Randy Halstead, ginseng broker, evaluates ginseng in the purchase room...
People who harvest wild botanicals from the woods can sell their wares to local brokers like Randy Halstead, the proprietor of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. Halstead annually brokers hundreds of ... More
Joe Williams with ginseng plant in his hand
Since the 17th century, when a Jesuit priest in Canada identified ginseng (Panax quinquefolia) as a root prized in Asia and therefore exportable, ginseng has provided an annual source of cash for people living ... More
Ginseng plant leaves turn a distinctive pale yellow in the fall
Since the 17th century, when a Jesuit priest in Canada identified ginseng (Panax quinquefolia) as a root prized in Asia and therefore exportable, ginseng has provided an annual source of cash for people living ... More
Coal river. Seng (ginseng) hoes. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Three generations of ginseng hunters. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Randy Sprouse inspecting the ginseng he's dug
Since the 17th century, when a Jesuit priest in Canada identified ginseng (Panax quinquefolia) as a root prized in Asia and therefore exportable, ginseng has provided an annual source of cash for people living ... More
Joe Williams displaying the ginseng he dug
Event: Ginseng Hunting. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A box of cultivated ginseng from out-of-state at Randy's Recycling in ...
People who harvest wild botanicals from the woods can sell their wares to local brokers like Randy Halstead, the proprietor of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. Halstead annually brokers hundreds of ... More
Coal river. Ginseng drying in a window. Southern West Virginia.
Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Randy Sprouse gathering ginseng ('senging) in Tom's Hollow
Event: Ginsenging in Tom's Hollow. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Examples of ginseng roots laid out on a table in the purchase room at ...
People who harvest wild botanicals from the woods can sell their wares to local brokers like Randy Halstead, the proprietor of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. Halstead annually brokers hundreds of ... More
Coal river. Five-prong ginseng. Southern West Virginia.
Note the green pod of unripe berries on this five-prong specimen.
Coal river. Close-up of ginseng. Southern West Virginia.
People who harvest wild botanicals from the woods can sell their wares to local brokers like Randy Halstead, the proprietor of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. Halstead annually brokers hundreds of ... More
Joe Williams digging a ginseng root with his "seng" hoe. The root mus...
Event: Ginseng Hunting. Ginseng is protected under the Fish and Wildlife Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). According to the law, state ginseng programs set seasons for ginseng dig... More
Coal river. Randy Sprouse's seng hoe. Southern West Virginia.
Randy commented that the squeaking noise made by the head when he twists it acts as a turkey call.
Ginseng plant with berries in fall
Event: Ginseng Hunting. Ginseng is protected under the Fish and Wildlife Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). According to the law, state ginseng programs set seasons for ginseng dig... More
Natalie Pettry with her seng (ginseng) hoe
Event: Three generations of ginseng hunters. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Joe Williams ginsenging. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Ginseng Hunting. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Connard Wolfe's ginseng hoe. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Visit to the sculpture studio of Connard Wolfe. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shelby Cantley Estep (Left), Natalie and Carla Pettry: three generati...
Event: Three generations of ginseng hunters. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Six-prong and five-prong trophy ginseng on display at the Sundial Tave...
Kenny and Martha Pettry are the proprietors of the Sundial Tavern.
Ginseng on desktop at Randy's Recycling
People who harvest wild botanicals from the woods can sell their wares to local brokers like Randy Halstead, the proprietor of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. Halstead annually brokers hundreds of ... More
Shelby Cantley Estep (Left), Natalie and Carla Pettry: three generati...
Event: Three generations of ginseng hunters. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On display at the Sundial Tavern: Eisenhower, Dolly, Martha, and Gins...
Kenny and Martha Pettry are the proprietors of the Sundial Tavern.
Coal river. Randy's Recycling, Peytona, WV. Southern West Virginia.
People who harvest wild botanicals from the woods can sell their wares to local brokers like Randy Halstead, the proprietor of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. Halstead annually brokers hundreds of ... More
Joe Williams digging a ginseng root
Event: Ginseng Hunting. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Randy Halstead, ginseng buyer, discussing the qualities that make gins...
People who harvest wild botanicals from the woods can sell their wares to local brokers like Randy Halstead, the proprietor of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. Halstead annually brokers hundreds of ... More
Ginseng and goldenseal in the fenced enclosure
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Transplanted cultivated ginseng in a small fenced plot
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T-Shirt: "Ginsengers Beware." Graphic depicts ginseng plant with rat...
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Randy Halstead, ginseng broker, owner of Randy's Recycling in Peytona,...
People who harvest wild botanicals from the woods can sell their wares to local brokers like Randy Halstead, the proprietor of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. Halstead annually brokers hundreds of ... More
Coal river. Close-up of ginseng. Southern West Virginia.
People who harvest wild botanicals from the woods can sell their wares to local brokers like Randy Halstead, the proprietor of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. Halstead annually brokers hundreds of ... More
18th century map including the headwaters of the Big Cole River
This representation of 50,096 acres surveyed for Edward Dillon was entered in Montgomery County Deed Book E, page 158, in the spring of 1795. It includes the headwaters of the "Big Cole" River, as well as the h... More
18th century map including the headwaters of the Big Cole River
This representation of 50,096 acres surveyed for Edward Dillon was entered in Montgomery County Deed Book E, page 158, in the spring of 1795. It includes the headwaters of the "Big Cole" River, as well as the h... More
Yellow root and ginseng are growing in a fenced enclosure, Pettry Bott...
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Ben Burnside's ginseng hoes. The smaller hoe is Ben's the larger one b...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description