Volume 33, Number 4

On the cover: Bernard Gainer in Parkersburg, about 1903. Our story about photographer Lloyd Gainer begins on page 40.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Joe Manchin III, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Arts, Culture and History

Randall Reid-Smith, Commissioner
Department of Arts, Culture and History

John Lilly, Editor

Gordon Simmons
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

BlaineTurner Advertising, Inc.
Publication Design

Winter 2007

2 Letters from Readers

 

Current Programs*Events*Publications

 

7 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

 

8 Marx Toy Company

Making Memories in Glen Dale
By Cheryl Harshman

14 The Official Marx Toy Museum

By Cheryl Harshman

16 The Caboose Man

A Visit with Jim Mullins of Madison
By Bob Withers

22 Tales of a B&O Fireman

By Charles E. Brannon

28 Glory Bound

Chapel Cars Come to West Virginia
By Wilma Rugh Taylor

34 LH&W Railroad

The Mason Family’s Backyard Train
By Carl E. Feather

40 The Photography of Lloyd Gainer

Worth 10,000 Words
By John Lilly

50 “Daddy Loved Music”

Recalling Guitarist Roy Harvey
By Matt Meacham

56 The Music of Roy Harvey

58 Schoolboy and the Blizzard

By Hobart Everson

60 The Manger Scene

By Raymond Alvarez

64 West Virginia Back Roads

Bible Walk in Morgantown
By Carl E. Feather

66 Mountain Music Round-up

By John Lilly

69 GOLDENSEAL 2007 Index

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