Lot of good memories of my family esp. And theres not a great distance between where Ive lived for nearly 60 years and my childhood home. We are strong but gentle all at the same time. It was still raining hard at 5:30 a.m. wh Theres a lot of drone in it and up bow accenting.. I enjoyed reading this so much I grew up in Mercer County WV. Loved your story and most could be applied to my own. Dad was a WWII Navy veteran and both spent much of their free time working with the VFW. Price cut: $14,000 (Jan 6) 323 3rd Ave, Ripley, WV . I was Tressa Conway Stokes. By John Hayes, Post-Gazette Staff Writer. I wish my husband would of lived long enough for us to make our home there. JANET. I felt the souls of my Mom, Pap, and Mommom with me as I read. I enjoyed the pictures also. We knew church was NOT the place to get silly. The little red-headed holler girl with freckles on her face and mischievous green eyes. I know. I try to tell my grandkids about me growing up and how we use to play. Still live in Gilbert, W.va. and all this brought back memories of years gone by. Thought we had it hard then, but wished I could call those times back. GREAT MEMORIES. Raised in McDowell County, Bradshaw Mountain & Jolo! He says it is the foundation for a lot of sounds today. I would like to go back. Thanks for writing about home! I married Rex Sadler from Anawalt and raised our son there until Rex died and we moved. We didnt have internet, cell phones, I-pads, or I-pods. The Inside Appalachia Folkways Project expands the reporting of the Inside Appalachia team to include more stories from West Virginia as well as expand coverage in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Ohio. Sid Hatfield had shot and killed several of the thugs during the battle referred to as the Matewan Massacre. ILLUSIONS, INC. (Entity #180678) is a business entity in registered with the Business Division of West Virginia Secretary of State (SOS). Your email address will not be published. I remember those hot summer evenings heading to church. It was the local music. I can so recall so much you said in your article and I cherish every word that was written. He had been down in the cold working his time just like many more in our town in wv. I would run to meet him and he would always have a left over for me. Logan County, Man West Virginia: Regardless where I am, Home is West Virginia.Wouldnt change anything about my childhood, I was born in welch, grew up in Coal Mountain WV.The way you said the things, hit home in so many ways.I left in 82 gone to NC stayed 10yrs came back in 91, Im a coal hollow boy, will be til the day They plant me under the old oak tree, Love WV. I grew up on a ridge top, Fork Ridge, but life was the same there as in the hollers of WV. I am a holler girl from wv. Wowwonderful! We may have got a little coal dust on us.but our Bibles never collected any dust. I still play in the rain with my kids today.sometimes the rain is so cold, even on an eighty degree day.it will hit your shoulders and trickle down your back and leave you with chills.almost as if winter breathed down your spine for a moment. Sunday, August 17, 2003. I love reading each and every comment and hearing your stories as well. I hope this place is so instilled in their very being that they feel called to come back and make a small difference in the community that built them, myself, my parents, their parents, and so forth. SXS Rentals Available Onsite Through Mountaintop Adventures! I was raised in the suburbs of Minneapolis, MN but share many of the same memories with you. Thank u this took me back to my childhood I live n fayetteville, WV n a place called Crow Holler it its beautiful here born n raised holler girl. my husband tells story of how Pie got its name. Ba big part of my life was there. We got in trouble for going farther from the house than we were suppose to. If you have never hung sheets on a clothesline to dry, then put them on your bed that night.you dont know what you are missing. Never knew you were a holler girl or even what the term meant. Established in 2002. HOME SWEET HOME. I want to live in a little town like Bud. WONDERFUL MEMORIES! How old were you? Thank you to every one who has taken a moment to read or share my story. We had to make out own games just like you said. Could relate to a lot in this beautiful story, To this day I love simple things. Doug demonstrates the Greenbrier style by fiddling a tune called Jimmy Johnson. The chipper song is played using what Doug calls a shuffle and up-bow technique. The notes flow together seamlessly. Ghost Encounters Log Cabin 1766 December 8, 2019 As a result of TV shows and popular media, the entire country seems to be intoxicated by its history. I am also a hollow girl and proud of it! When I was little everyone would jokingly say the cause of the storm was that the devil was beating his wife! We were wealthy in the best way ,we had Mom,Dad,sisters and brother.We were free ,We would spend our days up in the hills playing ,from morning till dinner time.Its where my fondest memories are. I was given up for adoption as a baby and then unwanted by the ones who adopted me !! These girls were solid, strong, intelligent, kind, and, in many cases, gentle. I wasnt raised in a holler, but on top of Bradshaw Mountain down Brushy Ridge. I only hope my children have an amazing childhood alsoand I wouldnt raise them anywhere else. We do need to be proud of who we are and most of all where we came from. I wish I remembered the name of the holler we lived in. Thanks for sharing your story !! Loved your story. Thanks for the memories. Thank you for sharing your story. for 2 yrs before going to Welch Junior High. My parents were from McDowell Co. And we were all Holler boys & girls. She worked with a team of designers, programmers, journalists, filmmakers and community members to combine . After the war her mother Alice Elliott Klatt remarried Timothy Cecil Elliott and they left West Virginia in 1948 never to return. And my heart to return home. I have never thought of Holler as a derogatory term. Old-time music is a large part of West Virginias heritage it is the folk music of the state. We became baby sitters at many of the functions and some days had 10-20 younguns to watch at the lake or wherever the function was. If we wanted new toys dad would say you where the woodpile is and the tools go make something and make sure to cleanup and put everything away when you are done and before you go play. Us kids were shuffled off to the neighbor on Sunday and we would go to church with them. They were so happy when we got a television with a remote control so they did not have to change the channels as we had growing up. May the Lord bless you as much as this story has blessed me. Enjoyed this very much,brought back memories of my childhood.I was raised at Pie,W.V. after reading this I relate to these descriptions of every day life. I really enjoyed reading that .I was raised in a holler also and it sure brought back a lot of good memories. We werent born there but visited every summer. Then a frost sets inand I watch to see if the green will survive. Us kids were his remote when he was tired from working. Mose was one of the original Greenbrier Valley old-time music legends. I was the neighborhood stilt maker no matter which neighborhood it was this year. Still have images of experiencing many or most of the things you did. Watching a Twins baseball game and sharing his bowl of popcorn washed down with either kool-aid or Bubble Up was one of my favorite things to do. I am holler girl also. Its hearing them call as spring approaches and appreciating the tranquility of lying in bed listening to them sing. Of course now and then the older children got mean and started holding me undertil I came up sputtering and choking.but it was all in good fun. I was thrown off numerous docks and boats and told to sink or swim I sank and someone would finally figure it out and jump in to rescue me. This was an absolutely beautiful story of growing up in West Virginia. We know how to survive, how to plant a garden, how to sew, and what it means to hang clothes on the line. I still refer to WV,as my home. We live in Myrtle Beach now and yes we miss WV. I love WV and always will. We were loved and had love in our hearts, respect for each other and freedom and pride for who we were and what we stood for. My mother worked as well as my dad and we shared in the responsibilities of raising younger siblings. Thank you for this story that helped myself and others remember their childhood of growing up in a holler. So he played for about three hours and he kept trying to hand me the fiddle, Now you play me something. And I said, I cant play. Once again thank you for reminding me of my childhood:), iwas from culloden wva in the 1963 i live in fla now no money in wva. Off and on my entire life I have heard the phrase holler girl used in a derogatory way. Worked hard. Thanks for reminding me of home. The organization type is C | Corporation. Her story is just a personal story not directed at any individual place in West Virginia. Thank YOU for sharing your wonderful experiences with us all. We'll talk about the tim. It didnt scar me for life. I cry whenever I hear that song.. The majority of the time those little buds stand firm.a testimony to the people here. Each image tells a different story of things I love. When I go back home to the holler I can still hear the sounds from my childhood. I have traveled and lived in many places and none of them has my heart strings attached like those hollers in West Virginia. I remember having Snake berry fight s with you and eating honeysuckles. They fought for what was right; and seldom let anyone sway them otherwise. In the fall of 2017, on their way to a shoot in West Virginia, the Parts Unknown crew made a pit stop in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Now dont get me wrong. And Annie says, that is what makes the music so special. This place is why I am who I am today. Felt like I was a kid again, I am a holler girl to. Nobody could swing higher and jump farther when I was at the highest part of the forward swing. We use to have to wipe the benches off before we sat down. Attended a one room school through eighth grade and then walked a mile to catch a school bus and rode twenty miles to Iaeger High School. I no longer live in WV my son lives there and I visit there, I am a holler girl, an enjoyed this story! Smooch In West Virginia, we don't kiss. . All the nostalgia is sweet but it doesnt tell the Others story of what it is to grow up as a raggedy coal camp kid who would not have survived and even later thrived because someone fed them (physically and spiritually), sheltered them -even if it meant standing up to mean drunks and showed them what a healthy family could look like. There is nothing like our little world tucked away in those hills. Great memories as I read this, All of this belongs to each and everyone who lived up the Holler. CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 30"Rabbit Tate lives in the shanty up the hollow. Good read. Brought back alot of memories growing up with 3 sisters and 2 brothers in Rivesville. Humidity Forestwander It's not the heat, it's the humidity that'll get you. I sure hope someday before I get too old that I can spend the last years of whatever I have left of my life in a holler or at least near to one. Dunlow, West Virginia Dunlow is an unincorporated community in southern Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, on Twelvepole Creek. Sometimes we are so flooded with problems, small parts of our mind begin to give way and those tiny leaks occur as you lose your temper as you experience anxiety. This has brought back all those precious memories from my childhood. Located Onsite! No one even knew what poor meant. We lived in wayne, West Virginia for a while then moved to a small house outside of town. These mountains nourish the soul. West Virginia ghost stories, legends, and haunts. Precious memories for sure. You explain it so much better than I can. Simply beautiful! The good memories, the ones that never let you go! I loved your story. Some people think it is. Reading you story made me so homesick. I have been called a Holler girl by people who live 30 minutes away haha. the very best memories I have are within the mountains and hollers of home. The church was locked but a neighbor noticed us and came over with a key and I was able to take a picture of Mary Jane holding the plaque on the steps of the church. Read more Previous page Print length 262 pages Go. Linda and Lester McCumbers carry on an oral tradition from a time when, as Lester puts it, 'music was something that you made'. West Virginia is Home. Not change one thing about them. Doug says the music of Greenbrier County is one of the less common techniques still alive. Absolutely wonderful, so enjoyed reading, I am a redheaded holler girl also with many memories that will always remain close to my heart, West Virginia will always be my home those hills are a place of beauty. Dunlow was incorporated in 1892. Well yeah! This brought back so many memories,they are all good .This was so well written. This is where my roots run deep..its home. I came to Iaeger West Virginia when I was 6 years old. I too am a WV Holler Girl rom next door in Wyoming county. Ranson Hollows Ripley, WV Ranson Hollows holds rustic- chic weddings, baby/bridal showers, reunions, or any occassion you'd want to celebrate Mountain State- style. I would sit on the front porch with Daddy and usually Papaw in my gown. Would not take anything for my growing up in WV. Thanks for sharing your story. THANKS. I didnt grow up in the south, but Dad, from eastern Ky and Mom from middle Tenn did. Im a Holler girl from Fayette county, WV. I suspect it means people hollering across the mountain to each other, but not sure. Janice, Thanks for sharing such blissful memories. This brought back so many wonderful memories to me. Arlington up Northfork Holler. I love mountaineer football, follow the herd of marshall and keep tabs on whats going on there. No beeping horns, only the sound of a train in the distance..the window open and a warm breeze caressing your face. Never knew or had a REAL family. While the pictures that are very good, they should be specifically identified as to where they were taken and how they relate to your story. I long to live in the country, and to me, this would be the place to live. This was a wonderful stroll down memory lane. Grocery. And I remember that my face felt wonerful in the mornings after I sometimes broke the ice in the wash pan to wash before breakfast. Id like to think our pain washes away in the midst of those stormsbrings new meaning to the phrase Itll all come out in the wash.. God Bless You. Theres a happiness and freedom in our hearts that will never leave and we can attribute that to our loving families and the mountains of West Virginia! We lived in Summers County and I still feel at peace when we visit there. PS, places we lived: Atwell Mountain in Atwell, Raysal, Bartley, Stringtown (where I was born), English, Beartown, just to name a few. I love going home but I also love being where I am now in the Florida panhandle. I am a holler girl too. Beautiful! Wasnt a holler girl. This was like reading about my own childhood. I was a Hollow girl also born and raised in Carswell hollow. I suppose in way we were taught respect through that too. The notes are a bit more pronounced; one almost feels inclined to clap along. The pictures that go with the story are real beautiful. Id look over every square inch of Cottle Church of God and soak in the love from our church family. I am a holler girl (Ben Creek, Gilbert Creek) Mingo County. If you look up.. the tallest trees bear the winds with every ounce of their ancient strength.the trees cover every inch of land in sight.and sway violently.they make our mountains seem to dance magically to the beat of the wind. Im trying to show my children the beauty of our Mountain state and to instill in them the lessons passed from generation to generation of mountain men and women. Dad was Adjutant of the post they belonged to for a year or so. I was fascinated by your story. And thank you Wayne Guindon, for sharing this Post with me. Growing up in the mountains is something I will never regret. We didnt have much, but we had parents who loved us very much, there was food on the table and clothes on our backs, shoes on our feet. I wrote this story to bring light to who we really are.intelligentcapableloving individuals who love where we live. Hope maybe I can get there soon and see this great place written about in this great story. Historically, within each county in West Virginia, and even sometimes each hollow, the styles of old-time changes. growing up i couldnt wait to leave those mountains,growin older i cant wait to go back. Many of us have college degrees, are nurses, teachers, preachers and well-educated women. Thank you Amy, for this wonderful article which really tells exactly how hollow life is. I can smell the basement of my childhood church, the coal furnace was down there, and so were our Sunday school rooms. Those leaks can be patched up later. We are fearless if need be, but yet know when to run. United States West Virginia . i am a 3rd generation coal miner in eastern ky knox and bell co ky ,,had good parents and great career in coal mining for 40yrs,,a pleasure to know the hundreds of sur and deep miners over the years,,my mother was a bishop ,,she was raised up in a coal mine camp in bell jellico bell coky. And it turns out, Doug is one of the few people who is an expert in the music. One of my fondest memories is when my four siblings and I played in the BIG Rain Barrel with the neighbouring children. Some of my fondest childhood memories were playing with my dear friend Kristen Shupe. It is wonderful. I love your story. My one desire is to return to those montains. Now that I am retired, wish I never left those Wild and Wonderful hills. The definition of mean for me was totally different from the definition of mean these days. I can still smell them. Im a holler girl , too. I absolutely loved it. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.BY THE WAY IM FROM A SMALL COMMUNITY CALLED ASCO W.VA. ABOUT 6 MILES UP THE HOLLER AT THE LOWER ROAD CROSSING IN DAVY. My Cousins lived in Handle Factory Holler, and I have always defined Holler as the valley between 2 mountains. 1078 Dutch Hollow Rd, Dunbar, WV 25064. West Virginia Hollow Tales book. You folks have got it made. Im a holler girl and am so happy that I am. My Dad Thanks for stirring up my mind to happier, more peaceful time in my life. After reading this story, I know that there are places here on earth where a person can get a little taste of what heaven must be like. My daughter was raised in PA but I pray she learned those wonderful ways of a holler girl mom! Read reviews from world's largest community for readers. We were a family of 6 living in a small wooden Shack on my Grandmas property. Our mountains are beautifultheyre rustic and unforgiving yet safe and guarding of us who live in these nooks, crannies, bottoms, and hills. I would give a copy to all my friends. I can still smell those biscuits and feel that hot plywood stinging my legs.but sitting in the sun felt so good when I first woke up. Loved the stories .The remembrance of growing up in the holler.Thanks for the memories and may God bless you enough!!!! I was born and raised in Crumpler Holler, best childhood any one could ever have, so many great memories. I wish I could go back and relive those memories just like they were. It was wonderful !!! Dad was a carpenter/siding applicator and spent much of time in northern MN building some of the mining towns on the Iron Range. My husband Leroy Lambert, was from Eckman hollow. After we were done helping with the T.V. The mountains was our playground. It was a much simpler time then and we enjoyed every second we could. I enjoyed this to the fullest. I CAN REALLY RELATE TOTHE OLD SCHOOL RAISING. Mose passed away in 1994, but 26 years later, Annie can have that connection to some of the original old-time musicians through Doug. was his. Loved this! Thank you for sharing!!! This made me remember my childhood . Grew up in Floyd County KY(Martin)..near WVA line..Iceplant Hollerwhen we moved to Dayton Ohio..I was bout 8..the kids at school would tease me and call me a Briarhopperwe would go home to Martin nearly every other weekend. Coal is west virginia and my family had many miners. I have pretty much done without all my life, so I am not one to be picky with my dwellings. Would someone reading this please try to find out what church that was. When local standard time is about to reach Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead. I was born and raised in Cambria County in Pa.I would like to find out about Elm Grove W.V. Love this! Reading all of these stories was so breath taking. Well goodness, we didnt kill the poor bug, wed set them free after we got our glow in the dark jewelry and assumed theyd grow more. I could have written it myself! seems to be falling off the map. Grew up in Summers County, WVa and ran away right after High School. I hear my mother and father talking to one another and the joyful sounds of my brothers, sisters and I playing. Sneaking in kisses when Mommy and Daddy wasnt checking on us. I want you to come back and play this for me. I can hear those faint songs we sang in the spring when it was finally warm enough to go outside to playRing around the rosiespocket full of posiesashesasheswe all fall down! Picking flowers and trying to work it out just right so when you finished picking each petal off the boy you liked was sure to love youHe loves me, he loves me not. You decided if you had to pick every flower in sight.that boy was going to love you. I was raised in a holler in Barbour County. Shopping. Thats part of what makes the tradition special is its a folk tradition says Annie Stroud, an old-time music apprentice. They spent a lot of time listening to Dougs old recordings of Mose. We were blessed to be mountain born and bred. We went through Kilsyth and stopped at the little church they had belonged to. You never want to push them too far. we went to that front porch to play. Dark Hollows of West Virginia Paperback - October 23, 2021 by Mack Samples (Author) 3 ratings Paperback $14.95 10 Used from $3.24 11 New from $10.00 Henry David Thoreau once wrote that "most men live lives of quiet desperation." Scholars say Thoreau drew this conclusion based on the people he observed in his native northeastern United States. . Therefore I have developed a long list of comebacks and over the years have embarrassed several people. *data reflects hollow users only You are 1 of users who departed relocations submitted* Avg. Wish I could go back! This is Book II of DARKENED: The West Virginia Vampire Series by Gary Lee Vincent. Great memories. I tried to raise my 9 children/step-children in nature whenever we had the chance and taught them right from wrong and responsibility for their actions from a very early age.