Volume 42, Number 3

On the cover: Kathy Bostic sorts and salvages flood-damaged family photos on the roof of her house along Jordan Creek in Kanawha County. Photo by Sam Owens, courtesy of Charleston Gazette-Mail.

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

Fall 2016

2 From the Editor

4 The June 2016 Flood

5 In Memoriam: The 23

6 Belinda Scott

7 The Praying Tree

By Thomas Sayers Ellis & Crystal Good

The Flood of 2016

12 Devastation

16 Rescue

20 Aftermath

30 Cleanup

34 Pulling Together

36 The Heart and Soul of West Virginia

38 Clendenin

44 Clay

50 Richwood

51 Jim Comstock

56 Rainelle

60 White Sulphur Springs

64 The Bunker

66 These People Live Here

By Thomas Sayers Ellis & Crystal Good

72 After the Flood

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