Coal river. Mary Hufford interviewing Felix Mollett. Southern West Vir...
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. Mary Hufford interviewing Everett Lilly. Southern West Vir...
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
Table of bumper stickers and t-shirts either protesting mountaintop re...
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
Sadie and Howard Miller sitting on their stoop
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mary Hufford interviewing former residents of Kayford Mountain assembl...
Event: Memorial Day Weekend. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Homemade squirrel call, made by Randy Sprouse
Except for the squirrel call, Ray Cottrell found all of these artifacts on the ground while out walking in the mountains around Clear Fork and Marsh Fork. Event: Ray Cottrell's collection of "Indian Tools and W... More
Ray Cottrell and Randy Sprouse (in hat) seine for hellgrammites in the...
Event: Seining for hellgrammites on Coal River. Seining is a technique which involves raising rocks and allowing the water to carry what's underneath into the net held downstream. Hellgramites, also known as gr... More
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Dave Bailey. Southern West Virgi...
Event: Trading tales and reminiscing on Peachtree Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ray Cottrell and Randy Sprouse (in hat) seine for hellgrammites in the...
Event: Seining for hellgrammites on Coal River. Seining is a technique which involves raising rocks and allowing the water to carry what's underneath into the net held downstream. Hellgramites, also known as gr... More
Grave markers in overgrown cemetery near Route 3 at Birchton Curve
Event: Visit to cemetery at Birchton Curve. Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mary Jarrell and Mary Hufford on the four-wheeler
Event: Four-wheeling and berry-picking at the head of Rock Creek.
Spider flowers (cleome) in Ben Burnside's garden
Picryl description: Public domain image of a flower, blooming, botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mary Jarrell and her son looking for blackberries in the Shovel Cut
The Shovel Cut was created by earth moving machinery mining at the head of Rock Creek in the 1970s.
Montcoal at twilight, from Cigar Hill
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Howard Miller. Southern West Vir...
Event: Interview with Howard Miller about hunting and hound dogs on Drews Creek.
White pine (Pinus strobus) showing the sort of yellowing that could be...
The Appalachia Forest Action Project measured changing rates in the mortality of trees in the mixed mesophytic forest. This photo of white pine needles on Joe Aliff's property shows the symptoms that led to the... More
Ben Burnside speaking with Mary Hufford in a ramp patch located on a s...
Event: Visit with Ben Burnside. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scenes from the parking lot at Stanley Heirs Park on the Fourth of Jul...
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
View of crowd, bride and groom, and car painted with "Just Married" on...
Event: Crystal Pettry and Bruce Ramsey's Wedding. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Randy Sprouse fishing in Coal River at the mouth of Hazy Creek
Event: Fishing for smallmouth bass on Coal River. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crystal Pettry and Stacy Edmunds assist in a baby shower game which re...
Event: Baby Shower for Dena Williams' Daughter. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Close-up of a hellgrammite. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Seining for hellgrammites on Coal River. Seining is a technique which involves raising rocks and allowing the water to carry what's underneath into the net held downstream. Hellgramites, also known as gr... More
Crystal Pettry and Stacy Edmunds assist in a baby shower game which re...
Event: Baby Shower for Dena Williams' Daughter. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Assortment of "Indian Tools and Weapons" that Ray Cottrell has collect...
Except for the squirrel call, Ray Cottrell found all of these artifacts on the ground while out walking in the mountains around Clear Fork and Marsh Fork. Event: Ray Cottrell's collection of "Indian Tools and W... More
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.
Coal river. Interior, Sundial Tavern. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Scenes around Coal River. 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, across Route 3 from Sy... More
John Flynn and Ben Burnside standing in the door to a tool shed on Ben...
Event: Visit with Ben Burnside. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ben Burnside, digging ramps in the patch behind his home
Event: Visit with Ben Burnside. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ben Burnside digging ramps in a patch located on a slope behind his ho...
Event: Visit with Ben Burnside. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Frying potatoes for the 1995 Ramp Supper on Drews Creek
Event: Preparations in the Ramp House on the eve of the annual Ramp Supper.
Cleaning ramps at the ramp house on the night before the ramp supper: ...
Event: Preparations in the Ramp House on the eve of the annual Ramp Supper.
Fourth of July Celebration at Stanley Heirs Park on Kayford Mountain
Event: Fourth of July Celebration. 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 Ka... More
Clothes hung out to dry in the backyard of Dorothy and Dewey Gunnoe
Event: Visit with Dewey and Dorothy Gunnoe. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fourth of July Celebration at Stanley Heirs Park on Kayford Mountain
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
Mary Jarrell and Mary Hufford on the four-wheeler
Event: Four-wheeling and berry-picking at the head of Rock Creek.
Sign in front of Syble's Bed & Barn congratulating Crystal Pettry and ...
Event: Crystal Pettry and Bruce Ramsey's Wedding. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ray Cottrell and Randy Sprouse (in hat) seine for hellgrammites in the...
Event: Seining for hellgrammites on Coal River. Seining is a technique which involves raising rocks and allowing the water to carry what's underneath into the net held downstream. Hellgramites, also known as gr... More
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
Spider flowers (cleome) in Ben Burnside's garden
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mary Jarrell and her son filling four-wheeler with gas at Lloyd's Conv...
Event: Four-wheeling and berry-picking at the head of Rock Creek.
Mae Bongalis and "Aunt" Eva Burnside at the Pine Knob Ramp Supper
Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Daisy Ross cleaning and decorating a grave
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
Mark Lilly playing at the Fourth of July celebration on Kayford Mounta...
Event: Fourth of July on Kayford Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Guests and gifts at the baby shower held for Dena Williams' daughter
Event: Baby Shower for Dena Williams' Daughter. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Procession of men on four-wheelers (off-road vehicles) returning from ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tending graves at Graveyard Hill on Memorial Day weekend
"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 year former residents of the African American set... More
Elbert Pettry, Mary Hufford, and Dave Bailey going over names for late...
Event: Trading tales and reminiscing on Peachtree Creek.
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
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
Ramp House, seen from the parking lot
Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Patrons enjoying their ramp suppers. John Flynn, Mary Hufford, and Mae...
Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Everett Lilly performing with John Hamrick
Event: Fourth of July on Kayford Mountain. 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.
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
Dewey Gunnoe's woodpile, held in place by discarded roof bolts from th...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Information about mountaintop removal and the role of Larry Gibson (on...
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
Larry Gibson, center, with two unidentified friends, wearing Stanley R...
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
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
Glen Dale Tabor shooting pool at Tabor's Convenience Store
Event: Shooting pool at Tabor's Convenience Store. Public domain photograph of swimming pool, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ray Cottrell speaking about his collection of tools and artifacts
Except for the squirrel call, Ray Cottrell found all of these artifacts on the ground while out walking in the mountains around Clear Fork and Marsh Fork. Event: Ray Cottrell's collection of "Indian Tools and W... More
Crystal Pettry and Stacy Edmunds assist in a baby shower game which re...
Event: Baby Shower for Dena Williams' Daughter. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crystal Pettry and Stacy Edmunds assist in a baby shower game which re...
Event: Baby Shower for Dena Williams' Daughter. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Glen Dale Tabor lines up a shot as John Flynn looks on
Event: Shooting pool at Tabor's Convenience Store. Public domain photograph of pharmacy, drugs, medicine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ben Burnside surveying his tomato patch
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Flame azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum), known locally as "honeysuck...
Event: Scenes around Coal River. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Names of Pettry family members on a sign hanging on the "Barn", a dorm...
Event: Scenes around Coal River. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mary Hufford interviewing Felix Mollett while Billy Ray Mollet videota...
"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 year former residents of the African American set... More