#west virginia history

[the-jonestown-holotape]

[rutasraiders]

My name is Ruth June, I go by Ruta or RJ.

I'm a student of history and archeology and have participated in archeological digs following early man into North America and have excavated Civil War sites.

I write historical fiction focusing on human interactions.

My debut book will be published later in 2023 with the title OF BLOOD AND SPURS it follows the life of a confederate cavalry scout with General Morgan's Raiders in Kentucky.

[entropieogchaos]

Sara Elizabeth (Moore) Hall - Circa 1880's - Weston, WV My great-great-grandmother. Married to John Watson Hall. Crop of a scan I made of the original small tintype photo. Spent a couple days retouching all the bad scratches and grunge off the image. The pink cheeks are a retouch done to the original photo by the photographer. I'm impressed by how neatly and subtly he was able to do that retouch on such a tiny photo! I think it was only 1/8 plate size at the most; only a couple inches on the longest side. This was a common retouch done at the time.

She died in 1892 from consumption at age 42. Her husband John would live to age 68, dying 1908, and her daughter Edna May would live until 1984, just a few months shy of 99 years old. I remember going to Edna's funeral when I was 6, almost 7, years old. That is the first funeral I remember going to, and I think she was the oldest person I have met - meaning, I think she's the only person I've ever met that was actually born in the 1880's. I knew nothing about her parent's Sara and John until very recently. It's been a fun research project digging up the lesser known history of my family.

[intheholler]

it is absolutely BONKERS to me, the number of people in the united states i have talked to who have never even heard of the battle of blair mountain. how the largest labor uprising in our history manages to skirt by so many leftists unknown is just downright astonishing. the largest labor uprising, and the largest armed uprising, period, since the civil war.

did yall even hear me?

THE LARGEST ARMED UPRISING!! besides the civil!!! fucking!! war!!! was fought in 1921 in the name of LABOR RIGHTS AND UNIONS by TEN THOUSAND RIGHTEOUSLY PISSED, STRIKING COAL MINERS

these absolute fucking LEGENDS marching out the hollers of west virginia, wearing their red bandanas and wielding their papaw's shotguns pointed at the lawmen. waging war against the fucking UNITED. STATES. MILITARY!!! for their right to work safely and be paid fairly!!!

and people just like. don't know about that? put some fucking respect on west virginia!!! and fellow appalachians, yall best just own it when ignorant people call you a fucking redneck cause our ancestors did that shit and they did it for us

[jhiggwv]

How People in Appalachia Heated Their Homes in the 1800's

How People in Appalachia Heated Their Homes in the 1800’s

The frigid temperatures and long, treacherous winters of Appalachia are notorious. How did people heat their homes in the 1800s? It wasn’t easy, but they managed to find ways to stay warm. Many Appalachian settlers lived in unheated log cabins with dirt floors and no windows until the early 1900s, so they had to get creative when it came to staying warm. Let’s take a look at some of the ingenious…

[tammuz]

Persian ewer with human and animal figures and calligraphy inscriptions, dating back to the 17th century CE. Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.

Photo by Babylon Chronicle

[alliluyevas]

Was engaging in my favorite hobby of Curating Lists (specifically in this case of the states I have visited and the ones I have yet to visit) and was wondering…which state would you all most like to visit that you haven’t been to yet and what city/area/site would you want to go there for?

[vandaliatraveler]

I'm forever drawn to places where the Earth's geologic past has been thrust up from the mantle and opened like a crusty, craggy history book for all to read. The act of simply touching a rock formation that is hundreds of millions of years in the making and simultaneously connecting with the continent's primeval origins is both sacred and profound. Every layer of rock tells a story of its own. Against these accumulated histories, our mayfly existences barely register. Rock City at Coopers Rock State Forest is one of those very special places where the Earth has revealed her deepest secrets. The Pottsville Formation that underlies this part of Central Appalachia is estimated to be 300 hundred million years old. The massive slabs in the photos above are Connoquenessing sandstone, an erosion-resistant sedimentary rock that evokes the incredible drama of Earth's formation wherever it breaks through the crust.

[kafkasapartment]

The Cavalier Leaves Williamson, West Virginia on a Rainy Day, 1959. O. Winston Link. Gelatin silver print

[vintagecamping]

Two Scouts hide from the heat in their tent.

Monongalia County, West Virginia

1960

[burningvelvet]

so no one was going to tell me THIS WAS VIRGINIA WOOLF’S GIRLFRIEND?

[lonestarbattleship]

USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48) en route to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, for permanent repairs and reconstruction.

Date: April 30, 1943

National Archives via Battleship North Carolina Archives: P2016.026

[quietcalligraphy]

Devotion: The Two Girlfriends (Henri de Toulouse-Latrec, 1884)

I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone: I just miss you, in a quite simple desperate human way.

(Vita Sackville-West. Letter to Virginia Woolf. January 21st, 1926)

[intheholler]

cr. Alain Le Garsmeur. Bluefield, West Virginia, 1979

[20th-century-railroading]

CR 19324, Wierton, WV

9-2-1977

[tammuz]

Persian panel of glazed tiles from the 17th century EC. Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.

Photo by Babylon Chronicle