February 2019
Garrett, Floyd County, KY. 27 February 2019
Garrett, Floyd County, KY. 27 February 2019
Garrett, Floyd County, KY. 27 February 2019
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