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Author: Dave Tabler

illustration collage of gib morgan against oil rig background
December 14, 2015 Folklore / Oil & Gas industry / West Virginia

Gib Morgan’s tall tales lead to Paul Bunyan (2 of 2)

Gib Morgan never wrote down his tall tales before he died. Even so, the real life of Gilbert Morgan became Gib Morgan, the myth.

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cartoon of gib morgan catching panful of oil
December 11, 2015 Folklore / Oil & Gas industry / West Virginia

Gib Morgan’s tall tales (1 of 2)

He was never a rich man. He could hardly be considered important at all, except for one thing. Gib Morgan was a brilliant storyteller.

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A german flipperdinger with acorn cup and elderberry marrow ball
November 30, 2015 Childrens games / Christmas traditions

For Christmas – the whimmydiddle or the flipperdinger?

Two classic wooden folk toys, the whimmydiddle & the flipperdinger, have been enjoyed by children for hundreds of years in the region.

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pittsburgh emergency tread vehicle in action
November 25, 2015 Thanksgiving / Weather events

Thanksgiving 1950. The snowstorm of the century.

On November 25, 1950, the so-called “storm of the century” hit the eastern part of the United States, killing 353 and causing millions of dollars in damages.

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Himlerville, KY in the 1920s
September 17, 2015 Coal mining / Immigrants / West Virginia

Himler, Himlerville, and a Historian’s Quest

I never dreamed that reading an article in a local newspaper would launch a 30 plus year quest to learn more on Martin Himler & Himlerville.

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