Volume 32, Number 1

Pepperoni rolls are the unofficial state food of West Virginia. Our story begins on page 10. Photograph by Michael Keller.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Joe Manchin III, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Arts, Culture and History

John Lilly, Editor

Gordon Simmons
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

BlaineTurner Advertising, Inc.
Publication Design

Spring 2006

2 From the Editor

 

3 Letters from Readers

 

7 Current Programs*Events*Publications

 

9 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

 

10 The Pepperoni Roll

State Food of West Virginia
By Colleen Anderson

15 Postcards from the Pepperoni Highway

By Jeanne Mozier

20 Tressie Dale Smith

More Than a Lunch Lady to Me
By Jerry Carpenter

24 Flummery and Purslane

Food and the Great Depression
By Maureen Crockett

30 Burgoo, the Stew

By Allen D. Arnold

34 Bergoo, the Town

By Mark Romano

38 A Year in the Country

By Beryle Hess McDougal

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3 What the Old Folks Say

By Beryle Hess McDougal

44 Raising Calves in Monroe County

By Mike Walker

50 Grandma and the Gentleman

By Gene Bailey

52 Slim Bosely and His Outhouse

By Warren Poling

56 “Finding a Face in the Stone”

Folk Artist Earl Gray
By Jeff Pierson

62 West Virginia Back Roads

Grant Kimble’s Store
A “Scherr” Thing in Grant County
By Carl E. Feather

64 2005 Liars Contest

1st Place
2nd Place

67 Vandalia Time!

Photoessay by Michael Keller