Appalachian History

Coal barons in Whipple, WV issued ‘Esau scrip’ to destitute miners’ wives. The women were expected to repay the loan with bodily services.

New 5-Woman Play about the Walker Sisters

Playwright Lisa Soland discusses the Walker Sisters, last inhabitants of what was to become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

“Maizee Hurd was an easy target for hard times,” says Burdy Luttrell, the town healer. Burdy is a Melungeon woman with mysterious ways.

‘Listening to the Land’ uses story to raise awareness of the changing nature and related issues of WV’s Cacapon and Lost River Valley.

2013 recipient Jon Smith is a preservationist, master craftsman, & educator – a man who knows how to get things done.