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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.. My Mother and sisters. The entity was filed on September 17, 1998, effective from September 17, 1998 and terminated on November 2, 2009. Im a holler girl and am so happy that I am. Hotels. Im from Clay County. we went to that front porch to play. Go. Love that place and I go back every chance I get. Direct Trail Access To! These mountains nourish the soul. This browser is no longer supported. And although it has now gained the popularity of people from all over the world, hundreds of years ago it was isolated within Appalachian communities. I was raised in VA, Tazewell County. during each year with my sister and brother. 3. Mar 9, 2025 - Daylight Saving Time Starts. Cant get enough stories about Family Love amidst humble and trying circumstances. Thanks so much for saying it so eloquently. Id SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE WISHED HAD THE RAISINGS WE ALL HAD IN THE COAL FIELDS . Great ,loved it !! (Guess they needed a kid to fit in with that generation). Id buy penny candy from Mr. Shaffer at the store next door to our house. Raised in McDowell County, Bradshaw Mountain & Jolo! he showed me a lot of the history there. Annie had always wanted to learn the specific old-time music of her home, Greenbrier County. I was only about 6 or 7 at that time, but I still remember pulling my gown over my knees to protect them from the heat on those hot summer mornings in the holler. The rush of the water over my head as I dunked down to the bottom was an awesome feeling. We use to have to wipe the benches off before we sat down. Its named after a little creek in Greenbrier County, and this is a tune that I dont know that anybody else really played. It was the local music. my husband tells story of how Pie got its name. No beeping horns, only the sound of a train in the distance..the window open and a warm breeze caressing your face. GOD BLESS YOU FOR AWAKENING ALL THESE OLD MEMORIES,,,WISH YOUD PUBLISH A BOOK,,ID SURELY BUY FIRST ONE ,,YOU SAY ALL THE THINGS WE FEEL BUT DONT HAVE THE TALENT TO PUT ON PAPER,,SO HOMESICK FOR WV AND HOPE TO TAKE ROADTRIP THERE IN SPRING,,BORN AND RAISED FAYETTE CO ,,NEAR HAWKS NEST ,THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE MEMORIES Car sickness Forestwander Our scenery is beautiful but when you're driving our country roads, be careful not to get car sick. We combine pure spring water with fresh local ingredients to craft one of a kind small batch spirits. Precious memories for sure. I still have family there and visit often. Many recently celebrated its history on National Moonshine Day last month. Ghost Encounters Log Cabin 1766 December 8, 2019 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. just a turn dial. Thanks for the escape from reality for just a moment in time, and taking me back to my roots. Crow Holler girl. That was our version of mean. Loved your story. Amenities & Activities It took me back to my childhood, where everything was simple and plain and wonderful. We know how to live if our washing machine breaks down.or the dishwasher goes out. We were taught of Jesus love and how to love one another. I loved growing up in Fayette County, West Virginia. Id look over every square inch of Cottle Church of God and soak in the love from our church family. That place is breed into every part of 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. When I was little everyone would jokingly say the cause of the storm was that the devil was beating his wife! She learned to fiddle over 20 years ago, but she says learning the specific Greenbrier style is a way for her to feel more connected to her home, as she grew up on a farm in the grassy valley of Greenbrier. We were loved and had love in our hearts, respect for each other and freedom and pride for who we were and what we stood for. This story is part of theInside AppalachiaFolkways Reporting Project. We played Indian ball, kick-ball, hide-n-go seek, water hose battles and yeah we drank out of the hosewe didnt die either. They were John and Stella Gilliand. Always fun. Smooch In West Virginia, we don't kiss. We had skinned knees and bee stings.suffered through our Mom rubbing our little wounds down with alcoholbut she always blew on it. Coal is west virginia and my family had many miners. Your wonderful descriptive words brought back so many good memories for methough I came from a VERY dysfunctional home, my way to escape was to go out to play amongst the bushes and flowers .with the butterflies and the bees. What memories flood my soul! Preserving The Homemade Music Of West Virginia's Hollows West Virginia Public Broadcasting | By Caitlin Tan Not change one thing about them. The smell of spearmint gum and the way my Mommy would whisper in my ear when I was misbehaving. "Holler" to a West Virginian means a remote road or area. McDowell County? Then a frost sets inand I watch to see if the green will survive. I smell the cool air blowing in and I remember being 15 and the first time I stood on my back porch with my 17 year old boyfriend and fell so deeply in love.how we broke up and I thought I would die. Wish I could go back! We know how to survive, how to plant a garden, how to sew, and what it means to hang clothes on the line. I was literally taught that not everything was obtainable by the push of a button as my dad had a T.V. When we moved from there into the center of another small town(like a City to me), I really missed the freedom I had there. Its where my roots are! The immersive, online experience is the brainchild of West Virginia native Elaine McMillion. Lot of good memories of my family esp. I enjoyed the pictures also. Brings back such fond childhood memories of a simpler time that formed our values and morals and made us the adults we are today. I long to live in the country, and to me, this would be the place to live. Well yeah! This was so moving for me. Mose was one of the original Greenbrier Valley old-time music legends. Through the apprentice program, Doug and Annie met up to practice several times a month. Good thing I could hold my breath for a long time. I watched my grand father come home from work in his dirty work clothes and his car bight light fastened to his hat. I loved your story. Twin Hollows Campground is located near Gilbert, West Virginia. Lots of ladies kill the deer themselves. Later the frogs join in with their deep croaks and I cant help but giggle thinking of my Dad singing, Froggy went a courtin and he did ride mmhmmm. Simplicity is in their lullabye as we softly fall asleep. Great people!!! I grew up way out in the country in Nicholas County and enjoyed many of the same things that most of the people here in WV enjoyed. Didnt know if Id ever hear anyone tell about the lightning bug jewelry that brought this gal so much happiness way back 50 plus years ago. Its always a pleasure to read a story like this, detailing a time when the world was a whole different place than what it has become. As the trapped miners soon discover, the dead don't always stay dead and the horrors that are unleashed is just the beginning of the terror about to fall on the rural community nested within the Darkened Hollows! I can smell the basement of my childhood church, the coal furnace was down there, and so were our Sunday school rooms. I grew up in Akron Ohio and all of my life I heard Dad talke about retiring and moving back to his beloved W. Va. and just sitting on the porch and lookout over his beloved hills.. he finally lived to do that he lived for 11 months after he retired and moved back there..his last days he lived to sit in a wheelchair and look out over the mountains surrounding nursing home in Parkersburg..he is buried in Pine grove cemetary in Pike W.Va havin lived in Harrisburg.. buried near his Mother, Father. I enjoyed reading this so much I grew up in Mercer County WV. You can usually te. Unlike Annie, Doug did not learn how to play old time until he was an adult. So many of the things that you have mentioned was part of my growing up. Described me to a T. Brought back so many memories, smells and sounds. Even though I live in NC now, and dont get back as often as I would like due to life keeping me busy..I think about it often and it will always be home to me!! This is where my roots run deep..its home. Come back next week.'. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. We werent much older than the kids we took care of so it could be challenging to keep track of them all but never lost a kid and kept them out of trouble. I thank God for my family who lived in a holler in Wyoming County. Thanks for writing about home! I can still hear the drip, drop, drip, drop. I loved this it brought back so many good memories!!! The church had put up a plaque listing all the boys who had given their lives in the war. I love your story. I grew up in west liberty and then valley grove. All the reasons you mention are the reasons why West Virginia is so special! Some one above asked what exactly did the term holler girl meanwell most people use it as a derogatory term..they think it means small minded and back woods..simple. You took me back some years ago. no remote. Your stories are great nothing smells as good as fresh line-dried sheets and nothing makes your hair feel and look better than rainwater! My mother, father, and some of my brothers and sisters are gone now but the stories of the sweet memories will always live on and be passed from generation to generation. Worked hard. Virginia. I was thrown off numerous docks and boats and told to sink or swim I sank and someone would finally figure it out and jump in to rescue me. This place is why I am who I am today. The organization type is C | Corporation. But we had a great Mom who took all five of us to Sharon to live!! I started seeing memories just running across my visonary tract!!! I have heard the stories all my life and remember stories like these. Love for this state flows thru my veins and arteries. I didnt feel impoverished or low, I thought it was cool that Mommy put the pots out to catch the rain. Ted! I think we are so connected to the land here that we actually identify with the seasons internally and spiritually. The warm night air wraps itself around your body like a blanket. the very best memories I have are within the mountains and hollers of home. Usually everything tries to bloom too earlyeager for life.eager to start a new season. There is nothing simple left in this old world.Thank you! When local standard time is about to reach Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead. lived up school house hollow up on marrowbone creek. I have never thought of Holler as a derogatory term. How old were you? Our mountains are beautifultheyre rustic and unforgiving yet safe and guarding of us who live in these nooks, crannies, bottoms, and hills. IM A HOLLER GIRL FROM LOGAN WV,LOVE MY MEMORIES AND WILL CHERISH THEM ALWAYS..NO BETTER WAY TO LIVE.. Thank you for sharing your story. She worked with a team of designers, programmers, journalists, filmmakers and community members to combine . Now live in Iowa. I was born and raised in Crumpler Holler, best childhood any one could ever have, so many great memories. Thanks to facebook. We never had a pool we had a creek to play in though. It was still raining hard at 5:30 a.m. wh I tried to share it to Sharon Lesters page, but it wouldnt let me. This was an absolutely beautiful story of growing up in West Virginia. Hope maybe I can get there soon and see this great place written about in this great story. Over the years I have heard just about every derogatory remark that can be made about a place directed toward West Virginia. I want to see this place boom once again..but even if it doesnt my heart will always belong to McDowell County WV. We cut our jeans off and made shorts and played bare-footed in the yard. I too was raised up a hollow, called Chattaroy Hollow, near Williamson, WV. She even taught a beginner fiddle class at Augusta Heritage Center this past fall. Your story put me right back in that tiny house I grew up in, that only seems tiny now. You touched on so many, Amy, and my tears flowed like a river.Fortunately, after almost 30 yrs in PA, I moved back to WV and have the opportunity to relive all the memories of that childhood from the holler of Morris Creek near Montgomery. Ive always thought that theres no escape from the noise of car horns, heavy traffic, sirensall of which I hear more than I want to in this tiny town farm community that I live in now. Lovely article. Her story is just a personal story not directed at any individual place in West Virginia. This has brought back all those precious memories from my childhood. Born and raised in Isaban, and lived on the McDowell County side of the creek. 2. Lol. Twin Hollow Campground and Cabins are proudly family-owned and operated. The good memories, the ones that never let you go! 2. Beautiful! By John Hayes, Post-Gazette Staff Writer. In a West Virginia hollow, mountain music thrives. The definition of mean for me was totally different from the definition of mean these days. I aint no girlbut Im from the holler! Yellow Johnny Jump-Ups grew in clumps all across the hill, creating bright yellow patches among the Sagebrush. To watch a storm roll in during the summerwhen the sky suddenly goes from bright and sunny to violently electric in one beat of your heart. Danny Reese ,I didnt even look at the name at first ,but thought that sounds familiar ,then checked the name and here it was my own sweet uncle Danny ! Name* Email* Phone. They were so happy when we got a television with a remote control so they did not have to change the channels as we had growing up. Loved the stories .The remembrance of growing up in the holler.Thanks for the memories and may God bless you enough!!!! Likens was Principal. Read more Previous page Print length 262 pages And I remember that my face felt wonerful in the mornings after I sometimes broke the ice in the wash pan to wash before breakfast. One of my favorite smells would be walking in to the small elementary school where I went to school and the smells. I wrote this story to bring light to who we really are.intelligentcapableloving individuals who love where we live. My Cousins lived in Handle Factory Holler, and I have always defined Holler as the valley between 2 mountains. We could go play for hours out there, with no fear of being taken by some freak. I only hope my children have an amazing childhood alsoand I wouldnt raise them anywhere else. Lightening bugs, frogs, crickets and all of their friends making a grand noise lulled us to sleep most nights. And theres not a great distance between where Ive lived for nearly 60 years and my childhood home. Now dont get me wrong. Just curious as to why the first picture is being used in a story about McDowell County? From where did you depart? West Virginia Hollow Tales by Jordan Jr, John E., Like New Used, Free shippin. I laughed when I read about the TV remote, which was us. first time I visited Virginia, I started to realize why Rodger loved coming from there. Started school there and graduated in 1963. Ever heard about naming contest? was his. It was down the road from the high school. Humidity Forestwander It's not the heat, it's the humidity that'll get you. Wasnt a holler girl. Nobody could swing higher and jump farther when I was at the highest part of the forward swing. I watch to see if the glimpse of new life will be blighted. It leaves a sore spot in the soul of many former residents. When Daddy came home the T.V. It was a high tower, a fort, a castle, or a play house. 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. 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. 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. I experienced a lot of the things you described. I still have one brother living in McDowell and another in Fayetteville. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Hollow, an interactive documentary about the people and issues of McDowell County, WV, launches June 20 - West Virginia's 150th statehood celebration day.. Im a holler girl from Rivesville WV. We may have got a little coal dust on us.but our Bibles never collected any dust. Hard workers, a love of God and people. When he graduated from WVU, we moved to the west coast. .told my Mamaw what the kids were calling meshe said : well, reckon you can tell them fellers you can wipe your butt on a buckeye, but not on a briar! Loved my upbringing in the hollers!! We were blessed to be mountain born and bred. We are strong but gentle all at the same time. Theres a happiness and freedom in our hearts that will never leave and we can attribute that to our loving families and the mountains of West Virginia! eBay item number: 404110989404 Last updated on Jan 16, 2023 16:26:53 PST View all revisions Item specifics Condition: Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. We smooch. They spent a lot of time listening to Dougs old recordings of Mose. I think it is in Marshall County. She would say Do you want to make a trip to the bathroom? I knew what that meant..so Id straighten up quick. We played in the dirt and we fought each other. grandson back there this summer, he is 16 and never seen a hollow. Thats what makes it work is that you share it and people are learning it and its part of the community.. YOU DONE A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THE PHOTOS AND THE STORIES A LOT OF THE PHOTOS I KNEW AND BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES. Doug says the music of Greenbrier County is one of the less common techniques still alive. If you look up.. the tallest trees bear the winds with every ounce of their ancient strength.the trees cover every inch of land in sight.and sway violently.they make our mountains seem to dance magically to the beat of the wind. The 2020 WV Humanities Council Folklife Apprentice Program will begin this March -- pairing together another round of novice and professional artists in the state. Inch of Cottle church of God and soak in the holler.Thanks for the memories and God. 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