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Ramps Allium Tricoccum

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Ramp House, a community center, at the head of Drews Creek

Ramps (Allium tricoccum) are wild leeks found throughout the Appalachian mountain range. Their appearance early in the spring of the year is hailed throughout the southern Appalachian mountains with feasting at More
The Delbert Chapel across from the Ramp House at the head of Drews Creek

Ramps (Allium tricoccum) are wild leeks found throughout the Appalachian mountain range. Their appearance early in the spring of the year is hailed throughout the southern Appalachian mountains with feasting at More
Woody Boggs in the ramp patch that he planted on the hill behind his home

As the women cleaning ramps in the "ramp circle" on Drews Creek made clear (see ramp essay), you can start your own ramp patch from the small rootlets leftover from the cleaning process. Many domesticated ramp More
A wooden wheelbarrow made by Joe Pettry, Woody Boggs' grandfather, who lived on Shumate's Branch

As the women cleaning ramps in the "ramp circle" on Drews Creek made clear (see ramp essay), you can start your own ramp patch from the small rootlets leftover from the cleaning process. Many domesticated ramp More
Coal river. Woody Boggs's ramp patch. Southern West Virginia.

As the women cleaning ramps in the "ramp circle" on Drews Creek made clear (see ramp essay), you can start your own ramp patch from the small rootlets leftover from the cleaning process. Many domesticated ramp More
Sautéing ramps and soaking potatoes in the ramp house kitchen
Ben Burnside speaking with Mary Hufford in a ramp patch located on a slope behind his home

Event: Visit with Ben Burnside. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Flynn and Ben Burnside standing in the door to a tool shed on Ben's property

Event: Visit with Ben Burnside. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ben Burnside, digging ramps in the patch behind his home

Event: Visit with Ben Burnside. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ben Burnside digging ramps in a patch located on a slope behind his home

Event: Visit with Ben Burnside. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Frying potatoes for the 1995 Ramp Supper on Drews Creek

Event: Preparations in the Ramp House on the eve of the annual Ramp Supper.
Cleaning ramps at the ramp house on the night before the ramp supper: (L-R) Mabel Brown, Jenny Bonds, Peggy Gilfillen, Delores Workman

Event: Preparations in the Ramp House on the eve of the annual Ramp Supper.
Mae Bongalis at the Pine Knob Ramp Supper

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Men and women preparing food (ramps, potatoes, and bacon) on the night before a ramp supper

Event: Preparations in the Ramp House on the eve of the annual Ramp Supper.
Sign announcing the Pine Knob Ramp Supper
Patrons on the ramp house porch (L-R): Mary Hufford, John Flynn, Mae Bongalis, Lois and Lloyd Burnside

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Mae Bongalis and "Aunt" Eva Burnside at the Pine Knob Ramp Supper

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Ramp House, seen from the parking lot

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Patrons enjoying their ramp suppers. John Flynn, Mary Hufford, and Mae Bongalis at table in foreground.

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Mae Bongalis and John Flynn, at the 1995 Ramp Supper

Event: The 1995 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
"Aunt" Eva Burnside with her grandson, Dean Bradford

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Ramps frozen by Vivian Jarrell - Public domain scan / print

Big vegetable gardens are a distinctive feature of the landscape on Coal River and throughout the southern West Virginia coalfields. Gardens, together with produce from the woods, have been linked historically More
Charles Quarles and Luke Taylor gathering ramps on Hazy Creek

Event: Trip up Hazy Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dave Bailey digging ramps near the Poplar Flats on Hazy Creek

Event: Trip up Hazy Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woody Boggs' ramp patch, Pettry Bottom

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Woody Boggs in the ramp patch that he planted on the hill behind his home

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Dave Bailey with ramps near Poplar Flats on Hazy Creek

Event: Trip up Hazy Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dave Bailey, going for ramps near the Poplar Flats on Hazy Creek

Event: Trip up Hazy Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mabel Brown in the ramp patch behind her home

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Ray Dickens, Jr. (Left), Kimberly Dickens, and Jeffrey Honaker selling ramps on the side of the road.

Event: Ramp Day on Drews Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ramps gone to seed - Public domain botanical illustration

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Ramp bottoms, in the summer after the leaves have dried

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