Joel Callison, of Pocahontas County, has farming in his blood. His ancestors have been farming in the county for generations. Just in his lifetime Joel’s witnessed rapid changes to agricultural practices and technology that have revolutionized the lives of farmers and changed rural communities everywhere. In 1935, the total number of farms in West Virginia […]
“We command you to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead, and educate the orphan” – seal of the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows (IOOF). For part two click here. We came across this video while researching the history of Elkins. It tells the story of James Blevin, who grew up in […]
by Jeffrey Kanode On a side road just off of US 219, beyond Lewisburg, past Maxwelton, before Frankford and Hillsboro, I rediscovered the spirit, and the soul of Christmas. In that gentle countryside where the land rises and falls gracefully, where the land changes with subtlety and not abruptness, I discovered a place and a […]
by Roxy Todd and Dan Schultz, Traveling 219 In Christmas of 1955, at least six people reported seeing a beige mountain lion near Marlinton, West Virginia, according to an article by Calvin Price, who was then the editor for The Pocahontas Times. Browsing through the newspaper articles that Price wrote, Traveling 219 producers Roxy Todd and […]
Moffett McNeel tells the story of his life as one of three generations of McNeel men currently living on the McNeel family farm in Hillsboro, West Virginia. By Sara Wise and Preston Hartman for West Virginia Uncovered 03/16/2012 The McNeel family farm in Hillsboro, West Virginia, has been home to four generations of McNeels since 1908. […]
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, ninety-nine subsistence communities were built as part of the New Deal to provide relief to unemployed families stranded in impoverished communities across the country. Three of those communities were built in West Virginia. One of them, the Tygart Valley Homestead, was developed right along US Route 219 in […]
Over the next twenty years, most people who still know the art of clock repair will pass away, leaving the world millions of antique clocks in need of regular winding and repair. On Dec 12, Doyle Kisner, a clock repairman from Tucker County, will turn 90 years old. For the past two and half years, […]
A rainy Christmas parade was held in Marlinton this past Friday, December 6, but lots of folks around Pocahontas County still made it out to enjoy the bands, floats, firetrucks, treats, and craft show at the opera house. Traveling 219 made it out to record the sounds of the night, and put together this audio […]
On Wednesday November 6, 2013 a monument was dedicated to the soldiers killed in action at the Battle of Droop Mountain in 1863, during the Civil War. The monument was part of the sesquicentennial events held at the park, which included a 27 mile hike following the route of Confederate Soldiers from Lewisburg, W. Va. […]
Last week, while archivists at the Greenbrier Historical Society and North House Museum were sorting through one of the collection boxes, this coin was uncovered. The coin, along with seven other similar coins all with differentiating values, has the archivists at the North House Museum wanting to learn more, and they are looking for your […]
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