Volume 33, Number 3

On the cover: Soldiers scale Seneca Rocks during World War II assault training in Pendleton County. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine, copyright Jennifer B. Bodine, all rights reserved; colorization by Karin Kercheval. Our story begins on page 8.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Joe Manchin III, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Arts, Culture and History

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

John Lilly, Editor

Gordon Simmons
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

BlaineTurner Advertising, Inc.
Publication Design

Fall 2007

2 Letters from Readers

5 Current Programs*Events*Publications

8 Climbing to Victory

WWII Assault Training at Seneca Rocks
By Robert C. Whetsell

16 West Virginia Maneuver Area

By Donald L. Rice

18 “Top Kick”

Gereald Bland and his Military Museum
By Carl E. Feather

24 The Lonely Battle

Ken Hechler’s 1958 Campaign
By Gordon Simmons

30 Katherine Reemsnyder of Buckhannon

A Wesleyan Family Legacy
By Carl E. Feather

36 Coach Bobby Stover

The Making of a Clay County Legend
By Kara Perdue Stover

40 Food and Rebellion in Monroe County

Recalling Georgia Wickline
By Barbara Rasmussen

46 The Legendary Pennsboro Speedway

Fast Times in Ritchie County
By Betty Leavengood

52 The Hillbilly Hundred

By Betty Leavengood

54 The Quiet Dell Murders

West Virginia’s Crime of the Century
By Stan Bumgardner

60 “It Was the Talk of the Town”

Russell Davisson Recalls the Quiet Dell Murders
By John Lilly

62 Roadkill Cook-Off

You Ate What?!?
By Tamar Alexia Fleishman

66 West Virginia Back Roads

A Real Barn Dance in Aurora
By Carl E. Feather

68 Films, Videos, and DVD’s on West Virginia

and Appalachia
By Steve Fesenmaier

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