Laffon Pettry, Drews Creek, slicing potatoes at the Ramp Supper
Event: 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
Matron of Honor, Dena Williams, and other wedding guests eating weddin...
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
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Copy photo of a picture loaned by Glenna Bailey, showing her friend An...
Absalom Pettry's parents were Jacob and Celia Pettry, founding settlers on Hazy Creek who held property there in the 1850s. Angeline was an old woman when Glenna was a little girl in the 1940s. Event: Historic photo.
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Arnold Bailey, of Bailey Mountain, with a baby
Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Alfred Beckley, founder of Beckley. Southern West Virginia...
Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Angeline Pettry, Hazy Creek - Early photography, Public domain image
Event: Historic photo. This photo was loaned by Glenna Bailey, who remembers Angeline Pettry as a close friend. Angeline, who was elderly when Glenna was a girl growing up in Stringtown (a section of Edwight), ... More
Hobart Clay at 17, with an unidentified woman
Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph of a couple, husband and wife, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Pauline Bailey, of Bailey Mountain. Southern West Virginia...
Event: Historic photo. Pauline Bailey was the mother of Jim Bailey, Sarah Boggess's grandfather. They lived on Bailey Mountain around the turn of the last century.
Angeline Pettry, with her mother, Mrs. Absalom Pettry, of Hazy Creek.
Event: Historic photo. This photo was loaned by Glenna Bailey, who remembers Angeline Pettry as a close friend. Angeline, who was elderly when Glenna was a girl growing up in Stringtown (a section of Edwight), ... More
Copy photo of Jim Bailey and his wife, Margaret, known as "Tood"
James and Margaret Bailey were the parents of Ann Bailey, who married Joe Pettry. Sarah Boggess, Woody's mother, is the daughter of Joe and Ann. Jim Bailey was shot and killed by a federal agent for making moonshine.
Coal river. Mrs. Absalom Pettry, Hazy Creek. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Historic photo. This photo was loaned by Glenna Bailey, who remembers Angeline Pettry as a close friend. Angeline, who was elderly when Glenna was a girl growing up in Stringtown (a section of Edwight), ... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Photograph of Martha Jane Jarrell, who married Jake Jarrell in 1876. S...
Event: Visit to the home of Joe and Arlene Jarrell.
Walter Bailey (of Pettry Bottom) and his sister, Delcie, in front of a...
"Please note that the "date" in this case refers to the date that the historic photos were copied. Bailey Mountain is now known as Montcoal Mountain."
Continuous belt feeder running through Montcoal, West Virginia
"One of the earliest coal camps on Coal River was established at Montcoal, shown on early maps as "Hecla." In the 1930s the Colcord Coal Company operated mines at Montcoal. In the 1930s, John L. Lewis came to M... More
Ramp House, a community center, at the head of Drews Creek
Ramps (Allium tricoccum) are wild leeks found throughout the Appalachian mountain range. Their appearance early in the spring of the year is hailed throughout the southern Appalachian mountains with feasting at... More
Aerial view of Montcoal, with Cigar Hill visible across Coal River and...
"When the mines opened in the 19th century were worked out on New River, they began to open on the Allegheny Plateau, where railroad companies built lines along the rivers. In the 1910s the railroad made its wa... More
Aerial view of Montcoal, showing Performance Coal Company offices and ...
"When the mines opened in the 19th century were worked out on New River, they began to open on the Allegheny Plateau, where railroad companies built lines along the rivers. In the 1910s the railroad made its wa... More
The Delbert Chapel across from the Ramp House at the head of Drews Cre...
Ramps (Allium tricoccum) are wild leeks found throughout the Appalachian mountain range. Their appearance early in the spring of the year is hailed throughout the southern Appalachian mountains with feasting at... More
Aerial view of Montcoal, looking down on bridge, tipple, Coal River an...
"When the mines opened in the 19th century were worked out on New River, they began to open on the Allegheny Plateau, where railroad companies built lines along the rivers. In the 1910s the railroad made its wa... More
Aerial view of Coal Camp at Montcoal, showing railroad tracks, church,...
"When the mines opened in the 19th century were worked out on New River, they began to open on the Allegheny Plateau, where railroad companies built lines along the rivers. In the 1910s the railroad made its wa... More
Coal river. House in Montcoal, West Virginia. Southern West Virginia.
"One of the earliest coal camps on Coal River was established at Montcoal, shown on early maps as "Hecla." In the 1930s the Colcord Coal Company operated mines at Montcoal. In the 1930s, John L. Lewis came to M... More
Aerial view of Montcoal, including continuous belt feeder coming down ...
"When the mines opened in the 19th century were worked out on New River, they began to open on the Allegheny Plateau, where railroad companies built lines along the rivers. In the 1910s the railroad made its wa... More
Coal river. Partially reclaimed highwalls. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
Coal river. Cemetery. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
The front license plate of Wesley Scarbrough's car, a 1966 Pontiac for...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
A "highwall elimination complex," on a contour mining reclamation site
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
Stacy Edmunds, Orie Loucks, Lowell Dodge, Randy Sprouse
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
Map of the neighborhood on Shumate's Branch
This map, produced by David Bailey, Rick Bradford, and Charles Bradford, shows the locations of homes of neighbors who lived on Shumate's Branch before it was evacuated to build a sludge pond there. Used with t... More
Roadside Sign: "Haulers Have Right of Way"
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
Coal river. John Flynn. Southern West Virginia.
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Diagram of mountaintop removal - Public domain document scan
This graphic illustration of mountaintop removal appears on page 25 of The Stripmining Handbook: A Coalfield Citizens' Guide to Using the Law to Fight Back Against the Ravages of Strip Mining and Underground Mi... More
A "wetland drainage complex" on a contour mining reclamation site
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
Tulip poplar with bark loss and root rot, Molly's Mountain
Event: Documentation of forest health. Alpine Images photograph by Jenny Hager. Used with permission.
Autumn colors of forest canopy with morning fog
Event: Documentation of forest health. Alpine Images photograph by Jenny Hager. Used with permission.
House on Shumate's Branch, about to be torn down
This photo was taken by Rick Bradford, of Edwight, who documented homes on Shumate's Branch just prior to their demolition. The Peabody Coal Company transformed Shumate's Branch into the Shumate's Branch Wet Re... More
Mary Jarrell and her son looking for blackberries at the head of Rock ...
The Shovel Cut was created by earth moving machinery mining at the head of Rock Creek in the 1970s.
A "wetland drainage complex" on a contour mining reclamation site
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
Autumn colors of forest canopy, Naoma
Event: Documentation of forest health. Alpine Images photograph by Jenny Hager. Used with permission.
Diseased base of tulip poplar trunk, Rock Creek
Event: Documentation of forest health. Alpine Images photograph by Jenny Hager. Used with permission.
"Highland complex" on a mountaintop removal reclamation site
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
Collapsed cove on Molly's Mountain, with tulip poplar
Event: Documentation of forest health. Alpine Images photograph by Jenny Hager. Used with permission.
"Highland complex" on a mountaintop removal reclamation site
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
Unloading the car after Misty and Wesley Scarbrough's wedding
Event: Misty and Wesley Scarbrough's wedding. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. David Bailey as a boy. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ozone-damaged red maple leaves, floating in Coal River
Event: Documentation of forest health. Alpine Images photograph by Jenny Hager. Used with permission.
Standing dead tightbark hickory tree snag, Rock Creek
Event: Documentation of forest health. Alpine Images photograph by Jenny Hager. Used with permission.
Coal river. Partially reclaimed highwalls. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
The Sludge Pond at Shumate's Branch, rising above the Marsh Fork Eleme...
"Shumate's Branch was settled in the 19th century by Green Clay (son of Charles and Aura Clay) and his wife Betsy Ann, daughter of Jacob and Celia Pettry, who had settled in Hazy Creek. The hollow was home to d... More
Woody Boggs in the ramp patch that he planted on the hill behind his h...
As the women cleaning ramps in the "ramp circle" on Drews Creek made clear (see ramp essay), you can start your own ramp patch from the small rootlets leftover from the cleaning process. Many domesticated ramp ... More
"Grandpa, all you bought was the air!"
After researching the complicated history of his grandfather's property, West Virginia poet Bob Henry Baber composed this version of the Broad Form Deed. Used with the permission of the writer, Bob Henry Baber.
Coal river. Mary Hufford interviewing Roger Hall. Southern West Virgin...
To better understand the method of mining known as "mountaintop removal and reclamation," Lyntha Eiler and I visited the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection. There we interviewed Roger Hall, the ... More
A wooden wheelbarrow made by Joe Pettry, Woody Boggs' grandfather, who...
As the women cleaning ramps in the "ramp circle" on Drews Creek made clear (see ramp essay), you can start your own ramp patch from the small rootlets leftover from the cleaning process. Many domesticated ramp ... More
Coal river. Woody Boggs's ramp patch. Southern West Virginia.
As the women cleaning ramps in the "ramp circle" on Drews Creek made clear (see ramp essay), you can start your own ramp patch from the small rootlets leftover from the cleaning process. Many domesticated ramp ... More
Cabin on the hill behind Woody Boggs's cabin. This cabin was moved fr...
As the women cleaning ramps in the "ramp circle" on Drews Creek made clear (see ramp essay), you can start your own ramp patch from the small rootlets leftover from the cleaning process. Many domesticated ramp ... More
Map showing mixed mesophytic forest boundaries and the distribution of...
The Appalachia Forest Action Project was a citizen science monitoring effort co-sponsored by the Lucy Braun Association, Appalachian Science in the Public Interest, Trees for the Planet and the Alabama Conserva... More
The house of Kemper and Stella Mae Clay on Shumate's Branch
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More
Leewin Richmond's ‘37 Buick, on Shumate's Branch
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes and other traces of community life on Shum... More
Daffy Bonds' house on Shumate's Branch
Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were torn down to build a slurry impoundment. Dave Bailey describes the houses, their inhabitants, and the... More
Clyde Bonds, at Daffy Bonds' house on Shumate's Branch
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More
Coal river. The road through Shumate's Branch. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More
Buck Gregory's house on Shumate's Branch
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes and other traces of community life on Shum... More
James Clay's house on Shumate's Branch
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More
Coal river. Arlie Clay's house, Shumate's Branch. Southern West Virgin...
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More
The house of Denver Collins, Shumate's Branch
Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More
Ted Farley renovating a log cabin he found inside of a white farm hous...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Joe Aliff's farm, including the house, barn, and his museum of forest ...
Event: Visit with Joe Ailff. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lloyd's Convenient, a filling station and convenience store at the mou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The Rebecca Chapel at the mouth of Rock Creek
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Alta Scarbrough's yard creations displayed in the yard of her daughter...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Joe Aliff's farm, including the house, barn, an outbuilding wherein he...
Event: Visit with Joe Ailff. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Rebecca Chapel at the mouth of Rock Creek
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spring house where Ted Farley stores potatoes and canned good for the ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Rebecca Chapel and Rock Creek Post Office at the mouth of Rock Cre...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Views of the exterior of Donna Wills' farmhouse
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.