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Volume 45, Number 1


On the cover: The late artist Wolfgang Flor of Upshur County. Courtesy of the Jane George Collection

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Jim Justice, Governor

Randall Reid-Smith, Commissioner
Curator, Department of Arts, Culture and History

Stan Bumgardner, Editor

Joseph Aluise, Circulation Manager

Jacob Hall Design
Publication Design

Spring 2019

2 From the Editor
4 No. 9 Lawsuit: The Pain Lingers on for Many
By Douglas Imbrogno
6 Letter to the Editor
7 GOLDENSEAL Good-Bye
8 “People need to know about plants”:
Herbarist Marion Harless
By Emily Hilliard
10 Wolfgang Flor: Master Sculptor
By Randy Yohe
16 Truman and Me
By Julian Martin
22 The Great Flood of 1937
By James Juett
28 Orlando, West Virginia: Our Own Magic
Kingdom
By Patsy A. Reckart
32 “I just want to make people happy”:
Sculptor Mike Sizemore
By Jessica Lilly
36 A Beautiful Place Called Ugly
By Lenore McComas Coberly
42 Salt Rising Bread: A West Virginia Tradition
By Susan Ray Brown
46 A Boy from Beason: Earl Wilson Jr.
By Carole Jones
50 Rockyside: A Forgotten Mining Community
By Tom Zielinsky
54 A West Virginia Teacher in Space
By Melanie Vickers
60 The Oceana Six
By Wayne Basconi
64 “The water is perfect!”
By Gary V. West
68 West Virginia Back Roads: Solar Mountain
Records: Keyser’s Groovy Shop
By Carl E. Feather
70 2018 Vandalia Contest Winners
72 2018 Vandalia Liars Contest
74 2018 Vandalia Award Recipient Bil Lepp
By Stan Bumgardner
79 Remembering Paul Lepp
By Bil Lepp
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