Why do I persist with this crusade against mountaintop removal?
The tree covered hilltop is the location of Larry Gibson’s family cemetery - the island in the madness. To have to get permission from a coal operator to visit ones deceased relatives is too far over the line for me. This is another reason I [...]
This is an award passed on to me from Rebecca the author of Carpe You Some Diem! - if the title alone doesn’t get you to visit her blog I am honestly at a loss as to what would. Thanks Rebecca!
The You Make My Day Award works like this:
1) Write a post with [...]
Some visitors are probably wondering why you haven’t seen photos from the mountaintop removal going on at Kayford posted by me yet. It is simple - I have so many photos and they all can be posted with individual posts. I have so much to say I couldn’t decide where to start. So I finally [...]
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This is a continuation of the last post.
Photos from Cabin Creek, West Virginia
If you thought the graveyard would have been interesting - I was there to get photos of this bunker. The graveyard was a bonus and would have been hard to miss since you have to walk through it to reach the bunker.
I [...]
So - I stole the name for this post from Zeppelin - it just fits.
This is actually the first of two posts and both of them deal with West Virginia history from the late 19th century through the early 20th century.
I had the unexpected pleasure of visiting Kayford Mountain today and some areas of historical [...]
A cool thing about a blog - you can make a prediction of future events and if they come true you can lead the I told you so back to the original prediction. If it doesn’t come true - it doesn’t matter because the prediction will be forgotten anyway.
I have a prediction. It has to [...]
Continue reading about A Blog Prediction - Marsh Fork Becomes Fairdale
A lot of the visitors to my blog arrive through search engines. With that in mind - I’m wondering for those of you that do blog - do you blog with SEO (search engine optimization) in the back of your mind? Or do you just blog without caring about keyword searches?
I think for myself it [...]
This is the Ruger Single Six .22 caliber with the 22 long cylinder. I have the magnum cylinder for it as well but have never fired a round through it. For my tastes this is the perfect companion for extended stays in the backwoods. I don’t really like a heavy pistol and don’t need anything [...]
Every once in a while, I go through all of my photo files. Most of the photos were taken within the past 3 or 4 years. A large part of them were taken while I was homeless. At any rate, I found these two of Big Coal River taken about 3 years ago.
The first one [...]
Since starting the Bolt Mountain site I have made some friends outside of West Virginia who are familiar with Bolt Mountain in one way or another. One of those friends recently sent me a few photos from his trip to Bolt Mountain earlier this year. Most of his photos I’ll be displaying on the Bolt [...]
