I know very little about southern West Virginia. I was sent by my parents to summer camp called John Laing in Comfort but couldn't wait to get home to Charleston. I'm glad to read of an area that was unfamiliar to me.
Hi Roger. I just discovered this Sub and I am grateful. I will definitely re-stack this to increase the possibility for other explorers to share the same fascination with the streams of liquid that chase gravity to the sea. I am writing a creative nonfiction story set over 100 miles northeast of the Tug. It includes my ancestors who lived along the Cranberry from its mouth at the Gauley to its source springing from near the summit of Black Mountain during the great logging era.
Thank you for this lovely history of the Tug. I didn't know it began in Jenkinjones. You know he lived in Bramwell. And the Welsh folks here used to speak in their native tongue to each other on the telephone so the operators couldn't listen in on their conversations. 😊
Thank you, Dana! In my research, I found this fascinating passage:
“When he died, he left instructions for the house and all the out buildings to be torn down, so that no other family would encroach on the close friends and relatives, the Bowens and Ellwoods, who had shared the hill with him and his family.”
I know very little about southern West Virginia. I was sent by my parents to summer camp called John Laing in Comfort but couldn't wait to get home to Charleston. I'm glad to read of an area that was unfamiliar to me.
Steve, thanks for reading and following along!
glad to see Our Lady is still standing
I love reading about this project, Roger!
Thanks for reading and supporting the work! Looking forward to sharing more as it develops.
Hi Roger. I just discovered this Sub and I am grateful. I will definitely re-stack this to increase the possibility for other explorers to share the same fascination with the streams of liquid that chase gravity to the sea. I am writing a creative nonfiction story set over 100 miles northeast of the Tug. It includes my ancestors who lived along the Cranberry from its mouth at the Gauley to its source springing from near the summit of Black Mountain during the great logging era.
Thanks, Jim! And thanks for sharing about your project, too!
Thank you for this lovely history of the Tug. I didn't know it began in Jenkinjones. You know he lived in Bramwell. And the Welsh folks here used to speak in their native tongue to each other on the telephone so the operators couldn't listen in on their conversations. 😊
Thank you, Dana! In my research, I found this fascinating passage:
“When he died, he left instructions for the house and all the out buildings to be torn down, so that no other family would encroach on the close friends and relatives, the Bowens and Ellwoods, who had shared the hill with him and his family.”