By, West Virginia Receives $83 million Opioid Settlement From Walgreens, Clogging in Lincoln County: Meeting Tosha, Columbus Washboard Company Produces Instruments Aimed To Meet Musicians Needs, Communion Wafers And Apple Butter Inspire Chefs Work At Lost Creek Farm, Cookies For A Nativity Fast: Recipe With Ancient History Makes Annual Appearance In Appalachia, Western North Carolina Barn Quilts Represent Community, History, New Book Explores History Of West Virginia Hot Dogs, Gospel Musician In Millstone, Kentucky Tries To Salvage Familys Flood-Ravaged Music Equipment, Six Years On, Researchers Studying Greenbrier County Flood Resiliency, Response Efforts. In this episode we take a look at Coffin Hollow and some of the history behind one of West Virginia's most well know ghost stories. I loved your story and the pictures. The warm night air wraps itself around your body like a blanket. I am a holler girl from mingo county, Lenore wva. You are a talented writer and your words made my soul smile!! Growing Up in the Coal Filled Hollows of West Virginia 01 Apr 2014 Travis Dewitz Personal Photography Projects 154 Comments Guest post by Amy Gentry "Holler Girl" Off and on my entire life I have heard the phrase "holler girl" used in a derogatory way. Im proud of growing up in McDowell county, WV!!! Us kids were his remote when he was tired from working. Sid was the only law enforcement officer in the state of WV to stand by the coal miners when the Baldwin thugs and Tom Felts crew of criminals were assaulting and harassing the coal miners in the southern part of West Virginia. It's all very much in the tradition of the work by Studs Terkel and Dale Maharidge (their works are eerily echoed by the subjects of "Hollow's" documentary videos), but it's produced for 2013's news consumers. Well goodness, we didnt kill the poor bug, wed set them free after we got our glow in the dark jewelry and assumed theyd grow more. I was given up for adoption as a baby and then unwanted by the ones who adopted me !! If I could reset the clock and start over again I wouldnt change a thing. That's what makes the video from this couple such an amazing watch. Im a holler girl and proud of it. We were a family of 6 living in a small wooden Shack on my Grandmas property. Described me to a T. Brought back so many memories, smells and sounds. And the smell of the seasons I understand that very well. Thanks for such a great story of life in a small portion of heaven. I didnt grow up in the south, but Dad, from eastern Ky and Mom from middle Tenn did. Had most of the same experiences as a child. It belonged to My Aunt Birdie who is long since past but the kin folk take care of it! Each image tells a different story of things I love. When I go back home to the holler I can still hear the sounds from my childhood. A reminder that soon summer will be gone. In late winter, I find myself waiting to see the first green bud..the first hint of green grass playing around the edges of dirt road that encircles my house. The large fruit of the paw paw is the largest naturally grown fruit in North America. Oh how Id love to go back for a day! Our strong holler girl mothers raised us well. I am also a hollow girl and proud of it! We played Indian ball, kick-ball, hide-n-go seek, water hose battles and yeah we drank out of the hosewe didnt die either. It features 30 grassy, full (17) or partial (13) hookup campsites that are big rig friendly. GREAT MEMORIES. Thanks for giving me that feel-good feeling with tears in my eyes. This was an absolutely beautiful story of growing up in West Virginia. At the start of his apprenticeship Doug says he just watched Mose play. I still play in the rain with my kids today.sometimes the rain is so cold, even on an eighty degree day.it will hit your shoulders and trickle down your back and leave you with chills.almost as if winter breathed down your spine for a moment. view data without submitting Have YOU had to leave home to find opportunity? God Bless You. SXS Rentals Available Onsite Through Mountaintop Adventures! We werent born there but visited every summer. By John Hayes, Post-Gazette Staff Writer. Through the apprentice program, Doug and Annie met up to practice several times a month. I grew up in Salem Ohio, but went to Chester West Va frequently, with friends, Sue and Michelle(they are cousins) . Im 61 years old, and read this story with tears in my eyes. It was laid out as a railroad town along the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1892. Thank you Amy, for this wonderful article which really tells exactly how hollow life is. Pigeon Hollow is a physical feature (valley) in Greenbrier County. My parents were born and raised in WV. Sadly, it is a trip that I will some day make on my own. Itll all be fine. Have called WV home all my life. Dunlow was incorporated in 1892. Annie says in the past year since her apprenticeship, she has shared a lot of what she learned. I suspect it means people hollering across the mountain to each other, but not sure. I get homesick all the time when I see photos or stop to think back to the good ole days. I was born and lived in Kanawaha county and then we moved to Ohio. I love that place. Good thing I could hold my breath for a long time. my husband tells story of how Pie got its name. i grew up in mingo county w.v. I thought it was huge. Grew up in Summers County, WVa and ran away right after High School. Thank YOU for sharing your wonderful experiences with us all. Find your new home at 6080 Hollow Hill Ln located at 6080 Hollow Hill Ln, West Springfield, VA 22152. This brought back memories of my childhood. This is Book II of DARKENED: The West Virginia Vampire Series by Gary Lee Vincent. I went to school first grade at Iaeger, then Coalwood, and graduated at Northfork. Thanks to facebook. I remember swimming in the creek and playing on the side of the hill and swinging on the Grapevines. Hills.Yes I am Shelby Mc Peak Meade and I dont regret a minuet of my upbringing . Grew up in Floyd County KY(Martin)..near WVA line..Iceplant Hollerwhen we moved to Dayton Ohio..I was bout 8..the kids at school would tease me and call me a Briarhopperwe would go home to Martin nearly every other weekend. Thank you for your stories. I lived the same lifestyle you did and so proud that I did.There is nothing like these W.V. IM A HOLLER GIRL FROM LOGAN WV,LOVE MY MEMORIES AND WILL CHERISH THEM ALWAYS..NO BETTER WAY TO LIVE.. (and dont want to know anything different now). To this day, I miss the mountains and all the wonderful times I had when staying with relatives every summer in WV. I have never regretted being a mountain girl even tho we were teased in high school, so we just became good scholars to prove ourselves! Great people!!! Despite not swimming you couldnt get me out of the water and it worked out as I hung closer to shore watching the younger kids and having a great time. Thanks so much for saying it so eloquently. We are strong but gentle all at the same time. with rabbit ears. The mountains was our playground. You know if you re from McDowell County if you pronounce it Mac Dowell County. Lightening bugs, frogs, crickets and all of their friends making a grand noise lulled us to sleep most nights. There is no place like home..grew up in Fayette County (minden).small coal mine campwerent rich by far but those were the best years..try to get back as often as possible, that was a beautiful story ..sounds like my life here in the blue ridge mountains of Westren N.C. Your stories are great nothing smells as good as fresh line-dried sheets and nothing makes your hair feel and look better than rainwater! I see Wish Flowers blowing in the breeze from a time gone by, when my small fingers would pick them and blow them away to see how far they would travel praying my wish would come true. This made me remember my childhood . during each year with my sister and brother. Its nourishment for your soul. I too am a Hollar girl born in Acme W V up Cabin Creek You can take the girl out of West Virginia but you cant take West Virginia out of the girl!!!!!!! Dad was Adjutant of the post they belonged to for a year or so. Dad was a WWII Navy veteran and both spent much of their free time working with the VFW. Was I mean? Im a holler girl..Seminole W.V. Guess I was a coal camp girl. Ever heard about naming contest? Darkened Hollows (West Virginia Vampire): Vincent, Gary Lee: 9780615527222: Amazon.com: Books Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Buy new: $9.96 List Price: $10.99 Details Save: $1.03 (9%) Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns FREE delivery Monday, December 19 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon I grew up in a holler, and now raising or have raised, my kids in the holler here in Cabell County. Good read. Thats not in McDowell Co. Its in Fayette Co. on Packs Branch Rd. Beautiful and I am to a holler girl born and raised in bulldog holler in premier west Virginia. I want to live in a little town like Bud. West Virginia is a place that goes with you no matter how far you stray. Anyway, once again, thank you for taking us all down memory lane in good ole McDowell Co and giving us a glimps of your life there. We were wealthy in the best way ,we had Mom,Dad,sisters and brother.We were free ,We would spend our days up in the hills playing ,from morning till dinner time.Its where my fondest memories are. Lived up 24 holler growing up. It would usually be accomplished by pointing out to the talker that West Virginia did not have any problems until their family moved into our state. I so enjoyed reading this story and wouldnt change my childhood for anything on earth. I wish I could go back to that time for just one full day. I enjoyed reading this so much I grew up in Mercer County WV. References [ edit] ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Take In Hollow, West Virginia This article about a location in Raleigh County, West Virginia is a stub. Wonderful read, sometimes you are in such a big hurry to leave. We do not feel less-fortunate. I wish that the kids that are growing up now could also have the childhood experienceEnjoyed reading your story. I no longer live in WV my son lives there and I visit there, I am a holler girl, an enjoyed this story! My best friends son at the age of twenty four was killed in a mine explosive when he was found he was right at the opening of the mines. I long to live in the country, and to me, this would be the place to live. Gratitude wells up when I read these words and remember my childhood safe havens-found both in the beauty of the mountains but also in the big heartedness of the folks who shared their familys love with kids who were not kin but were included anyway. Brought back alot of memories growing up with 3 sisters and 2 brothers in Rivesville. I have been a million different places, and I now live in Alabama. I think we are so connected to the land here that we actually identify with the seasons internally and spiritually. Get married inside or outside of their red barn, sit down to dinner in their pavilion, then celebrate the night away in one of the most peaceful spots in Jackson County. In an effort to help preserve traditional Appalachian practices, the West Virginia Humanities Council started a Folklife Apprentice Program, which pairs a master of a craft with a budding artist, to help preserve traditional Appalachian practices. Now live in Edmond holler in The church had put up a plaque listing all the boys who had given their lives in the war. And up and down the Appalachian Mountains you had people from Scotland and Germany and Northern England, places that had fiddle music traditions, that came here and that got mixed in with rhythmic traditions from West Africa with the banjo, he says. We made our own slip and slides from mining belts or old pool liners we made bubbles from dish detergent. It is wonderful. No one even knew what poor meant. Some of my fondest childhood memories were playing with my dear friend Kristen Shupe. The smell of spearmint gum and the way my Mommy would whisper in my ear when I was misbehaving. :)), Oh, what a heart warming read. What a beautiful story!! My mother found her religion again when she was in her 70s and attended church every Sunday until her death at 80 she was never more happy and content than those years. Remembering Anthony Bourdain 1956-2018. . Pigeon Hollow, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Absolutely not.my Mom would have whipped me. Im from Clay County. This is what we are made from. I am a holler girl too!!! One of my favorite smells would be walking in to the small elementary school where I went to school and the smells. Thanks for sharing, this is great! Raised in McDowell County, Bradshaw Mountain & Jolo! Remembering, waiting for dad to come walking up the holler with his dinner bucket in his hand. Hotels. Wouldnt trade my childhood for the world. Wowwonderful! I didnt feel impoverished or low, I thought it was cool that Mommy put the pots out to catch the rain. I started seeing memories just running across my visonary tract!!! Id look over every square inch of Cottle Church of God and soak in the love from our church family. in Marion County, My dad was a coal miner when I was young and my husband retired from Loveridge Coal Mines. To Amy: It seems that I really know you by the way you have written your beautiful life story. Years later we were in Eastern Kentucky and decided to drive over and see her aunt and uncle Bill and Jo Crumb in Mt Hope. I enjoyed this to the fullest. Growing up in the mountains is something I will never regret. pop. we went to that front porch to play. The mountains became a part of my soul! Watching a Twins baseball game and sharing his bowl of popcorn washed down with either kool-aid or Bubble Up was one of my favorite things to do. Thanks for the escape from reality for just a moment in time, and taking me back to my roots. If we wanted new toys dad would say you where the woodpile is and the tools go make something and make sure to cleanup and put everything away when you are done and before you go play. I never learned how to swim despite growing up in the Land of 10,000 lakes. We knew church was NOT the place to get silly. Was wondering maybe if you would happen to know my parents my daddy his name was john pertee and my mother s name was wooten i too am from logan wva i was born there but moved to ohio thank you for your time and god bless. 2. Brought back a lot of memories, thanks. We didnt have internet, cell phones, I-pads, or I-pods. They were John and Stella Gilliand. We cut our jeans off and made shorts and played bare-footed in the yard. Coming back home to Myrtle Beach, SC, where we live now he said maw maw I see now what you were talking about. We never had a swimming pool. I really enjoyed reading that .I was raised in a holler also and it sure brought back a lot of good memories. He did live in his old car, set down here in front of a house." . West Springfield. Thanks for the article, every word is true. $125,000. Now live in Iowa. I truly enjoyed the story! Born and raised in McDowell county will never forget my childhood there. May God bless you and yours! We were all quiet then so he could eat in peace. Love for this state flows thru my veins and arteries. Thank you, Dave Price, Brentwood TN cbmus@bellsouth.net 615-373-0946. Im a Holler girl from Fayette county, WV. After I read this, it makes me want to just pack up and move there, this minute. I went to Virginia Tech where a number of Coalwood boys wentLots of good memories! We used to wash our hair in the rain when I was a kid.it leaves you with the softest hair ever and it smells like freshly line dried laundry. Its the best place to be from, but for me there were no career opportunities . Linda and Lester McCumbers carry on an oral tradition from a time when, as Lester puts it, 'music was something that you made'. Thank you for the memories. Over the years I have heard just about every derogatory remark that can be made about a place directed toward West Virginia. By submitting this form, you agree to our Terms of . Well, Ive never really understood why thats a bad thing. Like and Share With Your Friends and Family. Loved growing up in WV and no matter where I roamed to I have always called WV home and am proud to say I plan to live the rest of my years here. I remember those hot summer evenings heading to church. Shopping. I was born and raised in Cambria County in Pa.I would like to find out about Elm Grove W.V. Elaine McMillion, the project director for "Hollow," offers a taste of what's available at The New York Times today, so go read her piece. And it turns out, Doug is one of the few people who is an expert in the music. mountain people grow up different than everyone else. Crow Holler girl. I was raised in a holler in Barbour County. That was just beautiful,I found my self going back in time. Chef Matt Welsch of the Vagabond Kitchen in Wheeling, West Virginia, has found creative ways to prepare the unique wild fruit over the years. Never knew you were a holler girl or even what the term meant. grew up in taylorville, wv. This story is part of theInside AppalachiaFolkways Reporting Project. How beautiful! brought back so many memories. In a special report exploring folkways traditions, as part of theInside Appalachia Folkways Project, Caitlin Tan explores the master-apprentice relationship in the old-time music community. I love reading each and every comment and hearing your stories as well. those were fun formative years. After reading this story, I know that there are places here on earth where a person can get a little taste of what heaven must be like. lived up school house hollow up on marrowbone creek. Established in 2002. Brought back many memories. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Hope, WV. Later on into the night we would retire to our bedsand most are covered in handmade quilts and fresh crisp sheets. Life is good. Dark Hollows of West Virginia Paperback - October 23, 2021 by Mack Samples (Author) 3 ratings Paperback $14.95 10 Used from $3.24 11 New from $10.00 Henry David Thoreau once wrote that "most men live lives of quiet desperation." Scholars say Thoreau drew this conclusion based on the people he observed in his native northeastern United States. These mountains literally have a way of molding the person you become. 3. To a house in a hollow on Patrick Rd. was his. Through the folklife program, Annie studied old-time fiddling under Doug Van Gundy for all of 2018. Ive told that one with negative responses from my listeners before to a non- holler person. Id sit on the big boulder across the road from where we lived and tell it all my secrets. These mountains are so enormous yet we are so small in that breath-taking moment when you can see and hear the rain coming.and you wait to feel the first drop land on your face. I wrote this story to bring light to who we really are.intelligentcapableloving individuals who love where we live. Could relate to a lot in this beautiful story, To this day I love simple things. Dunlow, West Virginia Dunlow is an unincorporated community in southern Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, on Twelvepole Creek. If only.. Im a holler girl , too. We search for rainbows and if we find one I always share the story of Gods promise with my children. I think its a little more archaic, and yet its still influenced by radio and records that came through. Started school there and graduated in 1963. i grew up poor and had alot of heartbreaks that kids these days could not fatham. To be thankful I was warm, and that I had a Mom and Dad who loved me. We live in Myrtle Beach now and yes we miss WV. What hasnt changed and never will, are the people and their love of God, family and friends!! Your email address will not be published. The younger generation would die if they had to live the way we did. It made me who I am today and Im truly proud to have been brought up there! I returned to WV after the Navy and found ghost towns in what once were busy streets lined with people going about their day. They spent a lot of time listening to Dougs old recordings of Mose. I want to move to West Virginia because all of my life I have heard how beautiful it is there in the hills. Wonderful words here. I am a hollar girl from Dille, wv (Clay County) I had a wonderful childhood. Growing up there made me the person I am and I would have no other way. You reminded me of the smell of fresh baked biscuits and feeling safe when my dad came home and ate his dinner. 2018 Dewitz Photography, LLC | Eau Claire, Wis. | tel. We moved a lot which meant it was hard to keep friends unless we happened to move and still go y=to the same school. Did I call people names? Theres a lot of drone in it and up bow accenting.. I would have it no other way.right here in Mcdowell County. Coffee. No phones and computers and all the other gadgets. I think it is in Marshall County. Ilove this girl and her story I have never met her but I have her on facebook I feel like ive known her my whole life.. Would that we could somehow have simpler times in our later life!!! In the fall of 2017, on their way to a shoot in West Virginia, the Parts Unknown crew made a pit stop in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Great family and friends with good food and spectacular views in all four seasons!! So is my brother and sister. I try to tell my grandkids about me growing up and how we use to play. Thanks so much. When I was young we would make lightning bug jewelry. Went on to concord college and then from there life went different directions, but NEVER too far from my memories of y childhood and Iaeger. We never had a pool we had a creek to play in though. I am not that far now and I keep thinking it is time to go home. Worked hard. Food. This is exactly what West Virginia is. We gathered frog eggs and put them in coffee cans and werent afraid of getting warts as the old wives tale goes. It was down the road from the high school. It didnt scar me for life. Did I throw tantrums? The changing of seasons was wonderful and we always found something to do no matter the weather. Many recently celebrated its history on National Moonshine Day last month. Maple MeadowsbyFairdale, W.Va, My favorite holler name.Hoo Hoo Hollow.Lester, W.Va, Absolutely beautiful, childhood memories came back to me. . We spent much of our time traveling all over the state as mom was a flag bearer in the Color Guard and marched in parades all the time. Amy Gentrys story of a Holler Girl is an apt tribute to the wonderful girls who lived in, and many who came out of, the coal mining camps and hollars. Zillow has 6460 homes for sale in West Virginia. This is a West Virginia holler to be more specific. We were taught of Jesus love and how to love one another. dump them out later(wipe your eyes) and move forward. And my heart to return home. It is nearly parallel to the original tunnel called The . . So many of the things that you have mentioned was part of my growing up. West Virginia raised us also. The registered business office is at #5 Hollow Rd, Caretta, WV 24821. Your story brought back lots of fond memories. THANKS. My one desire is to return to those montains. Even what the term meant Mom from middle Tenn did a west virginia hollows town along the Ohio Extension the... 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