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Musicians jamming at the Sophia Firehouse

Musicians jamming at the Sophia Firehouse

Throughout southern West Virginia one can find regular jam sessions, which occur in public spaces like the Sophia Fire Hall, the Coal City Barber Shop, and the Beckley Flea Market, as well as in private buildin... More

Musicians jamming at the Sophia Firehouse (L-R):  Melvyn Shumate, Arlie Johnson, Bill Colman, Bill Shannon, and Wade Clark

Musicians jamming at the Sophia Firehouse (L-R): Melvyn Shumate, Arli...

Throughout southern West Virginia one can find regular jam sessions, which occur in public spaces like the Sophia Fire Hall, the Coal City Barber Shop, and the Beckley Flea Market, as well as in private buildin... More

Coal river. Franklin Adkins playing dobro. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. Franklin Adkins playing dobro. Southern West Virginia.

Throughout southern West Virginia one can find regular jam sessions, which occur in public spaces like the Sophia Fire Hall, the Coal City Barber Shop, and the Beckley Flea Market, as well as in private buildin... More

Coal river. Dorothy Lilley playing guitar. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. Dorothy Lilley playing guitar. Southern West Virginia.

Throughout southern West Virginia one can find regular jam sessions, which occur in public spaces like the Sophia Fire Hall, the Coal City Barber Shop, and the Beckley Flea Market, as well as in private buildin... More

Virgil Jarrell trimming weeds at the Mordue cemetery

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

Dave Bailey's son's band performing at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia

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.

John Russell, of Montcoal, reading a poem entitled "Keeper of the Forest" at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia

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 singing with his son's band performing at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia

Dave Bailey singing with his son's band performing at the University o...

Event: Musical Tribute and Testimonial to John Flynn and the mixed mesophytic forest.

John Bowman performing country music with the owner of the Miner's Inn at Eccles

John Bowman performing country music with the owner of the Miner's Inn...

John Bowman no longer makes moonshine, but he assembled an old family still in order to talk with John Flynn, Lyntha Eiler, and I about the history of moonshining on Coal River. John Bowman learned from his bro... More

The Coffee Pot, once a favorite gathering place in Edwight, on the eve of its demolition

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.

Orie Loucks speaking at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia

Orie Loucks speaking at the University of Charleston in Charleston, We...

Event: Musical Tribute and Testimonial to John Flynn and the mixed mesophytic forest.

Virgil and Carrie Lou Jarrell, of Sylvester

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

Behind the bar at the Sundial Tavern in Sundial, West Virginia.  "Hoffa '96" button on cap issued by Coal Company.

Behind the bar at the Sundial Tavern in Sundial, West Virginia. "Hoff...

Kenny and Martha Pettry are the proprietors of the Sundial Tavern.

Woody Boggs and Mary Hufford in the Bailey/Boggess cemetery

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

Coal river. Bailey/Boggess cemetery. Southern West Virginia.

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

Coal river. Bailey/Boggess cemetery. Southern West Virginia.

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

Headstone decorated with an American flag wreath, fishing teddy bear, and a rabbit

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.

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

The Turner Family of Drews Creek singing at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia

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.

The Turner Family of Drews Creek singing at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia

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.

Coal river. Asbury cemetery on Montcoal Mountain. Southern West Virginia.

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 Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia

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.

Overview of Hazy from Bailey/Boggess graveyard

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

Coal river. Virgil Jarrell, of Sylvester. Southern West Virginia.

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

Jenny Bonds, one of the founders of the ramp supper, serving coffee

Jenny Bonds, one of the founders of the ramp supper, serving coffee

Event: Ramp Supper at Delbert Church. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dena Williams making dumplings at Syble's Bed & Barn in Naoma, West Virginia

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