Goldenseal Fall 2014

On the cover: Interior view of the Thomas and Annie Fleming house in Fairmont. Photograph by Tyler Evert. Our story begins on page 16.

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

John Lilly, Editor

Kim Johnson,
Editorial Assistant

Karin Kercheval Design
Publication Design

2 Letters from Readers
5 Current Programs • Events • Publications
9 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes
10 Water Street: Rise, Fall, and Renewal in Fairmont
By Raymond Alvarez
16 Fairmont Architect Andrew C. Lyons: Picturesque and Artistic
By Raymond Alvarez
24 Turtle Man of Lubeck: By Mike Brant
29 Turtle Recipes
30 When I Was a Young Boy: My Clay County Memories
By Todd Pettit
34 "Honoring the Apple": Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival
By Cynthia Oates
40 Best of Times: Rine Family Memories
By Ruth A. Jackson
42 Gone, Not Forgotten: Recalling the Everettville Mining Disaster
By Shannon Colaianni Tinnell
48 Writing "Henry Russell's Last Words": By Diana Jones
50 Natchee the Indian: Many Stories, Some Factual
By Ivan M. Tribe
54 My Early Life in Calhoun County: By Gwendolyn Hoskins Haught
60 Tick Lilly & the Junkyard Derby: By Jack Clark
62 One Marie Road: Something Interesting in Summers County
By Carl E. Feather
68 West Virginia Back Roads: Fishing for Souls on Route 219
By Carl E. Feather
70 Lying about West Virginia: By Bil Lepp
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