Volume 38, Number 2

On the cover: Plowing a field at Arthurdale, Preston County, photographer and date unknown. Photograph courtesy of West Virginia State Archives, Harry Carlson Collection. Our story begins on page 8.

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

John Lilly, Editor

Kim Johnson,
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

Karin Kercheval Design
Publication Design

Summer 2012

2 Letters from Readers

5 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

6 Current Programs • Events • Publications

8 Growing Up in Arthurdale

By Jim McNelis

17 Dancing with Mrs. Roosevelt

By Jim McNelis

18 Aunt Lucinda

By June Pennington

20 “Kelly Perfect”

Annabelle Rhodes Recalls Kelly Axe
By Amy M. Harper

28 The Kelly Axe Story

By Amy M. Harper

30 Night Sounds

By Borgon Tanner

32 Fly Fishing

Up a Creek with Danny Wickline
By John Lilly

40 “Raised Really Tough”

The Life and Music of the Bing Brothers
By John Lilly

48 The Bushy-Tailed Defender

By Kenneth C. Daugherty

50 Fighting a Good Fight

Billy Sunday Comes to Wheeling
By Kate Quinn

58 Pot of Beans

By Ken Snyder

60 Americ’a First Modern Tea Party

By Alice Moore and Karl Priest

66 West Virginia Back Roads

Drive-In Nights at Franklin
By Carl E. Feather

68 New Books Available

By John Lilly

 

 

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