Stone marker near the family cemetery that reads: "John 3:16 Isa 2:2"
The Stanley Heirs Park was formed by descendants of 19th-century settlers who farmed and worked in the mines. The heirs own both minerals and surface rights to this part of Kayford Mountain, which overlooks an ... More
The memorial marker at the mouth of Buffalo Creek naming those who die...
Event: Ceremony at Buffalo Creek Memorial on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster and the 20th Anniversary of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The Pittston Coal Comp... More
Felix Mollett of Canton, Ohio cleaning family graves
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at African American cemetery on Performance Coal Company property.
Virgil and Carrie Lou Jarrell, of Sylvester
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at Mordue Cemetery. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rock shelter on Coal River near the Girl Scout Camp Hole
Event: Tour of rock shelters and camp rocks on Coal River drainage basin. "Archeological surveys on file at the Division of Environmental Protection make note of the "bedrock overhangs," sandstone outcroppings ... More
Woody Boggs and Mary Hufford in the Bailey/Boggess cemetery
Event: Trip to Montcoal Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dave Bailey in the Bailey/Boggess cemetery
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Bailey/Boggess cemetery. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Trip to Montcoal Mountain. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
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
Christmas lighting display at a home near the bridge to Edwight in Nao...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Members of the Mt. View Little League team.
Event: Opening day of Little League season. The three ballfields have been at the mouth of Little Marsh Fork since the nineteen forties. Historically, each coal company sponsored its own team, and coal towns co... 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
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: cellar interior, wall of canned...
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 was the son of Thomas Dickens, who obtained a dee... More
Attendant at Pioneer Farm cutting grass behind a "paling fence"
Event: A visit to a State Park in the mixed mesophytic forest.
Coal river. Carrie Lou Jarrell, Sylvester, WV. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at Mordue Cemetery. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Asbury cemetery on Montcoal Mountain
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Judy and Wayne Griffy walking along old logging trail
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Buck Gregory's house on Shumate's Branch
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes and other traces of community life on Shum... More
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
Coal river. Asbury cemetery on Montcoal Mountain. Southern West Virgin...
Event: Trip to Montcoal Mountain. The Asbury Cemetery is one of several located on Montcoal Mountain. Jewel Rorrer, of Naoma, recalled that another cemetery which had been used by the immigrant community, was e... More
Sign: "Take photographs and view farm from this point Do not enter e...
Event: A visit to a State Park in the mixed mesophytic forest.
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
Continuous belt feeder running through Montcoal, West Virginia
"One of the earliest coal camps on Coal River was established at Montcoal, shown on early maps as "Hecla." In the 1930s the Colcord Coal Company operated mines at Montcoal. In the 1930s, John L. Lewis came to M... More
Leewin Richmond's ‘37 Buick, on Shumate's Branch
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes and other traces of community life on Shum... More
Coal river. Charlie Rock Cave. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Trip up Hazy Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Virgil Jarrell trimming weeds at the Mordue cemetery
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at Mordue Cemetery. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Entrance to the Pioneer Farm at Twin Falls State Park
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
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. Bailey/Boggess cemetery. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Trip to Montcoal Mountain. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Initials etched with carbide lamps on John Rock, Bolt Mountain
Event: Tour of rock shelters and camp rocks on Coal River drainage basin. "Archeological surveys on file at the Division of Environmental Protection make note of the "bedrock overhangs," sandstone outcroppings ... 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
Graves moved from Shumate's Branch, now the site of a sludge pond. Da...
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at Pineview Cemetery. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Headstones inscribed with "Unknown" marking remains moved from the Cla...
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at African American cemetery on Performance Coal Company property.
Front step of George Asbury's house, near the Asbury Cemetery on Baile...
Event: Trip to Montcoal Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Flynn's tombstone, bearing the epitaph he requested: "God rest h...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The John Rock, named for John Hunter, near the microwave tower on Bolt...
Event: Tour of rock shelters and camp rocks on Coal River drainage basin. "Archeological surveys on file at the Division of Environmental Protection make note of the "bedrock overhangs," sandstone outcroppings ... More
Coal river. Corn crib on Bailey Mountain. Southern West Virginia.
"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."
Sign at the entrance to the community of Montcoal: "Performance Coal ...
Public domain photograph of electric wires, power line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Plaque beside the Beckley Courthouse commemorating the mining disaster...
Text of plaque reads: "In 1891 Royal Mine on the New River was the first to open in Raleigh County. From 1891 to 1991 county mines produced in excess of 791 million tons of coal, while accidents claimed the liv... 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
Aerial view of Ben Burnside's place, showing garden with fodder shocks...
Event: Aerial tour of mountaintop removal and reclamation. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: cellar interior, wall of canned...
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 was the son of Thomas Dickens, who obtained a dee... More
Corn crib at the homestead of Jim and Margaret Bailey, Woody Boggs' gr...
"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."
Corn crib at the homestead of Jim and Margaret Bailey, Woody Boggs' gr...
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Congressman Nick Rahall and unidentified woman laying wreath at the Bu...
Event: Ceremony at Buffalo Creek Memorial on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster and the 20th Anniversary of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The Pittston Coal Comp... 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
Coal River turns out for the opening day of Little League season
The three ballfields have been at the mouth of Little Marsh Fork since the nineteen forties. Historically, each coal company sponsored its own team, and coal towns competed against each other. Hundreds of commu... 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
Aerial view of Ben Burnside's place, showing garden with fodder shocks...
Event: Aerial tour of mountaintop removal and reclamation. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Felix Mollett of Canton, Ohio cleaning family graves on Graveyard Hill
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at African American cemetery on Performance Coal Company property.
The Irene Portal of Armco's Number 115 Mine, Hazy Creek
Event: Trip up Hazy Creek. Public domain photograph of a cave, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Overview of Hazy from Bailey/Boggess graveyard
Event: Trip to Montcoal Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Red mulberry tree on Montcoal Mountain, near site of former settlement
Jewel Rorrer, of Naoma, a descendant of George Asbury's, reported in 2001 that this tree had been cut down and that it was being used as a road block. She pointed out that the tree, which was still bearing, had... More
Illuminated cross at the grave of Sally Webb's husband
Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Annette Blair and Cookie Cole at the grave of Sally Webb's husband, De...
Because the family cemetery on Shumate's Branch had been relocated in order to build a sludge impoundment, Sally Webb decided to bury her husband on land behind her house. Sally's inscription and date of birth ... More
Memorial marker at a church in Buffalo Creek, listing the victims and ...
Event: Ceremony at Buffalo Creek Memorial on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster and the 20th Anniversary of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The Pittston Coal Comp... More
Cabin on the hill behind Woody Boggs's cabin. This cabin was moved fr...
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
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
An old chestnut fence post marks the site of a former settlement on Mo...
Event: Trip to Montcoal Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. William "Rocky" Turner. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Tour of rock shelters and camp rocks on Coal River drainage basin. Archeological surveys on file at the Division of Environmental Protection make note of the "bedrock overhangs," sandstone outcroppings f... More
Old building with cellar on the farm of Arnold Bailey
"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."
Beech tree trunk with initials and numbers carved into the bark
Event: Trip up Hazy Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Graves moved from Shumate's Branch, now the site of a sludge pond. Da...
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at Pineview Cemetery. Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Christmas lighting display at a home near the bridge to Edwight in Nao...
Public domain photograph - Merry Christmas or Happy New Year, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reverend Johnnie and Leona Bailey of Pigeon Creek, Mingo County, at t...
Event: Ceremony at Buffalo Creek Memorial on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster and the 20th Anniversary of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). "In August of 1997, th... 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
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: exterior of cellar or spring hou...
Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
West Virginia Organizing Project member, Elaine Purkey, performing
Event: Ceremony at Buffalo Creek Memorial on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster and the 20th Anniversary of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). "In August of 1997, th... More
Mouth of Marfork on opening day of Little League, wide view of field, ...
Event: Opening day of Little League season. The three ballfields have been at the mouth of Little Marsh Fork since the nineteen forties. Historically, each coal company sponsored its own team, and coal towns co... More
Christmas lighting display at a home near the bridge to Edwight in Nao...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Close-up of Dennis Webb's gravesite, showing headstone and inscription...
Because the family cemetery on Shumate's Branch had been relocated in order to build a sludge impoundment, Sally Webb decided to bury her husband on land behind her house. Sally's inscription and date of birth ... More
Christmas lighting display at a home near the bridge to Edwight in Nao...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Mushroom Rock. Southern West Vir...
Event: Tour of Mushroom Rock and other scenic resources on Posey-Saxon Road.
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
Coal river. Virgil Jarrell, of Sylvester. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at Mordue Cemetery. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Headstone decorated with an American flag wreath, fishing teddy bear, ...
Event: Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) Weekend at Mordue Cemetery. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Bailey/Boggess cemetery. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Trip to Montcoal Mountain. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description