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Category: West Virginia

aerial view of a WV family graveyard surrounded by MTR
June 2, 2011 Cemeteries / Coal mining / Mountaintop removal / West Virginia

Hallowed Ground: From Cook Mountain To Blair Mountain And Beyond

Hallowed ground. It is a term most do not think about these days. In these so-called modern times we tend to forget words like hallowed.

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Jefferson's Rock in Harper's Ferry
May 18, 2011 Appalachian celebrities / Colonial Era / West Virginia

How Thomas Jefferson’s rave review put Harper’s Ferry on the map

Think Harper’s Ferry, & three names come to mind: Robert Harper, George Washington, and abolitionist John Brown. Add Jefferson to that list.

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williamson chamber of commerce postcard
March 22, 2011 General stores / Hobo life / Oral histories / Unions / West Virginia

The Depression gave my family and me a gratefulness nothing else did

Greed today took off from the Depression.  Big companies tried to get from everybody so they could get by in case of another Depression.

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March 18, 2011 Hotel industry / Politics / West Virginia

The Greenbrier Bunker: Cold War Shelter for V.I.P.s (part 2 of 2)

Once the public knew what and where the bunker was, of course, it was no longer a safe wartime shelter for Congress.

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greenbrier bunker hallway
March 17, 2011 Hotel industry / Politics / West Virginia

The Greenbrier Bunker: Cold War Shelter for V.I.P.s (part 1 of 2)

If the Soviet Union had attacked, the entire US Congress would’ve been whisked to the bunker at The Greenbrier resort in Sulphur Springs, WV.

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  • canning and pickling jars still life From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
    January 12, 2024
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    September 7, 2023
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