Volume 32, Number 2

On the cover: Activist and songwriter Elaine Purkey from Harts, Lincoln County, performs at the Cultural Center in Charleston. Our story begins on page 14. 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

Summer 2006

2 Letters from Readers

5 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

6 “Let’s Show Them What a Fight We Can Give Them”

The Black Lung Movement in West Virginia
By Catherine Moore

14 “One Day More"

Activist Songwriter Elaine Purkey
By Paul Gartner

21 Son of the Struggle

A Visit with William C. Blizzard
Interview by C. Belmont “Chuck” Keeney

26 The Battle of Blair Mountain

A Brief Overview
By Gordon Simmons

27 “I Like to Tell This History”

William O. Macoughtry, Jr., Recalls the Treason Trials
By Daniel J. Friend

31 Jefferson County Courthouse and Jail

32 Charles Town Photographer John League

By Daniel J. Friend

36 The Taste of Coal

By Marsha S. Brand

38 When We Were Boy Scouts

By W. Joseph Wyatt

46 Over the Hill Is Out

Baseball in the Projects
By Karl Priest

52 Blackberry Tales

By Nicole Rose

56 Still Standing in Tucker County

Sonny Lansberry Carries On
By Carl E. Feather

62 Redeeming the Real Crum

By Carl E. Feather

68 West Virginia Back Roads

Go Fish
Discovering Pleasure Valley
By Carl E. Feather

70 Current Programs*Events*Publications