economic problems facing McDowell County in West Virginia after the economy of the county started to fail when coal production declined (Big Creek People In Action, Inc., 2012). The agency is a nonprofit 501(C)(3) organization offering a community center where festivals and community events are held and a place of learning that offers GED programs and other educational programs. Big Creek People In Action, Inc.’s mission statement is to serve “the community of McDowell County in the realms of education
University of Virginia students. The Valley of the Shadow Project is full of documents like letters, diaries, newspapers, records, etc. from the Civil War period. These are first-hand accounts of the events from Americans living in Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin, Pennsylvania from John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry leading up to the Civil War that Ayers uses in order to prove his claim that the North and South weren’t as different as believed. The archives show how Augusta, Virginia and Franklin
The first day I began as a county 4-H Extension Agent was January 23, 2010. As I began my new adventure with WVU Extension Service, my guiding principle for all that I accomplish was and continues to be this desired outcome: youth led by knowledgeable caring adults learn and grow positively so that ultimately youth become caring and skilled members involved in their communities. Now in my fourth year, I have begun to reap some of the benefits from my previous three years of successful efforts.
Home Confinement: An Alternative to Incarceration West Virginia state prisons have a maximum capacity of 2,154 inmates; currently they house 2,363 inmates, and more remain in City and County lockups to manage the overflow (West Virginia Blue Book). Home Confinement solves this problem. Reduction of the prison population should be reason enough to institute home confinement, but other reasons do exist. Would you like lower taxes? Home confinement costs much less than incarceration. Do you favor
event in Appalachian history that holds the greatest notoriety is a fatal family feud that occurred inside the Tug River Valley during the late nineteenth-century. Within this valley was the border between West Virginia and Kentucky and two families resided here, the Hatfields from West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky. This feud may be the most notorious and familiar to Americans, but many are unaware of the truth, which is masked by the legends and myths surrounding it. This embellished and folkloric
Margaret Ann Martin was born in Greenfield, Nelson County, Virginia on January 20th, 1834. Her parents were Hudson Martin and Nancy Thorpe. Hudson Marton was born in Virginia in 1765. At the close of the Revolutionary War, Giddeon Martin, his after moved to Kentucky. Giddeon Martin had fought for seven years in the Revolution under General George Washington. Hudsont Martin and Nancy Thorpe were married March 22nd, 1824. The following children were born to this union John, their only son, and
New River is probably around 360 million years old. It begins as two streams in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and runs 160 miles through the counties of Carroll, Pulaski, Grayson Montgomery and Giles in Virginia as well as Bluestone Lake in West Virginia before integrating into the New River four miles from the Virginia line (“Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries”). The New River ends into the great Mississippi River. It is also one of the only rivers in the world that flows
have received a high school diploma has also jumped from one out of three to two out of three; and the infant death rate has been cut in half. Comparing the 391 counties in the Appalachian Regional Commission with counties outside the region that were similar to Appalachian counties in the 1960s, researchers found that Appalachian counties grew significantly faster than their counterparts. Specifically, overall income in Appalachia grew 48 percent faster; per capita income grew 17 percent faster;
Appalachian culture is as broad and far reaching as the counties included in Appalachia. Appalachia is poverty stricken communities, found in the Appalachian Mountains that is defined by their levels of poverty. What is odd is the fact that they can add more counties to the region but they never take any out of it. Farmers, coal miners, old time religions, and even musicians help form the culture within the region. A land for many years that was in a sense cutoff from the outside world, the absolute
region between the Pacific shore and the Puget Sound basin. Wa... ... middle of paper ... ...e sweet country lilt of the southwestern cities, West Virginians welcome visitors and new residents alike. The people here weathered difficult economic times when the coal market collapsed, but as telecommuting and better travel options became available, West Virginia has begun to prosper again. Marshall in the south and Morgantown in the north are economic engines driving the state toward more career opportunities
drove the Ohio Army to West Virginia as their Major General. Two battles in and McClellan was a regular hero. In August of 1861, McClellan followed President Lincoln’s instruct to design and lead the Potomac Army as Commander and then as General in Chief (New World Encyclopedia 2014). After McClellan failed to impress with expected action towards Richmond, his position was returned to Army Commander (Pagles 39-42). In May of 1862 McClellan leisurely led his men towards the Virginia Peninsula, neglecting
Appalachians Health Issues The Appalachian culture were born in the Appalachian mountain range and their family live in or near the Appalachia. “Appalachia comprises 420 counties in 13 states—Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania.” (Purnell, 2009, p. 88). Since the Appalachians comes from such a broad region, I choose to discuss the population residing in Kentucky. The Appalachians
The Economic Structure of Matewan The film Matewan, written and directed by John Sayles, depicts the small rural townof 1920's Mingo County, West Virginia as a society undergoing complete social unrest, a result of clashing ideals and economic systems. The film is an illustration of how different social systems come to be so intertwined that they cannot be defined independently of one another. Unfortunately for the people of Matewan, the feudalistic economic system imposed on them by the Stone
Film John Sayles, the writer and director of the film Matewan, demonstrates an understanding, albeit possibly an unconscious one, of the struggle between two economic systems. This work depicts the historical events of 1920 in the Mingo County, West Virginia town of Matewan, a place that came to be known as "Bloody Mingo". Although many people are accustomed to viewing feudalism as a social system from the past, history is not such an orderly, linear progression of societies and ways of life but
easy to read conspiracies and invasion plots into every new computer advancement. It’s also easy to feel that we’re caught in a dangerous tug-of-war, and that the machines are winning. My father, Vernon, is the head of the chemistry department at West Virginia State College, and he refuses to use computers any more than the bare minimum his job requires. While the rest of his department (and the rest of the world) fire off quick e-mail notes and memos to one another, he still writes with pencil and paper
Greenbrier River or the Battle of Camp Bartow took place on October 2-3, 1861.The skirmish took place near the base of Cheat Mountain in present day Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The operation would take June through December to carry out. General Reynolds thought if he could get rid of Camp Bartow he could easily get to the Virginia counties on the other side of the mountains to the east. Brigade General Joseph Reynolds was the Union commander while Brigade General Henry R. Jackson was the Confederate
Service 2-West Virginia Statewide Afterschool Network Objective: To develop leadership skills in adults in West Virginia Objective: To develop WV youths into responsible leaders of their state, the country, and the world. Background/Rationale/Preparation The West Virginia Statewide Afterschool Network (WVSAN) was established by state agencies and afterschool personnel throughout West Virginia with the purpose to create and sustain a statewide partnership that raises the awareness of the importance
Storming Heaven is Denise Giardina’s second and award winning novel, published in 1987. The historical novel is a fiction-based recount of the bitter labor conflict that took place in southern West Virginia during the early 1920s, otherwise known as the West Virginia Coal Wars. The author tells the story of the real conflict faced by miners through the eyes of four main characters, each from different walks of life, with their own different point of view. The story told about the real life hardship
Though debated by many historians, the Civil War is often referred to as a “total war,” meaning that the conflict permeated every aspect of life in the United States. The home front of both the Union and the Confederacy played crucial aspects in supporting their armies; however, there were many issues that both sides faced. On both sides the respective home fronts faced a failing economy and inflation as well as shortages of material and labor. There was the controversial question of slavery and
The American Civil War, a war between the North and South, Union and Confederacy. During the Civil War, the North and the South fought with their own advantages and disadvantages, though one 's advantage would be mainly the other’s disadvantage. So instead of thinking it as strengths and weakness, there were aspects that were either good or bad for the regions during the war. The main factors between the North and South were their morale, the type of society each had, the location of the war, their