Our strong holler girl mothers raised us well. I have been fortunate to visit many times first time I visited Virginia, I started to realize why Rodger loved coming from there. 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 am not a holler girl my Daddy In summer I remember those mid-day thunderstorms on an 80 degree day..and how I loved to play in the rain. Raised in Sangamaw (Sangamore) holler, Clay County West Virginia, I did not know that almost every name ended in e, or the fact that we were dirt poor yet we were some of the richest people on earth by having what mattered the most in life with family, love and helpful neighbors. I was born in Welch, WV and raised in Iaeger, WVnothing like the errors from where I was raised..we had great times with many great memories!! Her story is just a personal story not directed at any individual place in West Virginia. I only hope my children have an amazing childhood alsoand I wouldnt raise them anywhere else. After we were done helping with the T.V. These mountains literally have a way of molding the person you become. This browser is no longer supported. We ran bare foot in the rain in Summer to. The 2020 WV Humanities Council Folklife Apprentice Program will begin this March -- pairing together another round of novice and professional artists in the state. I can still smell them. I live in the middle of Ohio, so Im not very far away from . YOU DONE A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THE PHOTOS AND THE STORIES A LOT OF THE PHOTOS I KNEW AND BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES. Many of us have college degrees, are nurses, teachers, preachers and well-educated women. I want to live in a little town like Bud. United States West Virginia . West Virginia is Home. 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. I felt the souls of my Mom, Pap, and Mommom with me as I read. It was a high tower, a fort, a castle, or a play house. You never want to push them too far. Yes I married young and I have four childrenanother assumption made by unknowing people.another meaning behind holler girlbut I am a clerk for the United States Postal Service.I am active in my church and I love my life. Worked and lived in Germany and Japan for more than 30 years. We lived in Summers County and I still feel at peace when we visit there. Car sickness Forestwander Our scenery is beautiful but when you're driving our country roads, be careful not to get car sick. It was down the road from the high school. It features 30 grassy, full (17) or partial (13) hookup campsites that are big rig friendly. No beeping horns, only the sound of a train in the distance..the window open and a warm breeze caressing your face. $125,000. view data without submitting Have YOU had to leave home to find opportunity? She worked with a team of designers, programmers, journalists, filmmakers and community members to combine . Im a holler girl , too. My Mother taught me how to love and how to receive love. Id give anything to go back to dancing in the rain, splashing in mud puddles, and chasing lightning bugs with my friends whom felt more like sisters!! Our mountains are beautifultheyre rustic and unforgiving yet safe and guarding of us who live in these nooks, crannies, bottoms, and hills. My mother found her religion again when she was in her 70s and attended church every Sunday until her death at 80 she was never more happy and content than those years. We had skinned knees and bee stings.suffered through our Mom rubbing our little wounds down with alcoholbut she always blew on it. And I wear shoes on my feet everyday hahaha;). Beautiful and I am to a holler girl born and raised in bulldog holler in premier west Virginia. From Hemphill, Orkney Holler ! Half of us are the dish washer. You can usually te. I was raised a holler girl too, but in Randolph Co.and still live not far from where I grew up. Felt like I was a kid again, I am a holler girl to. I grew up in Cottle, West Virginia in Nicholas County. About this Item. Gratitude wells up when I read these words and remember my childhood safe havens-found both in the beauty of the mountains but also in the big heartedness of the folks who shared their familys love with kids who were not kin but were included anyway. Love for this state flows thru my veins and arteries. I do wish my parents did not have to work so hard. And my sister and I were raised the WV way. Currently I am divesting myself in other states and preparing to move back to Almost Heaven. Lived up 24 holler growing up. In 1948, my Dad built a 3 Bedroom home on an adjacent property as our final home. From Roderfield.and lived in Westchester Holler 30 years. My mind is flooding with memories Thank you! I remember swimming in the creek and playing on the side of the hill and swinging on the Grapevines. Good thing I could hold my breath for a long time. I am holler girl also. As a result of TV shows and popular media, the entire country seems to be intoxicated by its history. What hasnt changed and never will, are the people and their love of God, family and friends!! We used to wash our hair in the rain when I was a kid.it leaves you with the softest hair ever and it smells like freshly line dried laundry. 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! Guess I was a coal camp girl. We didnt have many luxury items but we sure had love. growing up i couldnt wait to leave those mountains,growin older i cant wait to go back. Im a coal miners son from McDowell County! Your story put me right back in that tiny house I grew up in, that only seems tiny now. He had been down in the cold working his time just like many more in our town in wv. Deep in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, it was once a very booming place. Im so thankful for all my memories, good and bad. Your article was GREAT!!!! Slaughter Creek Hollow, was my home. I think the only thing you missed in your story from my memories are the winter days when mom would have a big ole pot of vegetable soup or pinto beans cooking. Doug is an eighth generation West Virginian and an expert in the music. Likens was Principal. I dont want anything fancy. To be thankful I was warm, and that I had a Mom and Dad who loved me. Each image tells a different story of things I love. I would love to go back there.when I had no responsibilities, not a care in the world. Mingo County. 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 can relate to it all. She even taught a beginner fiddle class at Augusta Heritage Center this past fall. I lived in Davy, but spent lots of time at my grandparents in Helena, then Asco. Thanks for sharing, this is great! Beautiful! Loved the stories .The remembrance of growing up in the holler.Thanks for the memories and may God bless you enough!!!! When they are older and maybe decide to leave.. THANKS. And it turns out, Doug is one of the few people who is an expert in the music. When I was growing up every Saturday morning my Mama would fix homemade biscuits and gravy. I am a male born 1n 1937 on a Hill, not a Holler, overlooking the small town of Richwood, WV. I went to Virginia Tech where a number of Coalwood boys wentLots of good memories! Then a frost sets inand I watch to see if the green will survive. Thanks for such a great story of life in a small portion of heaven. Mose had a distinct way of playing that sounded rough around the edges, but authentically West Virginian. Smooch In West Virginia, we don't kiss. Some residents near new Fern Hollow Bridge concerned for safety due to new traffic rules By WPXI.com News Staff January 16, 2023 at 11:23 pm EST By WPXI.com News Staff January 16, 2023 at 11:23 pm EST He had TB when he was younger and had one lung so we did not play a lot of ball or other things that wore him out. Thought we had it hard then, but wished I could call those times back. I was the neighborhood stilt maker no matter which neighborhood it was this year. My mother worked as well as my dad and we shared in the responsibilities of raising younger siblings. That big hug covered in black coal dirt. Hotels. This story is part of theInside AppalachiaFolkways Reporting Project. grandparents and 2 of his brothers they had 10 siblingsthey played John Denvers Country roads at his funeral.. The immersive, online experience is the brainchild of West Virginia native Elaine McMillion. I love my town. Lot of good memories of my family esp. After I read this, it makes me want to just pack up and move there, this minute. Through the apprentice program, Doug and Annie met up to practice several times a month. Great memories. Started school there and graduated in 1963. This was a wonderful stroll down memory lane. To this day, I miss the mountains and all the wonderful times I had when staying with relatives every summer in WV. God bless you for putting in words the sights and sounds of the wonderful past for all holler people because we are a special breed!!! Also, West Virginia College. Brought back many memories. We played Indian ball, kick-ball, hide-n-go seek, water hose battles and yeah we drank out of the hosewe didnt die either. Amenities & Activities We spent much of our time traveling all over the state as mom was a flag bearer in the Color Guard and marched in parades all the time. Thank you for sharing!!! *data reflects hollow users only You are 1 of users who departed relocations submitted* Avg. Many recently celebrated its history on National Moonshine Day last month. Hope, WV. I love the way you write, ending some sentences in prepositions. They were John and Stella Gilliand. Now live in Edmond holler in This was so heartwarming.Very well done. Worked hard. He says it is the foundation for a lot of sounds today. And theres not a great distance between where Ive lived for nearly 60 years and my childhood home. She learned to fiddle over 20 years ago, but she says learning the specific Greenbrier style is a way for her to feel more connected to her home, as she grew up on a farm in the grassy valley of Greenbrier. We sleep peacefully in our small homes as God has provided all our needs. The pencil lead, chalk, crayons and the stuff they sprinkled on the floors before sweeping. I can walk outside during certain parts of the season, take a deep breath, and the scent of the wind floods into my body bringing images to my mind of days more peacefullike a picture album of long-lost dreams. I did get to live in West by God for two years.. Every one in Ohio always thought I was from W.Va. by my accent..NO but I sure wish I was.. He did live in his old car, set down here in front of a house." . We werent born there but visited every summer. We got feed sacks filled them with sand blocked the creek swam there. I know this brought a lot of great memories back from my childhood even here in Michigan. We had to make out own games just like you said. Thanks for writing about home! thank you for sharing. lived up school house hollow up on marrowbone creek. It taught me how to live without everything money could buy. with rabbit ears. And thank you Wayne Guindon, for sharing this Post with me. My Dad I still have one brother living in McDowell and another in Fayetteville. As the trapped miners soon discover, the dead don't always stay dead and the horrors that are unleashed is just the beginning of the terror about to fall on the rural community nested within the Darkened Hollows! 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. We played tornado..which we both still remember very fondly to this day. I remember those hot summer evenings heading to church. (and dont want to know anything different now). I have always been able to smell the seasonsthough it may seem strange to some. 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. Lots of ladies kill the deer themselves. Dad was Adjutant of the post they belonged to for a year or so. Beautiful writing about a beautiful State. Dad was a WWII Navy veteran and both spent much of their free time working with the VFW. These mountains are so enormous yet we are so small in that breath-taking moment when you can see and hear the rain coming.and you wait to feel the first drop land on your face. This brought back memories of my childhood. I see Wish Flowers blowing in the breeze from a time gone by, when my small fingers would pick them and blow them away to see how far they would travel praying my wish would come true. Despite not swimming you couldnt get me out of the water and it worked out as I hung closer to shore watching the younger kids and having a great time. This was an absolutely beautiful story of growing up in West Virginia. 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. Please actually post where photos are taken because this is part of OUR Families History not just whomever was raised in a holler I hear my mother and father talking to one another and the joyful sounds of my brothers, sisters and I playing. Growing up in the mountains is something I will never regret. Therefore I have developed a long list of comebacks and over the years have embarrassed several people. I grew up way out in the country in Nicholas County and enjoyed many of the same things that most of the people here in WV enjoyed. during each year with my sister and brother. We grew up the wealthiest kids ever. Some people think it is. Find your adventure exploring the ghost stories and legends found among the mountains and hidden in the hollows. Thats what makes it work is that you share it and people are learning it and its part of the community.. We cut our jeans off and made shorts and played bare-footed in the yard. 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.. I thought I was his really special little girl. How is that happiness can be found in simplicity? Reading your story and reliving my life as a Holler Girl. Thank you for sharing all of the wonderful photos and your memories. Amazing how similar our stories are from the next county over. Thanks so much for sharing. That was just beautiful,I found my self going back in time. I am a guy, but I can relate in so many ways. seems to be falling off the map. Not one person was ever charged for killing this Law Enforcement Officer in spite of the fact there were several eye witnesses. I was literally taught that not everything was obtainable by the push of a button as my dad had a T.V. I still have family there and visit often. Thanks. Crow Holler girl. B and I tell stories about my childhood and encourage people to visit Tazewell County. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I love to stand barefooted in the grass with my children in tow.we hold our arms out and close our eyes.and the wind blows so hard against our bodies it feels as though we are flying. From where did you depart? They spent a lot of time listening to Dougs old recordings of Mose. but he did live those last 11 months in peace.. Ba big part of my life was there. Id like to think the enchantment of this place carries on through years of being gone. I loved your story and the pictures. No phones and computers and all the other gadgets. Beautiful! WONDERFUL MEMORIES! Brought back a lot of memories, thanks. I suppose you could compare those small leaks to life. The definition of mean for me was totally different from the definition of mean these days. I love WV and always will. We went through Kilsyth and stopped at the little church they had belonged to. Although I have been gone from WV for over 59 years my heart still belongs to WV. I have never regretted being a mountain girl even tho we were teased in high school, so we just became good scholars to prove ourselves! She worked with a team of designers, programmers, journalists, filmmakers and community members to combine . Now that I am retired, wish I never left those Wild and Wonderful hills. You touched on so many, Amy, and my tears flowed like a river.Fortunately, after almost 30 yrs in PA, I moved back to WV and have the opportunity to relive all the memories of that childhood from the holler of Morris Creek near Montgomery. These girls were solid, strong, intelligent, kind, and, in many cases, gentle. they are so real. We got in trouble for going farther from the house than we were suppose to. I AM A HOLLER GIRL.No truer words written. 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. Id buy penny candy from Mr. Shaffer at the store next door to our house. Sneaking in kisses when Mommy and Daddy wasnt checking on us. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!!!!! You took me back some years ago. Thanks for sharing. I married one (sixty years ago). The mountains became a part of my soul! during those times just slip a few pots under the overflow of life and let it flow(tears). Thank you, Dave Price, Brentwood TN cbmus@bellsouth.net 615-373-0946. 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. Those fragrances dance around the edges of our lives.we are accustomed to them..but ever aware of their sweet fragrance. I too am a WV Holler Girl rom next door in Wyoming county. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on Mar 9, 2025 than the day before. 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Pictures of your home, the surrounding area, and the town would be nice to visually comprehend. Neither of my parents went with us. I was born in Charleston, Even and raised in Kayford coal field country,Kanawha County! It taught me how much the small things mean. In late winter, I find myself waiting to see the first green bud..the first hint of green grass playing around the edges of dirt road that encircles my house. Old-time music is a large part of West Virginias heritage it is the folk music of the state. Go. HOME SWEET HOME. Coon Rapids was still more country than city when we moved their summer of 1960 and we had the woods with a creek at the end of our street two houses down. 1. Subscribeto the podcast to hear more stories of Appalachian folklife, arts, and culture. You explain it so much better than I can. I would sit on the front porch with Daddy and usually Papaw in my gown. We live in Myrtle Beach now and yes we miss WV. There's a new voice in the hollow. My uncles were Graham, Arthur, and Dee. I enjoyed this so much and relived your childhood through it. I would like to find someone familiar with a green house there back in the early 50s. I am a holler girl too!!! Thanks for putting it on paper. That man is now my husband.but thats a whole other story. No amount of fabric softener or laundry detergent can hold a candle to the scent of wild honeysuckle, lavender, and roses that grow wildly and entangle themselves on the corners of the fence. There is no place like home..grew up in Fayette County (minden).small coal mine campwerent rich by far but those were the best years..try to get back as often as possible, that was a beautiful story ..sounds like my life here in the blue ridge mountains of Westren N.C. Blessings to you and your loved ones.Dazzling Dolly. I laughed when I read about the TV remote, which was us. 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. I was born in the family home, 72 years ago, In Chelyan, WV. Years later we were in Eastern Kentucky and decided to drive over and see her aunt and uncle Bill and Jo Crumb in Mt Hope. Danny Reese ,I didnt even look at the name at first ,but thought that sounds familiar ,then checked the name and here it was my own sweet uncle Danny ! A reminder that soon summer will be gone. We knew church was NOT the place to get silly. I have heard the stories all my life and remember stories like these. We use to have to wipe the benches off before we sat down. Great memories as I read this, All of this belongs to each and everyone who lived up the Holler. You took their glowy bulb off and stuck them on your fingers to make rings.or your neck to make a necklace.a small girl with big dreamswe were mountain princesses. Annie says in the past year since her apprenticeship, she has shared a lot of what she learned. Still live in Gilbert, W.va. and all this brought back memories of years gone by. Enjoyed this very much,brought back memories of my childhood.I was raised at Pie,W.V. My sister and I were mean on a totally different level. There is nothing simple left in this old world.Thank you! 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. Thank you for your stories. I was born in Welch in 1952. Close to wheeling. Off and on my entire life I have heard the phrase holler girl used in a derogatory way. We played like one of the boys. Darkened Hollows (West Virginia Vampire): Vincent, Gary Lee: 9780615527222: Amazon.com: Books Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Buy new: $9.96 List Price: $10.99 Details Save: $1.03 (9%) Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns FREE delivery Monday, December 19 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon I would jump off the top of the tall slide on the playground, climb trees and then jump down as it faster than climbing. I appreciate that I was raised as I was and proud to say: I AM a holler girl. Historically, within each county in West Virginia, and even sometimes each hollow, the styles of old-time changes. Twin Hollows Campground is located near Gilbert, West Virginia. Thats it. Here are 10 of the most dangerous things West Virginia residents must face. I was given up for adoption as a baby and then unwanted by the ones who adopted me !! I can still hear the drip, drop, drip, drop. That's what makes the video from this couple such an amazing watch. No one even knew what poor meant. Garter snakes were common things, but still terrified me.I spent many an hour just revelling in the Sunshine and fresh air, with nothing to fear. Maple MeadowsbyFairdale, W.Va, My favorite holler name.Hoo Hoo Hollow.Lester, W.Va, Absolutely beautiful, childhood memories came back to me. Im a holler girl..Seminole W.V. Thank you for taking me back to the good old days. The little red-headed holler girl with freckles on her face and mischievous green eyes. Had to leave 1965, go north to work. Grew up in Berwind and War in McDowell County and I recognize many of the photos. Our starry nights shine down upon us as we sleep in the valleys beneath towering mountains like millions of angels peering down in watch. Thanks for the article, every word is true. She would say Do you want to make a trip to the bathroom? I knew what that meant..so Id straighten up quick. eBay item number: 404110989404 Last updated on Jan 16, 2023 16:26:53 PST View all revisions Item specifics Condition: Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. I so enjoyed this. Zillow has 6460 homes for sale 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. They became super wives and mothers. Its where my roots are! Floor plans starting at $1250. An Appalachian Holler in West Virginia - McDowell CountyThis is what we call a holler. Simply beautiful!
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