Come back next week.'. My favorite part, I can walk outside during certain parts of the seasons, take a deep breath, and the scent of the wind floods into my body bringing images to my mind of days more peaceful like a picture album of long lost dreams. Mar 9, 2025 - Daylight Saving Time Starts. Then a frost sets inand I watch to see if the green will survive. I am not that far now and I keep thinking it is time to go home. Grew up a d raised my two sons in Lincoln County WV. Our strong holler girl mothers raised us well. I thank God for putting me in my family and allowing me to live in the holler in West Virginia. PS, places we lived: Atwell Mountain in Atwell, Raysal, Bartley, Stringtown (where I was born), English, Beartown, just to name a few. just a turn dial. Thanks for all the memories. I loved your story and the pictures. 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. I would have it no other way.right here in Mcdowell County. You never know what you had. Sending you light, love, and laughter!! Some of my fondest childhood memories were playing with my dear friend Kristen Shupe. God Bless You. I suppose you could compare those small leaks to life. Im a holler girl , too. I want you to come back and play this for me. Took me back to my childhood. 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. We were taught of Jesus love and how to love one another. 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. I so enjoyed this. 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. Each image tells a different story of things I love. 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. I live in the middle of Ohio, so Im not very far away from . I want to live in a little town like Bud. I think we are so connected to the land here that we actually identify with the seasons internally and spiritually. 2. The primary coordinates for Pigeon Hollow places it within the WV 24931 ZIP Code delivery area.. Maps, Driving Directions & Local Area Information Subscribeto the podcast to hear more stories of Appalachian folklife, arts, and culture. I wrote this story to bring light to who we really are.intelligentcapableloving individuals who love where we live. Theres REALLY no place like home! view data without submitting Have YOU had to leave home to find opportunity? I remember swimming in the creek and playing on the side of the hill and swinging on the Grapevines. THANKS. 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. We played in the dirt and we fought each other. And up and down the Appalachian Mountains you had people from Scotland and Germany and Northern England, places that had fiddle music traditions, that came here and that got mixed in with rhythmic traditions from West Africa with the banjo, he says. I know. Maple MeadowsbyFairdale, W.Va, My favorite holler name.Hoo Hoo Hollow.Lester, W.Va, Absolutely beautiful, childhood memories came back to me. They called me the accident looking for a place to happen. loved this. Mingo County. I cry whenever I hear that song.. I no longer live in WV my son lives there and I visit there, I am a holler girl, an enjoyed this story! She worked with a team of designers, programmers, journalists, filmmakers and community members to combine . no remote. Thank you for such a well written story. I miss my childhood. This is a wonderful piece of work! .told my Mamaw what the kids were calling meshe said : well, reckon you can tell them fellers you can wipe your butt on a buckeye, but not on a briar! Loved my upbringing in the hollers!! I was raised in VA, Tazewell County. Thanks for sharing your story !! Those fragrances dance around the edges of our lives.we are accustomed to them..but ever aware of their sweet fragrance. This newer tunnel, circa 1963, is along the West Virginia Rail-Trail. To this day, I miss the mountains and all the wonderful times I had when staying with relatives every summer in WV. I have had more stitches than my 5 siblings combined as I was the daredevil that never backed down from a dare. You never want to push them too far. Half of us are the dish washer. This is so neat. Enjoyed your story. I would like to go back. people were very much set in their own ways. It made me appreciate things in life. Sadly, it is a trip that I will some day make on my own. I experienced a lot of the things you described. The entity was filed on September 17, 1998, effective from September 17, 1998 and terminated on November 2, 2009. I was born and raised in Crumpler Holler, best childhood any one could ever have, so many great memories. When I was growing up every Saturday morning my Mama would fix homemade biscuits and gravy. 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. I think the name was Dietricks Greenhouse. 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 get homesick all the time when I see photos or stop to think back to the good ole days. 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. When I was young we would make lightning bug jewelry. I lived the same lifestyle you did and so proud that I did.There is nothing like these W.V. This was beautiful to read. Price cut: $14,000 (Jan 6) 323 3rd Ave, Ripley, WV . They became super wives and mothers. Took my those were fun formative years. Have been gone from Logan, West Virginia since 1959 but still have good memories and go back for High School reunions. Find your adventure exploring the ghost stories and legends found among the mountains and hidden in the hollows. weighing in at 60 lbs when he passed. Im not a Holler Girl, but came from a small town where we lived on the last street going up the hill towards the only Highway into the town at the time. This is awsome. Crow Holler girl. Thanks for a beautiful story. 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. "Holler" to a West Virginian means a remote road or area. I would sit on the front porch with Daddy and usually Papaw in my gown. I love reading each and every comment and hearing your stories as well. This is Book II of DARKENED: The West Virginia Vampire Series by Gary Lee Vincent. They spent a lot of time listening to Dougs old recordings of Mose. Through the folklife program, Annie studied old-time fiddling under Doug Van Gundy for all of 2018. Take In Hollow is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. I married one (sixty years ago). Thank you for sharing your story. after reading this I relate to these descriptions of every day life. 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 ! Pigeon Hollow is a physical feature (valley) in Greenbrier County. I attended 5 elementary schools, 2 junior highs and was fortunate enough to attend one high school. we went to that front porch to play. I aint no girlbut Im from the holler! Kristen Shupe, Jason Bailey, my sister Crissy, myself, and many others would all pick a yard to play in. He had learned from players who were alive before West Virginia was even a state. It was laid out as a railroad town along the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1892. I CAN REALLY RELATE TOTHE OLD SCHOOL RAISING. (and dont want to know anything different now). Very well written and just as I remembered it. I was born in Huntington, West Virginia in the late 50s. I do wish my parents did not have to work so hard. Doug says the music of Greenbrier County is one of the less common techniques still alive. Thank you Amy for a beautiful story.<3. To where did you travel? And theres not a great distance between where Ive lived for nearly 60 years and my childhood home. Yellow Johnny Jump-Ups grew in clumps all across the hill, creating bright yellow patches among the Sagebrush. Pictures of your home, the surrounding area, and the town would be nice to visually comprehend. And it turns out, Doug is one of the few people who is an expert in the music. Many of us have college degrees, are nurses, teachers, preachers and well-educated women. Our people may not be able to afford the most expensive jewelry but ours shone the brightest on those sweet summer nights. Close to wheeling. These mountains nourish the soul. Thanks for stirring up my mind to happier, more peaceful time in my life. We search for rainbows and if we find one I always share the story of Gods promise with my children. By John Hayes, Post-Gazette Staff Writer. Took me down memory lane and Im still smiling. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on Mar 9, 2025 than the day before. 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The changing of seasons was wonderful and we always found something to do no matter the weather. Have called WV home all my life. I had wonderful hard-working parents (Im the oldest of seven children only 3 living and Im 82.) Food. 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. I am also a hollow girl and proud of it! This story is part of theInside AppalachiaFolkways Reporting Project. I was born in Welch in 1952. We see fit that they will grow up to be strong holler girls or boys. cabin creek hollow, kanawha county I married Rex Sadler from Anawalt and raised our son there until Rex died and we moved. 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. I too am a WV Holler Girl rom next door in Wyoming county. I love the way you write, ending some sentences in prepositions. You folks probably just know it as a "hollow." The Mountain State's combination of mountains and streams make for quite a few remote areas and lots of hollers! The smell of spearmint gum and the way my Mommy would whisper in my ear when I was misbehaving. Amazing how similar our stories are from the next county over. Loved your story. 3. Always fascinated by these stories !! 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. One of their favorite songs they practiced over the year is called Turkey Creek. It is a song Mose wrote. How beautiful! Thank you for your stories. i remember praying to god asking him why my life was so hard as a kid, why does my mom struggle so much to survie this place, we are good godfearin people. Loved the stories .The remembrance of growing up in the holler.Thanks for the memories and may God bless you enough!!!! I reared my older two children in West Virginia and am now rearing my five adopted children here as well. View listing photos, review sales history, and use our detailed real estate filters to find the perfect place. Brought back so many memories I loved it there but I cant go back everything changed. I love my town. Did I throw tantrums? Required fields are marked *. Life is good. We were all quiet then so he could eat in peace. 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 am a holler girl from mingo county, Lenore wva. My mother, father, and some of my brothers and sisters are gone now but the stories of the sweet memories will always live on and be passed from generation to generation. This is what we are made from. Remembering, waiting for dad to come walking up the holler with his dinner bucket in his hand. I still was able to do it when she wasnt looking I wrapped my arms around him and said you know what old man? Thats not in McDowell Co. Its in Fayette Co. on Packs Branch Rd. I really enjoyed reading that .I was raised in a holler also and it sure brought back a lot of good memories. (Guess they needed a kid to fit in with that generation). We played tornado..which we both still remember very fondly to this day. I grew up in Akron Ohio and all of my life I heard Dad talke about retiring and moving back to his beloved W. Va. and just sitting on the porch and lookout over his beloved hills.. he finally lived to do that he lived for 11 months after he retired and moved back there..his last days he lived to sit in a wheelchair and look out over the mountains surrounding nursing home in Parkersburg..he is buried in Pine grove cemetary in Pike W.Va havin lived in Harrisburg.. buried near his Mother, Father. 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. We got feed sacks filled them with sand blocked the creek swam there. This browser is no longer supported. 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. Although mom moved us to Ohio when we were young, my heart still belongs to McDowell County WV. And I wear shoes on my feet everyday hahaha;). You took my heart right back home. We do not feel less-fortunate. 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. Old-time music is a large part of West Virginias heritage it is the folk music of the state. 2018 Dewitz Photography, LLC | Eau Claire, Wis. | tel. McDowell County, West Virginia is an extremely unique place. Direct Trail Access To! Graduated Mt. Described me to a T. Brought back so many memories, smells and sounds. 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!!! I am a holler girl from Monkey Holler, Mannington WV. We ran bare foot in the rain in Summer to. Still have images of experiencing many or most of the things you did. Doug is an eighth generation West Virginian and an expert in the music. Dad was a WWII Navy veteran and both spent much of their free time working with the VFW. Mose was one of the original Greenbrier Valley old-time music legends. My farther as a coal miner and died in the coal mine, when I was 5!! 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. We were poor as dirt but didnt even realize it at the time because how she raised us gave us the character, pride and the will to persevere and achieve success. Unlike Annie, Doug did not learn how to play old time until he was an adult. These mountains literally have a way of molding the person you become. My Cousins lived in Handle Factory Holler, and I have always defined Holler as the valley between 2 mountains. The majority of the time those little buds stand firm.a testimony to the people here. 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. This brought back so many wonderful memories to me. When it rained all the kids would head for house and the big puddle until the storm drain was able to handle the runoff and then we found something else to do. In an effort to help preserve traditional Appalachian practices, the West Virginia Humanities Council started a Folklife Apprentice Program, which pairs a master of a craft with a budding artist, to help preserve traditional Appalachian practices. We were on a corner with hills from two directions. Grew up in Summers County, WVa and ran away right after High School. And as the song goes No matter where I roam , it will always be my home. I can identify with the smells of the changing seasons and being one with the land. Thanks for sharing your story. IAM FROM PRICHARD WVA UP A HOLLER CALLED BLACK FORK FAR BACK AS YOU CAN GET NOW THAT MY MOM AND DAD ARE GONE I WOULD LOVE ONE MORE DAY UP THAT HOLLER OMG THE LOVE THAT CAME BACK READING THIS. This is where my roots run deep..its home. So is my brother and sister. West Virginia's history has long been inebriated by moonshine folklore. I was Tressa Conway Stokes. Sunday, August 17, 2003. Id like to think the enchantment of this place carries on through years of being gone. Beautiful! my husband tells story of how Pie got its name. That was amazing Amy I was literally taken back to the holler. Your stories are great nothing smells as good as fresh line-dried sheets and nothing makes your hair feel and look better than rainwater! Love for this state flows thru my veins and arteries. (715) 514-4505 | travis@dewitzphotography.com, Inside Look Into McDowell County, West Virginia With Amy Gentry, https://www.quizup.com/en/topics/logos/2014/7?scope=region&country=WV&player_id=378853985576415972&banner=lb:logos:US:WV:month:7:2014:9&position=9&source=share. Shopping. Have gone from a holler girl to a world traveler. I cant play anything. But he would play for me, Doug says, and by the end of that he had figured out a tune that I really liked that he thought was simple enough for me to start on and he said, 'Ok. Thank You for sharing on Facebook. Moonshine is a rich part of the state's history both the legal and well, illegal, varieties. Race track near there was fun. It was wonderful !!! I was raised up Cannelton Holler (Fayette County). You have reminded me of several instances that I have forgotten about which most certainly will be included in my Lifetime Memoirs, that is almost completed. Preserving The Homemade Music Of West Virginia's Hollows West Virginia Public Broadcasting | By Caitlin Tan Summers are short there so we played double hard to make the most of it. Thank you for the memories. Had to leave 1965, go north to work. Neither of my parents went with us. I had Mrs. Zick in 1st grade & 2 of the Cox families. Brought back a lot of memories, thanks. Enjoyed this very much,brought back memories of my childhood.I was raised at Pie,W.V. I was raised in the suburbs of Minneapolis, MN but share many of the same memories with you. We lived in Summers County and I still feel at peace when we visit there. This was a wonderful stroll down memory lane. B and I tell stories about my childhood and encourage people to visit Tazewell County. I grew up on a ridge top, Fork Ridge, but life was the same there as in the hollers of WV. We didnt have internet, cell phones, I-pads, or I-pods. The lightning bugs dance atop the highest trees, gracing our presence during our camp fires and late night talks on the porch. Send. 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!! Im proud of growing up in McDowell county, WV!!! The Greenbrier Valley style, the upper reaches, were relatively isolated and so I think the fiddling stayed closer to how it was when it got over here, he said. Its nourishment for your soul. West Virginia thunder storms..they wash away the coal dust and cleanse our inner most being. My husband Leroy Lambert, was from Eckman hollow. In this episode we take a look at Coffin Hollow and some of the history behind one of West Virginia's most well know ghost stories. 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. Thanks so much for sharing. Could relate to a lot in this beautiful story, To this day I love simple things. We gathered frog eggs and put them in coffee cans and werent afraid of getting warts as the old wives tale goes. 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 suppose in way we were taught respect through that too. I am a West Virginia native also and I can relate to this . I think its a little more archaic, and yet its still influenced by radio and records that came through. Itll all be fine. 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. The immersive, online experience is the brainchild of West Virginia native Elaine McMillion. I still have family there and come back often. 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. Gas. I can still smell them. I know this brought a lot of great memories back from my childhood even here in Michigan. Our little home had a few leaks in the roof when it rained but some of my best memories were seeing my Mommy put out pots and bowls to catch the leaks. We smooch. 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. Lightening bugs, frogs, crickets and all of their friends making a grand noise lulled us to sleep most nights. Later on into the night we would retire to our bedsand most are covered in handmade quilts and fresh crisp sheets. 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. Ive always thought that theres no escape from the noise of car horns, heavy traffic, sirensall of which I hear more than I want to in this tiny town farm community that I live in now. Growing up there made me the person I am and I would have no other way. The church had put up a plaque listing all the boys who had given their lives in the war. 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. I loved this it brought back so many good memories!!! Twin Hollows Campground is located near Gilbert, West Virginia. Thank you for sharing all of the wonderful photos and your memories. I am a holler girl too!!! the crickets and frogs chatter late into the night singing their beautiful country songs. The junior high sat across the field from the high school so I got to make and keep lifelong friends one of my happiest memories was knowing that I would not change schools ever again. Your email address will not be published. And although it has now gained the popularity of people from all over the world, hundreds of years ago it was isolated within Appalachian communities. It was the local music. of departed Title [Boy, West Virginia "hollows"] Contributor Names Rogovin, Milton, 1909-2011, photographer . 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. Ba big part of my life was there. These girls may have worn feed sack dresses when they were young and never had expensive makeup; but their natural beauty shined. 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. Still visit Mannington when I can but still live in WV. Hard workers, a love of God and people. No phones and computers and all the other gadgets. Now live in Iowa. I hear my mother and father talking to one another and the joyful sounds of my brothers, sisters and I playing. This is exactly what West Virginia is. I would give a copy to all my friends. This made me remember my childhood . I have ONE Question..exactly where did or what does the name Holler Girl come from or exactly what is its meaning? Id sit on the big boulder across the road from where we lived and tell it all my secrets. After the war her mother Alice Elliott Klatt remarried Timothy Cecil Elliott and they left West Virginia in 1948 never to return. I love mountaineer football, follow the herd of marshall and keep tabs on whats going on there. We made our own toys out of tree branches. As a result of TV shows and popular media, the entire country seems to be intoxicated by its history. Im a holler girl..Seminole W.V. I have always been proud of growing up in The Hollers of West Virginia. Born in Highcoal, Boone County, WV and raised at Rock Creek, Raleigh County, WV. 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