SXS Rentals Available Onsite Through Mountaintop Adventures! Brought back so many memories I loved it there but I cant go back everything changed. I have taught all of them to play in the dirt, run in the rain, jump in the leaves and to make snow angels in the winter. My husband Leroy Lambert, was from Eckman hollow. Sadly, it is a trip that I will some day make on my own. (and dont want to know anything different now). . for 2 yrs before going to Welch Junior High. I am a holler girl too!!! Your story put me right back in that tiny house I grew up in, that only seems tiny now. Worked and lived in Germany and Japan for more than 30 years. From Roderfield.and lived in Westchester Holler 30 years. Dunlow, West Virginia Dunlow is an unincorporated community in southern Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, on Twelvepole Creek. we went to that front porch to play. This place is why I am who I am today. Us kids were his remote when he was tired from working. We gathered frog eggs and put them in coffee cans and werent afraid of getting warts as the old wives tale goes. Id sit on the big boulder across the road from where we lived and tell it all my secrets. How beautiful! 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. Their small visits are much appreciated because it wont be long until they are all gone and fall will begin its inevitable descent upon us. That was amazing Amy I was literally taken back to the holler. I grew up in the little coal camp Red Jacket , Mingo County in the 50s and 60s. The immersive, online experience is the brainchild of West Virginia native Elaine McMillion. We live in Myrtle Beach now and yes we miss WV. I grew up in west liberty and then valley grove. Hope High School. Id buy penny candy from Mr. Shaffer at the store next door to our house. Today, they are classy, sexy, and a wonderful friend. And my sister and I were raised the WV way. I still have family there and come back often. Thanks for sharing your story !! I really enjoyed every word. There are these direct lines of connection of like, stories and nuances, and the way people play it and each time it gets passed down it changes a little bit, she says. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!!!!! Hills.Yes I am Shelby Mc Peak Meade and I dont regret a minuet of my upbringing . 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! Reading your story and reliving my life as a Holler Girl. They were John and Stella Gilliand. Could relate to a lot in this beautiful story, To this day I love simple things. And my heart to return home. 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. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I have never thought of Holler as a derogatory term. Love it. Ba big part of my life was there. The county built a strong economy when the coal industry was in its prime in the early 1900s, and housed at its peak over 100,000 residents. Your email address will not be published. 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 watch to see if the glimpse of new life will be blighted. Virginia. I felt the souls of my Mom, Pap, and Mommom with me as I read. My Mother and sisters. Id look over every square inch of Cottle Church of God and soak in the love from our church family. I was fascinated by your story. From Hemphill, Orkney Holler ! Life is good. To watch a storm roll in during the summerwhen the sky suddenly goes from bright and sunny to violently electric in one beat of your heart. I truly enjoyed the story! Wouldnt trade my childhood for the world. Get directions, reviews and information for Hidden Hollow in undefined, WV. 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. They were more than happy to explain the video, which everyone should enjoy. I have traveled and lived in many places and none of them has my heart strings attached like those hollers in West Virginia. Her family had lived in a number of coal mining communities- Beaver, Scarbro, Oswald,, etc. Orkney holler is all grown up now. 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. We had barbies, power-wheels, sand boxes, and swimming pools. I thought I was his really special little girl. Father died in Berwind mine accident when I was 9 years old leaving my mother and 9 children to make ends meet as best we could. Thanks for the free trip home even if just by a memory. West Virginia raised us also. I still have one brother living in McDowell and another in Fayetteville. Still Hollow Spirits, a farm to bottle distillery located high in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia specializing in traditional mountain style whiskeys and unique botanical infusions. It didnt scar me for life. They fought for what was right; and seldom let anyone sway them otherwise. Im looking to rent a house, but Im on fixed income for the time being, and can only afford something with rent around $300.00. Maple MeadowsbyFairdale, W.Va, My favorite holler name.Hoo Hoo Hollow.Lester, W.Va, Absolutely beautiful, childhood memories came back to me. 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. 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. GREAT MEMORIES. West Virginia is Home. Established in 2002. Guess I was a coal camp girl. Thank you for sharing your story. This brought back memories of my childhood. 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. 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. Dunlow was incorporated in 1892. I love WV and always will. We do need to be proud of who we are and most of all where we came from. The primary coordinates for Pigeon Hollow places it within the WV 24931 ZIP Code delivery area.. Maps, Driving Directions & Local Area Information I have coal slate under the skin on my knee to this day to prove it.my sister does too. West Virginia ghost stories, legends, and haunts. Wonderful!! Thank you so much for similar memories. Simply beautiful! Wonderful words here. And so much more. I grew up in Salem Ohio, but went to Chester West Va frequently, with friends, Sue and Michelle(they are cousins) . Remembering, waiting for dad to come walking up the holler with his dinner bucket in his hand. West Virginia Hollow Tales by Jordan Jr, John E., Like New Used, Free shippin. Cant get enough stories about Family Love amidst humble and trying circumstances. Amy, your words are as beautiful as you are and Im so grateful that I came across this today!! A reminder that soon summer will be gone. Wasnt a holler girl. If only.. It was a high tower, a fort, a castle, or a play house. No phones and computers and all the other gadgets. I appreciate that I was raised as I was and proud to say: I AM a holler girl. I really miss those OLE days. This made me remember my childhood . so proud to be a holler girl. I know. Please actually post where photos are taken because this is part of OUR Families History not just whomever was raised in a holler I wish I could go back and relive those memories just like they were. She would say Do you want to make a trip to the bathroom? I knew what that meant..so Id straighten up quick. Still visit Mannington when I can but still live in WV. Loved the stories .The remembrance of growing up in the holler.Thanks for the memories and may God bless you enough!!!! 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. Food. 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. Annie says in the past year since her apprenticeship, she has shared a lot of what she learned. I suppose you could compare those small leaks to life. Each image tells a different story of things I love. I never learned how to swim despite growing up in the Land of 10,000 lakes. 2. Like and Share With Your Friends and Family. 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. Born a holler kid and proud of it. Good read. thank you for sharing. I tried to share it to Sharon Lesters page, but it wouldnt let me. My late wife Mary Jane Klatt was living in Kilsyth in 1944 when her father Henry Klatt was killed in the war. These mountains nourish the soul. I was born and raised in Cambria County in Pa.I would like to find out about Elm Grove W.V. I try to tell my grandkids about me growing up and how we use to play. I want to move to West Virginia because all of my life I have heard how beautiful it is there in the hills. Growing Up in the Coal Filled Hollows of West Virginia 01 Apr 2014 Travis Dewitz Personal Photography Projects 154 Comments Guest post by Amy Gentry "Holler Girl" Off and on my entire life I have heard the phrase "holler girl" used in a derogatory way. I took my dad to the Smokies once his comment was,They dont have a mountain here any prettier than Bradshaw Mountain. He was right! We got feed sacks filled them with sand blocked the creek swam there. My Mother taught me how to love and how to receive love. Pigeon Hollow, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. I was born in Welch in 1952. Off and on my entire life I have heard the phrase holler girl used in a derogatory way. The lightning bugs dance atop the highest trees, gracing our presence during our camp fires and late night talks on the porch. I'm proud to be from the holler. 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.. I have ONE Question..exactly where did or what does the name Holler Girl come from or exactly what is its meaning? Enjoyed your story. ! A time of being free of the problems of this world we live in today. We were a family of 6 living in a small wooden Shack on my Grandmas property. It is nearly parallel to the original tunnel called The . My parents were from McDowell Co. And we were all Holler boys & girls. So many of the things that you have mentioned was part of my growing up. Neither of my parents went with us. Those fragrances dance around the edges of our lives.we are accustomed to them..but ever aware of their sweet fragrance. 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. This place becomes part of you. It taught me how much the small things mean. Twin Hollows Campground is located near Gilbert, West Virginia. This is awsome. Id SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE WISHED HAD THE RAISINGS WE ALL HAD IN THE COAL FIELDS . Mingo County. 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. We may have got a little coal dust on us.but our Bibles never collected any dust. We know how to survive, how to plant a garden, how to sew, and what it means to hang clothes on the line. 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. he showed me a lot of the history there. I too am a WV Holler Girl rom next door in Wyoming county. *data reflects hollow users only You are 1 of users who departed relocations submitted* Avg. I came to Iaeger West Virginia when I was 6 years old. 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. the crickets and frogs chatter late into the night singing their beautiful country songs. I so enjoyed reading this story and wouldnt change my childhood for anything on earth. Great family and friends with good food and spectacular views in all four seasons!! True Ghost Stories - West Virginia Ghosts Silver Gap Ghost near Oak Hill August 6, 2021 The Spirit that Stayed Around Buried Secrets The Shadow People Other Encounters One Night On Poca River December 16, 2019 When I was about 16 years old, I had a good friend of mine named. Anyway, once again, thank you for taking us all down memory lane in good ole McDowell Co and giving us a glimps of your life there. West Virginia is a place that goes with you no matter how far you stray. 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. Not change one thing about them. Loved your story. Thank you for the memories. Subscribeto the podcast to hear more stories of Appalachian folklife, arts, and culture. Im a holler girl from Rivesville WV. Love those old hills. Im proud of growing up in McDowell county, WV!!! The majority of the time those little buds stand firm.a testimony to the people here. We never had a swimming pool. 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. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on Mar 9, 2025 than the day before. 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. This has brought back all those precious memories from my childhood. We just have our own way of life. You made me think of growing up in McDowell County. brought back so many memories. 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. Hope maybe I can get there soon and see this great place written about in this great story. Doug is an eighth generation West Virginian and an expert in the music. Race track near there was fun. Thank you for a job very well done. I still work two days a week at our county Visitor Center and am presently doing a video each Thursday at 3PM on Tazewell Countys site Im Mz. Brought back alot of memories growing up with 3 sisters and 2 brothers in Rivesville. We'll talk about the tim. We lived on a large piece of propertywith tons of Sagebrush and Cloverunkempt to the people who had lovely gardens, but to me was like living in a magical place. I had a bunch of Gilliand cousins. 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. I lived in Davy, but spent lots of time at my grandparents in Helena, then Asco. Thats it. 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. Thanks for writing about home! I too was raised up a hollow, called Chattaroy Hollow, near Williamson, WV. I grew up in a holler. The rush of the water over my head as I dunked down to the bottom was an awesome feeling. The notes are a bit more pronounced; one almost feels inclined to clap along. When Daddy came home the T.V. those were fun formative years. 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. And thank you Wayne Guindon, for sharing this Post with me. CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 30"Rabbit Tate lives in the shanty up the hollow. Was I mean? Id tell my teachers at Craigsville Grade School how much they meant to me and how they influenced my life. :)), Oh, what a heart warming read. I was raised a holler girl too, but in Randolph Co.and still live not far from where I grew up. Im a coal miners son from McDowell County! I went to school first grade at Iaeger, then Coalwood, and graduated at Northfork. We had to make out own games just like you said. 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. Thanks for stirring up my mind to happier, more peaceful time in my life. I was a holler born girl also. Thanks so much for saying it so eloquently. Thanks for sharing. You can usually te. 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 can still hear the drip, drop, drip, drop. A Mothers love is infinite. I remember those hot summer evenings heading to church. I think its a little more archaic, and yet its still influenced by radio and records that came through. Brought back many memories. Like you I also remember smells. Our strong holler girl mothers raised us well. She worked with a team of designers, programmers, journalists, filmmakers and community members to combine . I wish I could go back to that time for just one full day. Would not take anything for my growing up in WV. Floor plans starting at $1250. We werent much older than the kids we took care of so it could be challenging to keep track of them all but never lost a kid and kept them out of trouble. Im a holler girl and am so happy that I am. Its like you saw into my heart as you wrote. I can still smell them. I was born in Huntington, West Virginia in the late 50s. Read more Previous page Print length 262 pages These girls may have worn feed sack dresses when they were young and never had expensive makeup; but their natural beauty shined. Beautiful and I am to a holler girl born and raised in bulldog holler in premier west Virginia. My best friends son at the age of twenty four was killed in a mine explosive when he was found he was right at the opening of the mines. Kristen Shupe, Jason Bailey, my sister Crissy, myself, and many others would all pick a yard to play in. I was born in the family home, 72 years ago, In Chelyan, WV. My parents were born and raised in WV. 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. Didnt know if Id ever hear anyone tell about the lightning bug jewelry that brought this gal so much happiness way back 50 plus years ago. Its the best place to be from, but for me there were no career opportunities . Dad was Adjutant of the post they belonged to for a year or so. I do wish my parents did not have to work so hard. I think we are so connected to the land here that we actually identify with the seasons internally and spiritually. To be thankful I was warm, and that I had a Mom and Dad who loved me. I remember having Snake berry fight s with you and eating honeysuckles. Book Now Below or Call us 304-664-1234 for booking assistance! It's all very much in the tradition of the work by Studs Terkel and Dale Maharidge (their works are eerily echoed by the subjects of "Hollow's" documentary videos), but it's produced for 2013's news consumers. 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. I cry whenever I hear that song.. My husband and I live in SC now, but our roots, came from being raised in almost heaven WV. He had been down in the cold working his time just like many more in our town in wv. Over the years I have heard just about every derogatory remark that can be made about a place directed toward West Virginia. of departed i know now that it was not invein it made me the person i am today. "Holler" to a West Virginian means a remote road or area. I have been called a Holler girl by people who live 30 minutes away haha. Amy, So loved your Holler story. Thought we had it hard then, but wished I could call those times back. Thanks for giving me that feel-good feeling with tears in my eyes. I lived in Coalwood, WV through 5th grade where Mr. Grew up in Berwind and War in McDowell County and I recognize many of the photos. In a special report exploring folkways traditions, as part of theInside Appalachia Folkways Project, Caitlin Tan explores the master-apprentice relationship in the old-time music community. Your article was GREAT!!!! But we had a great Mom who took all five of us to Sharon to live!! May the Lord bless you as much as this story has blessed me. 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. Wowwonderful! We teach them its ok to lose but to dust themselves off and keep moving forward. I really enjoyed reading that .I was raised in a holler also and it sure brought back a lot of good memories. Still live in Gilbert, W.va. and all this brought back memories of years gone by. Thank you for sharing all of the wonderful photos and your memories. Thanks for sharing your story. I would have it no other way.right here in Mcdowell County. Great ,loved it !! We moved a lot which meant it was hard to keep friends unless we happened to move and still go y=to the same school. And theres not a great distance between where Ive lived for nearly 60 years and my childhood home. Great memories. 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. It was the kitchen music. Thanks. Would someone reading this please try to find out what church that was. I loved growing up in Fayette County, West Virginia. Also, West Virginia College. Come back next week.'. I was raised in VA, Tazewell County. Thank you Amy, for this wonderful article which really tells exactly how hollow life is. Described me to a T. Brought back so many memories, smells and sounds. Mar 9, 2025 - Daylight Saving Time Starts. The entity was filed on September 17, 1998, effective from September 17, 1998 and terminated on November 2, 2009. Find your new home at 6080 Hollow Hill Ln located at 6080 Hollow Hill Ln, West Springfield, VA 22152. 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. 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. I have been fortunate to visit many times That man is now my husband.but thats a whole other story. Thank you so much . 2. 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. What memories flood my soul! I am a holler girl too. Brings back such fond childhood memories of a simpler time that formed our values and morals and made us the adults we are today. I can step outside in late summer and literally smell fall.and as each leaf drops one by one.that fragrance intensifies.until late October or mid November.then I can smell the frost.the ice and the impending snow. Im a Holler girl from Fayette county, WV. We made our own slip and slides from mining belts or old pool liners we made bubbles from dish detergent. We sleep peacefully in our small homes as God has provided all our needs. My Dad Lots of ladies kill the deer themselves. We went outside when chores were done and came home when the street lights came on. Thats what makes it work is that you share it and people are learning it and its part of the community.. We learned respect, what giving your word meant and protection of family. You should have this article published!!! Its not the same, but still home! Remembering Anthony Bourdain 1956-2018. . I long to live in the country, and to me, this would be the place to live. 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. From where did you depart? Great memories as I read this, All of this belongs to each and everyone who lived up the Holler. I can so recall so much you said in your article and I cherish every word that was written. Get married inside or outside of their red barn, sit down to dinner in their pavilion, then celebrate the night away in one of the most peaceful spots in Jackson County. Sid Hatfield had shot and killed several of the thugs during the battle referred to as the Matewan Massacre. 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. Its named after a little creek in Greenbrier County, and this is a tune that I dont know that anybody else really played. My family lived in Iaeger until 1958 when my father Lloyd Bottomly retired to SW Fl. Thanks for the article, every word is true. One of their favorite songs they practiced over the year is called Turkey Creek. It is a song Mose wrote. We lived in Summers County and I still feel at peace when we visit there. It took me back to my childhood, where everything was simple and plain and wonderful. And I wear shoes on my feet everyday hahaha;). 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.

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