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Laffon Pettry, Drews Creek, slicing potatoes at the Ramp Supper

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Copy photo of a picture loaned by Glenna Bailey, showing her friend Angeline Pettry with her mother, who was married to Absalom Pettry, a blacksmith who lived at the mouth of Hazy

Absalom Pettry's parents were Jacob and Celia Pettry, founding settlers on Hazy Creek who held property there in the 1850s. Angeline was an old woman when Glenna was a little girl in the 1940s. Event: Historic photo.

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Angeline Pettry, with her mother, Mrs. Absalom Pettry, of Hazy Creek.

Event: Historic photo. This photo was loaned by Glenna Bailey, who remembers Angeline Pettry as a close friend. Angeline, who was elderly when Glenna was a girl growing up in Stringtown (a section of Edwight), More

Coal river. Alfred Beckley, founder of Beckley. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Angeline Pettry, Hazy Creek - Early photography, Public domain image

Event: Historic photo. This photo was loaned by Glenna Bailey, who remembers Angeline Pettry as a close friend. Angeline, who was elderly when Glenna was a girl growing up in Stringtown (a section of Edwight), More

Coal river. Mrs. Absalom Pettry, Hazy Creek. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Historic photo. This photo was loaned by Glenna Bailey, who remembers Angeline Pettry as a close friend. Angeline, who was elderly when Glenna was a girl growing up in Stringtown (a section of Edwight), More

Arnold Bailey, of Bailey Mountain, with a baby

Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hobart Clay at 17, with an unidentified woman

Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph of a couple, husband and wife, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal river. Pauline Bailey, of Bailey Mountain. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Historic photo. Pauline Bailey was the mother of Jim Bailey, Sarah Boggess's grandfather. They lived on Bailey Mountain around the turn of the last century.

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statements of Agency for the Mssrs Francis and John A Granger"

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle More

Walter Bailey (of Pettry Bottom) and his sister, Delcie, in front of a cellar on their father, Arnold's farm. Circa 1930s.

"Please note that the "date" in this case refers to the date that the historic photos were copied. Bailey Mountain is now known as Montcoal Mountain."

Coal river. Cemetery. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

Coal river. Partially reclaimed highwalls. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

A "highwall elimination complex," on a contour mining reclamation site

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

Stacy Edmunds, Orie Loucks, Lowell Dodge, Randy Sprouse

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

"Highland complex" on a mountaintop removal reclamation site

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

"Highland complex" on a mountaintop removal reclamation site

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

Roadside Sign: "Haulers Have Right of Way"

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

A "wetland drainage complex" on a contour mining reclamation site

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

Coal river. David Bailey as a boy. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal river. Partially reclaimed highwalls. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

A "wetland drainage complex" on a contour mining reclamation site

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th More

Coal river. Mary Hufford interviewing Roger Hall. Southern West Virginia.

To better understand the method of mining known as "mountaintop removal and reclamation," Lyntha Eiler and I visited the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection. There we interviewed Roger Hall, the More

Map showing mixed mesophytic forest boundaries and the distribution of AFAP plots

The Appalachia Forest Action Project was a citizen science monitoring effort co-sponsored by the Lucy Braun Association, Appalachian Science in the Public Interest, Trees for the Planet and the Alabama Conserva More

Orie Loucks lectures to Appalachia Forest Action Project volunteers during the Citizen Science orientation in the gymnasium of the Mountview School, Rock Creek, West Virginia

Event: Citizen Science workshop at Mountview School. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lucy Braun Association members Lowell Dodge and Judith Dumke

Event: Tour of the Wayne National Forest. Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal river. August Service Station. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Interview with John August. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orie Loucks orienting Appalachia Forest Action Project volunteers to mixed mesophytic habitat on the property of Joe Aliff, Rock Creek

Event: Citizen Science workshop at Mountview School. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Doris Magan, former coal miner and Appalachia Forest Action Project volunteer

Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Quilt made by Elsie Rich in the pattern Grandmother's Flower Garden

Event: A visit with Elsie Rich. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dennis Dickens (standing) speaking with Ruby Dickens and John Flynn

Event: Interview with Dennis Dickens. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal river. American Folklife Center: Henry Aliff. Southern West Virginia.

Packsville was evacuated when the Marfork Mining Company (an A.T. Massey subsidiary) opened a mine at Marfork, just up the hollow from Packsville. Event: Interview with Henry and Louise Aliff about the Evacuati More

Coal river. American Folklife Center: Ed Cantley. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Interview with Ed Cantley. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Junior Peters, seated in his living room, surrounded by hunting trophies

Event: Interview with Junior Peters about deer hunting. Public domain photograph of a deer, elk, wild animal,wildlife, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dulcimer made of walnut, featuring a sound hole framed by a cross-section of a walnut

Event: Interview with Dennis Dickens. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photos of John Flynn's home, the house of his grandfather, John Rorrer

Event: A visit to John Flynn's homeplace. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Quilt made by Elsie Rich in the pattern Double Wedding Ring

Event: A visit with Elsie Rich. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Betty Bonds of Drews Creek, West Virginia, in Syble's Restaurant

Event: Interview with Betty Bonds and Lucy Cabell about Aspects of Woods.

Guardhouse and tipple at entrance to Marfork Mine

Event: Interview with Henry and Louise Aliff about the Evacuation of Packsville, West Virginia. Packsville was evacuated when the Marfork Mining Company (an A.T. Massey subsidiary) opened a mine at Marfork, jus More

Coal river. Congregation praying at the altar. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Prayer Service at the Sundial Assembly of God Church. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Flynn's home, the house of his grandfather, John Rorrer

Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The names of all the coves on the Left-Hand Fork of Rock Creek, charted on a piece of drywall by Ben Burnside

Event: Interview with Ben Burnside. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pat Canterbury showing albums in which he has collected stickers and patches from mining companies he has worked for

Event: Interview with Pat Canterbury about labor history on Coal River.

E. Lucy Braun, the pioneering ecologist who identified the mixed mesophytic forest as a coherent system.

In an entry for the <u>Biographical Dictionary of North American Environmentalists</u>, L. Ron Stuckey describes E. Lucy Braun as "One of the most original thinkers in the developing field of plant ecology duri More

Pat Canterbury showing albums in which he has collected stickers and patches from mining companies he has worked for

Event: Interview with Pat Canterbury about labor history on Coal River.

Wade Davidson, of the University of Kentucky, inspects a specimen

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Painting of Christ knocking at the door by Charlotte Cantley, 1991

Event: Prayer Service at the Sundial Assembly of God Church. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United Mine Workers' picket shack at the mouth of Hazy Creek, Edwight, West Virginia

Event: Driving Route 3. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orie Loucks orienting Appalachia Forest Action Project volunteers to mixed mesophytic growth on the property of Joe Aliff, Rock Creek

Joe Aliff writes, "The site of this photo is on the south slope of the right hand ridge of the 'Goode Hollow' which is one quarter mile up Rock Creek Hollow.