Volume 42, Number 4

On the cover: Smoke billows from the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, as rescuers pull sailors from the water. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

l.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Arts, Culture and History

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

Stan Bumgardner, Editor

Kim Johnson,
Editorial Assistant

Karin Kercheval Design
Publication Design

Winter 2016

2 From the Editor

3 Goldenseal Good-Byes

10 "Eat it to save it"

Preserving the Helvetia Ramp Supper
By Emily Hilliard

12 Rooted in the Mountains

By Rawan Elhamdani

14 West Virginia Remembers Pearl Harbor

By Patricia Richards McClure and Stan Bumgardner

20 The "Wee Vee"

West Virginia's Pride and Joy
By Stan Bumgardner

24 Pearl Harbor: They Were There

By Patricia Richards McClure

32 Christmas in the Valley of the West Fork

By Carolyn King Albaugh

36 Summer in a Jar

By Edwin Daryl Michael

42 The Washington Houses of Jefferson

County
By Carl E. Feather

50 The Other Washington Houses

52 Growing Up on 7th Street

Recalling Parkersburg's East End
By Roger Nedeff

58 James C. McGrew's Kingwood

By Susan M. Hardesty

62 Home Sweet Home: Blue Jay, West Virginia

By Janetta Crawford

68 West Virginia Back Roads:

Cook's Old Mill: You Can't Help but Stop
By Carl E. Feather

71 Mountain Music Roundup

By Paul Gartner

75 Films of Appalachia: 2015-2016

By Steve Fesenmaier

78 A Call to Action: Let's Save West Virginia's

Film History
By Steve Fesenmaier

Return to Goldenseal