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Ed Cantley carrying a freshly cut Christmas tree out to the sales area for a customer

Ed Cantley carrying a freshly cut Christmas tree out to the sales area...

Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jesse Stone and Mrs. Joe Jarrell hunting for perfect Christmas trees.

Jesse Stone and Mrs. Joe Jarrell hunting for perfect Christmas trees.

Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal river. Standing dead hickory. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. Standing dead hickory. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Documentation of forest health. Alpine Images photograph by Jenny Hager. Used with permission.

John Flynn's tombstone, bearing the epitaph he requested:  "God rest his soul, he was a tootsie roll, but he's a dead cat just the same"

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.

Snapped buckeye trunk in Rock Creek

Snapped buckeye trunk in Rock Creek

Event: Documentation of forest health. Alpine Images photograph by Jenny Hager. Used with permission.

Donna Wills' tombstone with the inscription:  "And I Weathered the Storm"

Donna Wills' tombstone with the inscription: "And I Weathered the Sto...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coal river. Donna Wills, of Rock Creek. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. Donna Wills, of Rock Creek. Southern West Virginia.

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

Coal river. American Folklife Center: Ivan Jarrell. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. American Folklife Center: Ivan Jarrell. Southern West Virg...

Event: Interview with Ivan Jarrell and Bob and Kay Wills. 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 his soul / he was a tootsie roll / but he's a dead cat just the same"

John Flynn's tombstone, bearing the epitaph he requested: "God rest h...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carla Pettry (left), her mother, Shelby Cantley Estep, and Ed Cantley

Carla Pettry (left), her mother, Shelby Cantley Estep, and Ed Cantley

Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dark water in drainage ditch at the head of Right-Hand Fork of Rock Creek roped off with red caution tape reading:  "Hazardous Materials Do Not Enter"

Dark water in drainage ditch at the head of Right-Hand Fork of Rock Cr...

Event: Visit to Toxic Leak on Rock Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Jarrell and Mary Hufford on the four-wheeler

Mary Jarrell and Mary Hufford on the four-wheeler

Event: Four-wheeling and berry-picking at the head of Rock Creek.

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

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

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

Old-growth white oak at the mouth of the Julie Hollow

Old-growth white oak at the mouth of the Julie Hollow

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dark water in drainage ditch at the head of Right-Hand Fork of Rock Creek roped off with red caution tape reading:  "Hazardous Materials Do Not Enter"

Dark water in drainage ditch at the head of Right-Hand Fork of Rock Cr...

Event: Visit to Toxic Leak on Rock Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Longwall mining roof bolts, which hold up the mine ceiling, replaced to serve as road markers

Longwall mining roof bolts, which hold up the mine ceiling, replaced t...

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

Mary Jarrell and Mary Hufford on the four-wheeler

Mary Jarrell and Mary Hufford on the four-wheeler

Event: Four-wheeling and berry-picking at the head of Rock Creek.

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

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

Late afternoon view of Julie Hollow behind John Flynn's home, the former residence of his grandfather, John "Poppy" Flynn

Late afternoon view of Julie Hollow behind John Flynn's home, the form...

Event: Trip to the Julie Hollow. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ed Cantley's flock of pigeons in flight

Ed Cantley's flock of pigeons in flight

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

Coal river. Ed Cantley's house. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. Ed Cantley's house. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wesley Scarbrough in the tree stand he built for deer hunting

Wesley Scarbrough in the tree stand he built for deer hunting

Event: Deer hunting with Wesley Scarbrough. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deer droppings in the woods around Wesley Scarbrough's tree stand

Deer droppings in the woods around Wesley Scarbrough's tree stand

Event: Deer hunting with Wesley Scarbrough. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wesley Scarbrough in his hunting gear

Wesley Scarbrough in his hunting gear

Event: Deer hunting with Wesley Scarbrough. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Flynn's home in the John Rorrer Hollow, where his grandparents, John and Lessie Rorrer lived, and where Flynn spent so much of his boyhood

John Flynn's home in the John Rorrer Hollow, where his grandparents, J...

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Mixed mesophytic cove topography in spring

Mixed mesophytic cove topography in spring

Event: Trip to the Julie Hollow. 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 in foreground

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

Ed Cantley and his Christmas tree farm

Ed Cantley and his Christmas tree farm

Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wesley Scarbrough helping Justin, his brother-in-law, fire his gun while squirrel hunting

Wesley Scarbrough helping Justin, his brother-in-law, fire his gun whi...

Event: Squirrel hunting with Wesley Scarbrough and Justin. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mixed mesophytic cove topography in spring

Mixed mesophytic cove topography in spring

Event: Trip to the Julie Hollow. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial view of Ed Cantley's Christmas tree farm, on Rock Creek

Aerial view of Ed Cantley's Christmas tree farm, on Rock Creek

These are aerials of some of the Coal River communities and sites of our field research, including the Left and Right hand Forks of Rock Creek (which Benny Campbell called "a pretty flat valley, for this countr... More

Jesse Stone who works with Ed Cantley on Ed's Christmas tree farm

Jesse Stone who works with Ed Cantley on Ed's Christmas tree farm

Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. In anticipation of going hunting, Jesse Stone has grown a "deer beard," which helps camouflage him.

Ivan Jarrell adding dirt to John Flynn's grave
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Bob Wills. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. American Folklife Center: Bob Wills. Southern West Virgini...

Event: Interview with Ivan Jarrell and Bob and Kay Wills. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal river. Fence on Rock Creek Road. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. Fence on Rock Creek Road. Southern West Virginia.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carla Pettry (left) and her mother, Shelby Cantley Estep, who came to Ed Cantley's to buy a Christmas tree

Carla Pettry (left) and her mother, Shelby Cantley Estep, who came to ...

Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Jarrell and her son picking early blackberries during a four-wheeling jaunt at the head of Rock Creek

Mary Jarrell and her son picking early blackberries during a four-whee...

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

Dark water in drainage ditch at the head of Right-Hand Fork of Rock Creek roped off with red caution tape reading:  "Hazardous Materials Do Not Enter"

Dark water in drainage ditch at the head of Right-Hand Fork of Rock Cr...

Event: Visit to Toxic Leak on Rock Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal river. View of the Julie Hollow. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. View of the Julie Hollow. Southern West Virginia.

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