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Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia

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Names of Pettry family members on a sign hanging on the "Barn", a dormitory next to the restaurant at Syble's Bed and Barn. [Photo]
Natalie Pettry with her seng (ginseng) hoe. [Photo]
Near the mouth of Peachtree Creek on the Marsh Fork of the Big Coal River. [Photo]
Necktie quilt made by Alice Sprouse. [Photo]
Nutting stone with black walnut (Nigra juglans). [Photo]
Office of the Coal River Mountain Watch. [Photo]
Office of the Rowland Land Company in Charleston, West Virginia. [Photo]
Old augur holes from contour mining project. [Photo]
Old building with cellar on the farm of Arnold Bailey. [Photo]
An old chestnut fence post marks the site of a former settlement on Montcoal Mountain. [Photo]
Old-growth white oak at the mouth of the Julie Hollow. [Photo]
Oldest family cemetery on Bob Daniel's farm. [Photo]
On a tour of the Stanley Family cemetery, Larry Gibson identified this as "fly rock" from blasting for a nearby mountaintop removal operation. [Photo]
On display at the Sundial Tavern: Eisenhower, Dolly, Martha, and Ginseng. [Photo]
Opie Aldman, of B&T; Logging Contractors, unchaining logs from a bulldozer. [Photo]
Orange azalea, a.k.a. "Honeysuckle" (Rhododendron calendulaceum) in bloom. [Photo]
Orie Loucks lectures to Appalachia Forest Action Project volunteers during the Citizen Science orientation in the gymnasium of the Mountview School, Rock Creek, West Virginia. [Photo]
Orie Loucks orienting Appalachia Forest Action Project volunteers to mixed mesophytic growth on the property of Joe Aliff, Rock Creek. [Photo]
Orie Loucks orienting Appalachia Forest Action Project volunteers to mixed mesophytic habitat on the property of Joe Aliff, Rock Creek. [Photo]
Orie Loucks speaking at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia. [Photo]
Orie Loucks, Chair of Ecostystems Studies for the State of Ohio (Miami University), conducting a field trip in Rock Creek. [Photo]
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: cellar interior, back wall with potato bin and water for keeping the milk and butter cool. [Photo]
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: cellar interior, wall of canned goods to the left of the entrance. [Photo]
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: former family residence in the background, made of poplar. [Photo]
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: rear of chestnut smoke house with former family residence in the background, made of poplar. [Photo]
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: saddle-notched log barn. [Photo]
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: well with former family residence in the background, made of poplar. [Photo]
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: exterior of cellar or spring house, built by Dennis Dickens' father. [Photo]
Outbuildings on the Dickens property: exterior of cellar or spring house. [Photo]
Overview of Hazy from Bailey/Boggess graveyard. [Photo]
Owl hooter, which Woody Boggs made from a PVC pipe, hollowed out piece of wood, and a milk jug lid. [Photo]
Ozone-damaged red maple leaves, floating in Coal River. [Photo]
Painting of Christ knocking at the door by Charlotte Cantley, 1991. [Photo]
Pan of cleaned ramps ready for final rinsing and chopping. [Photo]
Pan of ramps, ready for cleaning. [Photo]
Parallel banjo picking at Frazier Gills'. [Photo]
Park visitors roasting marshmallows at a Friday night campfire at Twin Falls State Park. [Photo]
Partially reclaimed highwalls. [Photo]
Passengers from a Methodist church, following a flyover. [Photo]
Pat Canterbury showing albums in which he has collected stickers and patches from mining companies he has worked for. [Photo]
Patrons enjoying their ramp suppers. John Flynn, Mary Hufford, and Mae Bongalis at table in foreground. [Photo]
Patrons of Glendale Tabor's convenience store discussing images of distressed trees. [Photo]
Patrons on the ramp house porch (L-R): Mary Hufford, John Flynn, Mae Bongalis, Lois and Lloyd Burnside. [Photo]
Patrons socializing at the Silver Fox Tavern. [Photo]
Patrons socializing at the Sundial Tavern. [Photo]
Paul Fitzwater behind the counter of Butch's Convenience Store and Restaurant. [Photo]
Paul Fitzwater, proprietor of Butch's Store. [Photo]
Pauline Bailey, of Bailey Mountain. [Photo]
Paw-paw fruit on the tree. [Photo]
Paw-paw on chair on the back porch of the Dickens' home. [Photo]
Peach Tree Falls, before Peach Tree Creek enters Coal River. [Photo]
Peas, leaf lettuce, and onions in Ivan Jarrell's garden. [Photo]
People cleaning and decorating graves at Pineview Cemetery on Memorial Day weekend. [Photo]
Persimmon tree bark. [Photo]
PersimmonTree. [Photo]
Photo cutout of a baby on Mark Lilly's instrument. [Photo]
Photograph of Jacob "Jake" Jarrell, grandfather of Joe Jarrell of Horse Creek. He was a patriarch who lived on Coal River in the last half of the nineteenth century. [Photo]
Photograph of Martha Jane Jarrell, who married Jake Jarrell in 1876. She was known throughout Marsh Fork as Aunt Jenny. [Photo]
Photos of ancestors over the mantle of Ted Farley's restored log cabin. [Photo]
Photos of John Flynn's homeplace, the house of his grandfather, John Rorrer. [Photo]
A pickup truck loaded with Nine Bark on Bolt Mountain. [Photo]
The picnic pavilion at the Stanley Heirs Park with a newly built stage for speakers and performers in the background. [Photo]
Pieces of shirt and tie stake a tree to a pipe for support in Ben Burnside's yard. [Photo]
Pile of molly moochers found on Bradley Mountain by Woody Boggs and Dave Bailey. [Photo]
Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule), a.k.a. "Whipporwill" and "Pink Mocassin Flower." [Photo]
Pins made by Jane Atanat Embrey from Huntington, West Virginia. [Photo]
Pipes carved from deer antlers. [Photo]
Plaque beside the Beckley Courthouse commemorating the mining disaster at Eccles in 1914, that killed 174 miners. [Photo]
Poke berries on a pokeweed plant (Phytolacca americana). [Photo]
Pole beans climb cornstalks in Dewey Gunnoe's garden. [Photo]
Pollution haze hanging over the valley. [Photo]
A pond brimming with tadpoles and red-spotted newts (notophthalmus viridescens subspecies). [Photo]
A pond brimming with tadpoles and red-spotted newts. [Photo]
Portion of Bruce Jarrell's collection of old-fashioned and home-made tools, including an adze with his name inscribed on it, an axe, and a mattock, also known as a "'seng" hoe, used in digging ginseng. [Photo]
Postal stamp promotional display hanging over grocery shelves. [Photo]
Potatoes turned up in Gail Ballard's garden. [Photo]
Presentation by Peter Lawson, Manager of Engineering and Environmental Affairs, Arch Coal, Inc.: "Engineering and Design of Mountaintop Removal Operations." [Photo]
Presentation by the Division of Environmental Protection: Ben Greene, chairman of the West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association, which sponsors the symposium, introduces panelists. [Photo]
Procession of men on four-wheelers (off-road vehicles) returning from a jaunt in the mountains on the road through Rock Creek Hollow. [Photo]
Quentin and Anne Barrett. [Photo]
Quentin Barrett, Beckley, WV. [Photo]
Quentin Barrett. [Photo]
Quilt made by Elsie Rich in the pattern Double Wedding Ring. [Photo]
Quilt made by Elsie Rich in the pattern Drunkard's Path. [Photo]
Quilt made by Elsie Rich in the pattern Grandmother's Flower Garden. [Photo]
Quilts by Donna Wills in an upstairs bedroom. [Photo]
Quilts made by Elsie Rich. [Photo]
Raccoon and cat at Sally Webb's back door. [Photo]
Raised flower bed around the tree in the side yard of Mae Bongalis's house. [Photo]
Ramp bottoms, in the summer after the leaves have dried. [Photo]
Ramp House, a community center, at the head of Drews Creek. [Photo]
Ramp House, seen from the parking lot. [Photo]
Ramps frozen by Vivian Jarrell. [Photo]
Ramps gone to seed. [Photo]
Randy Halstead, ginseng broker, evaluates ginseng in the purchase room of Randy's Recycling. [Photo]
Randy Halstead, ginseng broker, owner of Randy's Recycling in Peytona, West Virginia. [Photo]
Randy Halstead, ginseng buyer, discussing the qualities that make ginseng desirable. [Photo]
Randy Sprouse at the Costain mine reclamation site, White Oak. [Photo]
Randy Sprouse fishing in Coal River at the mouth of Hazy Creek. [Photo]
Randy Sprouse gathering ginseng ('senging) in Tom's Hollow. [Photo]

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