Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: West Virginia

Commies, Steelies, Aggies and Glassies

The marble-take-marble world of commies, steelies, aggies and glassies kept children hunkered in the dirt and out of trouble.

Davis, WV lumber camp woodsman asks Superintendent Danford Blair Smith to write out a dictated letter to the woodsman’s mother.

The peddler was known to have had over $1,000 in his possession at the time; and was probably murdered in the vicinity.

On December 6, 1907, explosions occurred at the No. 6 and No. 8 mines at Monongah, West Virginia. The earth shook as far as eight miles away.

The history of workers meeting violence with violence, with tragic consequences. The history of workers fighting for basic rights.

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