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

Category: West Virginia

“If you didn’t do it right, then they’d run you off”

King Coal built the company town in WV. Miners worked at the company mine, shopped at the company store and lived in company houses.

According to Hemlock, WV area resident Stacy Hinkle, the rough winter weather may have been why many Hemlock natives moved away.

Louie Wohinc dominated central WV’s glass industry in the 1920s and 1930s. His factories produced 144,000 pieces of glass every 24 hours!

One year Mom saw a coat in town and she wanted it so bad. Dad told her it was more than he could afford. He knew she wanted it…

I often sat in the kitchen & watched my father fix oysters, dipping them in egg mix, then coating them with cracker meal.

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