Mountain pride in Appalachia crafts teacher shares culture
John Brock, director of the Appalachian Folk Life Center in Pipestein Gap Mills, spoke at Country Treasures about mountain crafts and self esteem for youth. He demonstrated a shaving horse, shown how to split wood, and noted volunteers and students helped with a maul project for GMS students Heather Vance and peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GAP Mills
John Brock
Appalachia
Virginias
Washington, D.C
Appalachian Folk Life Center
Pipestein
Country Treasures
Laurel Creek Artisans Guild
Monroe County
Margie Jones
Brock
Fayette County
West Virginia
Folk Life Center
Mercer
Summers Counties
GMS
Heather Vance
Gap Mills early history and development outline
The article outlines Gap Mills region from the Gap Valley drainage to Second Creek, noting limestone geology, caverns, bluegrass soils, and elevation. It records Major Wood’s 1671 expedition routes, early settlement patterns, a 1774 county road first mentioned, tolls authorized in 1819, and the first families Maxwell Neel and Crosier settlers, Presbyterians who founded a local church in 1835.
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Gap Mills
Gap Valley
Alleghany
Peters Mountain
Gap Mountain
Lewis Place
Second Creek
Major Wood
Fort Henry
Petersburg
New River
Radford
Thurmond
Monroe County
Indian Creek
Thorny Hollow
Sweet Springs
Fincastle
Dunmore
Botetourt
Second Creek Gap
Point Pleasant
Maxwell
Margaret
Isabelle
Elizabeth
Hannah
Thomas Steele
Owen Neel
Andrew Crosier
Robert Dunbar
Pennsylvania
Potts Valley
B.L. Neel
Tennessee
Focus on Monroe call for readers notes and profiles
The Daily Telegraph invites Monroe area readers to share upcoming events achievements or profiles for the Focus on Monroe page. Contact Reporter Babette Pascasio at (304) 367-6171 or 1-800-76-DAILY by mail to P O Box 1599 Bluefield West Virginia 24701 for submissions.
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Daily Telegraph
Monroe
Babette Pascasio
P.O. Box
Bluefield
W.va
PHS Class of 1942 Reunites in Blacksburg After 50 Years
Jerstown High School graduates from the class of 1942 gather in Blacksburg Virginia for a 50th anniversary reunion at the Marriott Smithfield Room. The event featured memories, photo folders, yearbook relics, a banquet, and recognitions for long-distance travel and notable changes since graduation. Attendees included Carmen Isola, Marguerite Spain, Tommie Ball ar McCoy Roncaglione, Virginia Mayo, and others.
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Jerstown High School
Smithfield
Marriott
Blacksburg
Tommie Ballard McCoy Roncaglione
Fleet Raines
Monroe Watchman
PHS
Margerite Spangler
Spain
Eugene Rowe
Carmen Isola
Agnes Roles
Union
Virginia Peck Mayo
Tommie Roncaglione
Estil DeHart
Marguerite Spangler
Eugene “Eudy
Rosie Rowe
Marguerite Spangler Spain
Princeton
Deborah Hontas
Bluefield
Coonie
Bobbie Jean Spangler
Peterstown
Sammy
Lorene Thomas
Huntington
John Woodson
Ballard
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Mountain Pride
Gap Mills School
Gap
Mercer Street
Princeton, WV
QUEEN
David M. Harris
Westwood Medical Park
Virginia
Thefield Daily Telegraph
Ted
Telegram
Sunda
Frida
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