Volume 34, Number 4

On the cover: Coal figurines from Coal Camp Creations, located in Kimball, McDowell County. Photograph by Michael Keller. Our story begins on page 10.

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

Kim Johnson,
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

A.C. Designs
Publication Design

Winter 2008

2 Letters from Readers

 

5 Current Programs * Events * Publications

 

8 Goldenseal Good-Bye

 

10 Coal Art:

The “Other” West Virginia Coal Industry

By Jean Battlo

16 Coal Sculptor James Stewart

 

18 The Jones Diamond:

Mixed Blessings for a Peterstown Family

By Carl E. Feather

24 The Cardinal and Its Rolling History Lesson

By Bob Withers

32 The Duke of Prince:

Ticket Agent Marvin Plumley

By Bob Withers

38 The Train, the Smoke, the Whistle, and the Bell:

Memories of Widen

By Barbara J. Young Workman

45 “I’m a Walking Miracle”:

Jim Davis of Cunningham Run

By Carl E. Feather

52 The Enchanted Coat

By John JJ Ward

54 The Blind Man’s Song:

Recalling Alfred Reed

By John Lilly

62 West Virginia Back Roads

The Poet of South Jefferson Street
By Carl E. Feather

64 New Books About Music

By John Lilly

66 Mountain Music Roundup

By John Lilly

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