Volume 35, Number 4

On the cover: A flood-damaged church rests on the railroad tracks following the 1972 disaster at Buffalo Creek, Logan County. Photograph by Jeanne Rasmussen, courtesy of the Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University. Coloration by Michael Keller. Our stories begin on page 9.

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 2009

2 Letters from Readers

5 Current Programs • Events • Publications

8 GOLDENSEAL Good-Bye

9 Echoes of Buffalo Creek: An Introduction

By John Lilly

14 Echoes of Buffalo Creek: Leon Ball

By Crystal Elkins

18 Echoes of Buffalo Creek: Lewis Bondurant

By Margo Blevin Denton

26 Building Rigs the Old Way:

Oilman U.S. Dye
By Steve Dye

33 “Hand Tools and Hard Work”

Oil and Gas Man Darrell Bush
By Richard S. Bailey

38 Help a Belly Out!

The Story of Jebby Sauce
By Brittani Lynch

40 Magic and Memories

Recalling Noble and Louise Conner
By Betty Conner McClung

46 Tasting the Waters in Berkeley Springs

By Michael Cervin

48 As It Was in Hundred

Recalling Life in a Wetzel County Town
By Bob Masters

54 Christmas In a One-Room School

By Norma Payne

56 “I Have All I Need Here”

Glass Artist Ron Hinkle
By Carl E. Feather

64 West Virginia Back Roads

Chapel for a Boy in Upshur County
By Carl E. Feather

66 Mountain Music Roundup

By John Lilly

69 GOLDENSEAL 2009 Index

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