Volume 29, Number 4
  
On the cover: Weaver Dorothy Thompson works at an old loom in her
Canaan Valley studio. Photograph by Michael Keller. 
Published by the 
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA 
Bob Wise, Governor 
Department of Arts, Culture and History 
Nancy Herholdt, Commissioner 
John Lilly, Editor 
Cornelia Crews Alexander 
Circulation Manager 
A.C. Designs 
Publication Design 
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Winter 2003
- 2 Letters From Readers
 
6 Current Programs*Events*Publication 
9 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes 
10 Weaver Dorothy Thompson 
- By John Lilly
 
- 18 The View from Fairmont:
 
- A Century in Postcards
 
- By Raymond Alvarez
 
- 26 Fountain Hobby Center:
 
- Passing the Test of Time
 
- By Melissa Smith
 
- 32 Warm Mornings in Clay County
 
- By Larry Campbell
 
- 38 Coal Fires and Memories
 
- By Kathy Webb Brewster
 
- 40 Lafadie Belle Whittico:
 
- Black Medical Pioneer in Mingo County
 
- By Ancella R. Bickley
 
- 46 The Magnolia Nurse: Patty Norton of Morgan County
 
- By Helen Bradfield Shambaugh
 
- 49 Brooke County Trapping
 
- By Barbara Copenhaver Bailey
 
- 52 Central City Bung Company
 
- By Jean McClelland
 
- 56 The City of Central City: A Brief History
- 62 Films and Videos on West Virginia and Appalachia
 
 - By Steve Fesenmaier
 
- 66 Mountain Music Roundup
 
- By John Lilly
 
- 69 GOLDENSEAL 2003 Index
 
 
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