Walter Bailey of the Baileys from Bailey Mountain
Event: Building a Log Cabin. In 1999, Woody Boggs began building a log cabin in Pettry Bottom. This cabin, built of yellow poplar logs, incorporates a kitchen built from the wormy chestnut boards of The Coffee ... More
Coal river. More of the developing kitchen. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Building a Log Cabin. In 1999, Woody Boggs began building a log cabin in Pettry Bottom. This cabin, built of yellow poplar logs, incorporates a kitchen built from the wormy chestnut boards of The Coffee ... More
Cobby Dillon's cabin, built of chestnut logs in the early 1900s
Event: Scenes around Coal River. Cabin was built by Elsie (Williams) Rich's father in Pettus, West Virginia. Cobby Dillon moved the logs to Naoma and reconstructed the cabin on this site, across Route 3 from Sy... More
Split rail fence lining the access road to the Pioneer Farm at Twin Fa...
Fence posts are of a variety of locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), known locally as yellow or "mountain" locust, known for its ability to withstand rot, while the rails are of chestnut (Castanea dentata). Event: A ... More
Coal river. Laying up the chimney. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Building a Log Cabin. In 1999, Woody Boggs began building a log cabin in Pettry Bottom. This cabin, built of yellow poplar logs, incorporates a kitchen built from the wormy chestnut boards of The Coffee ... More
Cobby Dillon's cabin, built of chestnut logs in the early 1900s
Event: Scenes around Coal River. Cabin was built by Elsie (Williams) Rich's father in Pettus, West Virginia. Cobby Dillon moved the logs to Naoma and reconstructed the cabin on this site, across Route 3 from Sy... More
Full view of porch and kitchen
In 1999, Woody Boggs began building a log cabin in Pettry Bottom. This cabin, built of yellow poplar logs, incorporates a kitchen built from the wormy chestnut boards of The Coffee Pot at Edwight. The Coffee Po... More
Split rail fence lining the access road to the Pioneer Farm at Twin Fa...
Fence posts are of a variety of locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), known locally as yellow or "mountain" locust, known for its ability to withstand rot, while the rails are of chestnut (Castanea dentata). Event: A ... More
Cobby Dillon's cabin, built of chestnut logs in the early 1900s
Event: Scenes around Coal River. Cabin was built by Elsie (Williams) Rich's father in Pettus, West Virginia. Cobby Dillon moved the logs to Naoma and reconstructed the cabin on this site.
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: saddle-notched log barn
Event: Tour of Dennis and Ruby Dickens' Farm. "Dennis Dickens lives on Williams' Branch of Peachtree Creek. Williams' Branch is named for Dennis Dickens' grandfather. William was the son of John Dickens, who wa... More
Woody Boggs, laying a foundation of cut sandstone from the chimney and...
Event: Building a Log Cabin. In 1999, Woody Boggs began building a log cabin in Pettry Bottom. This cabin, built of yellow poplar logs, incorporates a kitchen built from the wormy chestnut boards of The Coffee ... More
Woody Boggs, recycling the wormy chestnut timbers from the dismantled ...
In 1999, Woody Boggs began building a log cabin in Pettry Bottom. This cabin, built of yellow poplar logs, incorporates a kitchen built from the wormy chestnut boards of The Coffee Pot at Edwight. The Coffee Po... More
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
View of the Julie Hollow, with rotting chestnut (Castanea dentata) log...
Event: Mixed Mesophytic Forest Topography in Spring. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woody Boggs (right) and James Martin in front of a hollowed chestnut s...
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Coal river. Wormy chestnut boards. Southern West Virginia.
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Coal river. Cabin made of yellow poplar. Southern West Virginia.
In 1999, Woody Boggs began building a log cabin in Pettry Bottom. This cabin, built of yellow poplar logs, incorporates a kitchen built from the wormy chestnut boards of The Coffee Pot at Edwight. The Coffee Po... More
First snow on the log cabin, winter of 1999
In 1999, Woody Boggs began building a log cabin in Pettry Bottom. This cabin, built of yellow poplar logs, incorporates a kitchen built from the wormy chestnut boards of The Coffee Pot at Edwight. The Coffee Po... More