Coal river. Dogwoods (Cornus florida) in bloom. Southern West Virginia...
Event: Mixed Mesophytic Forest Topography in Spring. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Turner Family rehearsing gospel music in the Delbert Chapel
Event: Turner family's weekly rehearsal of Gospel music. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule), aka "Whipporwill" and "Pink Mo...
Event: Spring flora on Coal River. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Patrons socializing at the Silver Fox Tavern
The tavern, which closed in the mid-'90s, was owned and operated by Richard Combs and Corina Walker. Event: Socializing at the Silver Fox Tavern.
The Turner Family rehearsing gospel music in the Delbert Chapel
Event: Turner family's weekly rehearsal of Gospel music. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Denny Christian. Southern West V...
Event: Visit with Carol and Denny Christian. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Lowell Dodge. Southern West Virg...
Event: Interview with Carol and Denny Christian. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kenny and Martha Pettry, proprietors of the Sundial Tavern until 1999,...
Event: Saturday night at the Sundial Tavern. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Turner Family rehearsing gospel music in the Delbert Chapel
Event: Turner family's weekly rehearsal of Gospel music. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, 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.
Dena Williams making dumplings at Syble's Bed & Barn in Naoma, West Vi...
Event: Cooking at Syble's Bed and Barn. Public domain photograph of restaurant chef, culinary, food preparation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Elsie Rich with her quilts. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Visit to the home of Elsie Rich. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blooming tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) on Rock Creek
Picryl description: Public domain image of a flower, blooming, botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Owl hooter, which Woody Boggs made from a PVC pipe, hollowed out piece...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of a valley fill behind a home on Toney's Fork
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Sign outside the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) union hall: "U...
Event: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union Vote. Bob Phalan is president of UMWA District 17.
Coal river. Broccoli in Ivan Jarrell's garden. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Ivan Jarrell's Garden. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Two ton snub nose 1948 Chevy," refurbished by Woody Boggs
Event: A visit to Pettry Bottom. Public domain image of a truck, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Office of the Coal River Mountain Watch
Event: Driving Route 3. Coal River Mountain Watch is an organization that helped to nominate Coal River to the American Rivers' Council's list of the ten most endangered rivers in America.
Terry and Dave Bailey with molly moochers they gathered on Bradley Mou...
Event: Molly mooching on Bradley Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Homer Pettry, Glen Daniels, WV. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Music at Dave and Glenna Bailey's House. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Orange azalea, a.k.a. "Honeysuckle" (Rhododendron calendulaceum) in bl...
Event: Spring flora on Coal River. Public domain scan of drawing, botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Morning mist rising from the coves
Event: Scenes around Coal River. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Turner Family rehearsing gospel music in the Delbert Chapel
Event: Turner family's weekly rehearsal of Gospel music. Debbie (Dickens) Turner, Benny Turner (Debbie's husband), Edna Turner (mother of Benny and Judy), Judy (Turner) Griffy, Danny Gilfillen (on bass), Marvin... More
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
Coal river. Red Fraker, on Kayford Mountain. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Memorial Day Weekend. 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
The Turner Family of Drews Creek singing at the University of Charlest...
Event: Musical Tribute and Testimonial to John Flynn and the mixed mesophytic forest.
Bloodroot, known locally as redroot or red puccoon, at the head of Dry...
We visited Ivan Jarrell's property at the head of Dry Creek in early spring, when the coves were coming to life with wildflowers, greening trees, and blooming dogwoods, redbuds, spicebush, and the songs of bird... More
Field locust growing on reclaimed mountaintop removal site, White Oak
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Coal river. The reclamation of White Oak. Southern West Virginia.
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Randy Sprouse, Claude Williams, Joe Williams
Event: Interview with Claude and Joe Williams. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Red eft, a land-dwelling form of the red spotted newt or notophthalmus...
Event: Molly mooching on Lillybrook Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A pond brimming with tadpoles and red-spotted newts
Event: Molly mooching on Bradley Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A pond brimming with tadpoles and red-spotted newts (notophthalmus vir...
Event: Molly mooching on Bradley Mountain. 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
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...
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
Orange azalea, a.k.a. "Honeysuckle" (Rhododendron calendulaceum) in bl...
Event: Spring flora on Coal River. Public domain scan of drawing, botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Denny Christian, Dry Creek. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Interview with Carol and Denny Christian. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fraser magnolia bloom (Magnolia fraseri) also known as "mountain magno...
Event: Scenes around Coal River. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Raised flower bed around the tree in the side yard of Mae Bongalis's h...
Event: Visit to Mae and Shorty Bongalis. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edna Turner cleaning ramps in preparation for the Drews Creek Church r...
Event: Preparations for annual ramp supper on Drews Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnett Chapel congregation singing "Shall We Gather at the River"
The deeper holes of the Coal River have long supported the ritual of baptism by immersion in living waters. At the Crane Hole in Arnett, the bank slopes gently enough to allow wading into deep water. Here the c... More
Coal river. "Field" locust (a.k.a. black locust).. Southern West Virgi...
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's son's band performing at the University of Charleston in...
Event: Musical Tribute and Testimonial to John Flynn and the mixed mesophytic forest.
A shelf of canned goods in Edna Turner's cellar, including corn, beans...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Syble Pettry unpacking Leather Britches (dried beans)
Event: Visit to Syble's Bed and Barn. Public domain photograph of leather object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Russell, of Montcoal, reading a poem entitled "Keeper of the Fore...
Event: Musical Tribute and Testimonial to John Flynn and the mixed mesophytic forest.
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
Daffodils blooming in Mae Bongalis's yard, with Chrysanthemums behind
Event: Visit to Mae and Shorty Bongalis. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Broccoli sprouts in Ivan Jarrell's garden, close-up
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
Coal river. Charles Jarrell Store, exterior. Southern West Virginia.
The Charles Jarrell Store at the mouth of Dry Creek is the oldest continually operating retail establishment in Raleigh County.
Miners and organizers waiting for the results of a vote at the United ...
Event: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union Vote. Bob Phalan is president of UMWA District 17.
Mine sedimentation pond above a home on Toney's Fork
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Judy and Wayne Griffy walking along old logging trail
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Trillium, a.k.a. "mountain lilies," massed on a hillside.
Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dave Bailey and Woody Boggs looking for molly moochers
Event: Molly mooching on Bradley Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thorny stem of black locust sapling
Event: Molly mooching on Bradley Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Anemones. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Molly mooching on Bradley Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Elsie Rich. Southern West Virgin...
Event: Visit with Elsie Rich. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wade Davidson, of the University of Kentucky, inspects a specimen
Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
United Mine Workers' picket shack at the mouth of Hazy Creek, Edwight,...
Event: Driving Route 3. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Martha Pettry serving and joking with patrons at the Sundial Tavern
Event: Saturday night at the Sundial Tavern. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eunice, West Virginia, with a strip mine on the hillside in the backgr...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Patrons socializing at the Silver Fox Tavern
The tavern, which closed in the mid-'90s, was owned and operated by Richard Combs and Corina Walker. Event: Socializing at the Silver Fox Tavern.
The musicians: Dean Bone (bass), Homer Pettry (banjo), Dave Bailey (g...
Event: Music at Dave and Glenna Bailey's House. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Patrons socializing at the Sundial Tavern
Event: Saturday night at the Sundial Tavern. Public domain photograph of a restaurant, tavern interior, food, drinks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Howard Miller telling a story about his 'coon hounds
In the mountains and elsewhere, hounds have long been used for hunting a variety of game, including fox, raccoon, squirrel, rabbit, and bear. Several well-known American breeds have developed in the mountains, ... 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
The Coffee Pot, once a favorite gathering place in Edwight, on the eve...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Coal river. Ivan Jarrell, Rock Creek, WV. Southern West Virginia.
We visited Ivan Jarrell's property at the head of Dry Creek in early spring, when the coves were coming to life with wildflowers, greening trees, and blooming dogwoods, redbuds, spicebush, and the songs of bird... More
Coal river. Leather Britches (dried beans). Southern West Virginia.
Event: Visit to Syble's Bed and Barn. Public domain photograph of leather object, 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.
James Dickens and Reverend Larry Brown prepare to baptize Vicky Jarrel...
The deeper holes of the Coal River have long supported the ritual of baptism by immersion in living waters. At the Crane Hole in Arnett, the bank slopes gently enough to allow wading into deep water. Here the c... More
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
Glenna Bailey (Right) serving a slice of her black walnut cake to Mary...
Event: Visit to Dave and Glenna Bailey's home. 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
Menu board at the Back Porch Restaurant featuring shoe string beans or...
Event: Visit to Syble's Bed and Barn. Public domain photograph of leather object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Group of diners at the Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (L-R): Br...
Event: Annual 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
Joe, age 11, picking morel mushrooms
Event: Molly mooching with Kay Miller and Joe. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Close-up of "field" locust on reclaimed mountaintop removal site, Whit...
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
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
Woody Boggs' homemade cannon, before a celebratory shot
Event: Molly mooching on Lillybrook Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woody Boggs claiming a molly moocher under a freshly-sprouted mayapple
Event: Molly mooching on Bradley Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Black walnut pie topped with whipped cream made by Shorty Bongalis
Event: Interview with Mae Bongalis and her son, Kostis "Shorty" Bongalis.
Coal river. Bob Daniel, Dry Creek, WV. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Interview with Bob Daniel. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. John Russell, Montcoal, WV. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Music at Dave and Glenna Bailey's House. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Montcoal at twilight, from Cigar Hill
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Coal river. Carol Christian, Dry Creek. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Interview with Carol and Denny Christian. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Dave and Glenna Bailey. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Music at Dave and Glenna Bailey's House. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Tanners Mollett. Southern West V...
Event: Memorial Day Weekend on Graveyard Hill. "Graveyard Hill is the site of an African American cemetery on the hillside above the sludge pond ("coal refuse impoundment") now filling Shumate's Branch. Each ye... More
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Jarrold's Valley. Southern West ...
Event: Visit to the home of Elsie Rich. Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Group of diners at the Drews Creek Church ramp supper (L-R): Marvin T...
Event: "The Pine Knob Ramp Supper held by the Delbert Church at the Ramp House at the head of Drews Creek." Event: Ramp Supper at Delbert Church.
Children at the Drews Creek Church ramp supper (L-R): Bradley, from F...
Event: Ramp Supper at Delbert Church. Public domain photograph - American children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mae Bongalis's black walnut/pumpkin bread
Event: A visit with Mae Bongalis. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lyntha Eiler photographing cabbages in Ivan Jarrell's garden
Event: Visit to Ivan Jarrell's garden. Ivan Jarrell's garden is located at his parents' home.
Coal river. Sherman Bailey, Rock Creek WV. Southern West Virginia.
Sherman Bailey is Dave Bailey's brother. Event: Visit to Sherman Bailey.
The Turner Family of Drews Creek singing at the University of Charlest...
Event: Musical Tribute and Testimonial to John Flynn and the mixed mesophytic forest.