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growning up on mill creek road fort gay wv

May 4, 2010 admin 1 Comment appalachia, arbie, arbie branham, branham, cable, Christmas, cook stove, county, creek, dirt, dirt road, elementry, fort gay, hazel dameron, hog, jean, jean b sword, jean sword, lotius, lotius sword, mill, mill cree, mill creek, mill creek road, nathan, nathan sword, newspaper, page damerson, page damron, paige, paige damron, quilt, road, ruth, ruth branham, school, sew, store, sword, thompson, virginia, wayne, wayne county newspaper, west, west virginia, wooden cook stove, wv

a lot of things have  changed since i lived on mill creek road, i can remember there was a dirt

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Appalachia in the News 

25 Dead in WV Mine Explosion

April 6, 2010 admin 0 Comment 25, dead, explosion, methane, mine, rescue, tragedy, virginia, west, wv

By LAWRENCE MESSINA Associated Press Writer MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) – A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25

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Migration 

My Realization

November 22, 2009 admin 1 Comment 1959, aunt, bury, ca, cage, California, dead, death, dusty, grandma, grandpa, harbor freeway, imperial highway, judy, mom, parakeet, patricia, patricia samples, patricia samples workman, patricia workman, puppy, samples, south central, virginia, west, west virginia, workman, wv

My Realization By: Patricia Samples Workman Weâ??d just moved back to California. It was early 1959 and Iâ??d started first

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Appalachia in the News Books 

Larry Muncy: Poet and Inspiration

October 20, 2009 admin 0 Comment appalachia, author, book, inspiration, kentucky, ky, larry, larry muncy, muncy, paralegic, plublish, poet, virginia, west, west virginia, wv, wva

I would like to take a moment to introduce you to a wonderful, intelligent and determined young man who has

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ETC. Hauntings, Ghost Stories and Urban Legends 

The Witch and the Key Hole

June 7, 2009 admin 2 Comments carolyn parsons, creed, fort gay, keyhole, legend, mill, mill creek, urban, urban legend, virginia, west, west virginia, witch, wv

I am going to try to tell this story as close to the way it was told to me as

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Appalachia in the News ETC. Uncategorized 

THE CHARELSTON GAZETTE FEATURES APPALACHIAN FOLK

June 6, 2009 admin 0 Comment appalachia, appalachian, appalachian folk, appalahcianfolk. appalachianfolk.com, charelston, folk, gazette, the charelston gazette, virginia, west, west virginia, west virginia gazette, wv, wv gazette, wva, wvgazette, www.wvgazette.co

Share mountain life, recipes, more   Christy Sweeney is looking for Appalachian stories, recipes and folktales to include in the

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ETC. Main Dishes Mountain Living Mountain Recipes Uncategorized Videos 

Appalachia on Andrew Zimmerman's "Bizarre Foods" (Squirrel)

June 2, 2009 admin 2 Comments andrew, andrew zimmerman, appalachia, bizarre, bizarre foods, brains, channel, food, foods, squirrel, squirrel brains, travel, travel channel, virginia, west, west virginia, wv, wva, zimmerman

I have seen squirrel and gravy on the table more times than I can count.  I know that squirrel brains

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ETC. Hauntings, Ghost Stories and Urban Legends Uncategorized 

He's dead in the physical sense of the word.

October 17, 2008 Christy Sweeney 1 Comment appalachia, ghost, story, story. wv west, virginia, west, wv

My Papaw Howell died when I was 6.  He was diagnosed with lung cancer and only lived a short while. 

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