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

Category: West Virginia

The Wisdom of Old Blair Mountain

Activist Wilma Lee Steele surveys the bloody history of WV’s Blair Mountain and the struggle it represents right up to the present day.

WV’s Whipple Company Store is an architectural gem. The stories it holds sparkle even more brightly. Owner Joy Lynn shares them lovingly.

I wanted to provide our state’s citizens & the world with an online video documentary of the history of every West Virginia county.

WV has a love for food ranging from heirloom culinary items such as leather britches & cornbread, to delights as simple as a pepperoni roll.

Talcott, WV rallies to save and re-purpose a local dry goods store into the John Henry Museum, to tell the 1871 story of his legendary battle.

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