Volume 41, Number 4

On the cover: Logan County native and legendary fiddler Ed Haley poses for a studio portrait in the 1940s. Photo courtesy of Lawrence and Pat Haley.

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 2015

2 Letters from Readers

5 Current Programs • Events • Publications

8 The Many Faces of West Virginia

By Kim Weitkamp

11 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

12 Feuds, Fiddles, Family, and Friends

Ed Haley's Life on Harts Creek
By Brandon Ray Kirk

24 John Hartford's Search for Ed Haley

By Brandon Ray Kirk

28 Christmas Eve in the Manger of the Little Barn

By Jack Furbee

32 "West Virginia : Hooray!"

Growing Up in Wheeling
By James Bernardin

42 Appalachian South Folklife Center Turns 50!

53 Don West

54 Old-Fashioned Country Ingenuity

By John Payne

56 Swiss Family Balli: The Movie

By Alan Byer

64 Mountain Music Roundup

By Paul Gartner

68 West Virginia Back Roads

A Chip off the Old Pringle
By Carl E. Feather

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