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Folk Heroes & Famous People

8 sub-albums and no images in this album

Album: Daniel Boone
Lived, hunted, and surveyed in upper Kanawha Valley before moving to Kentucky.

Last change: 02/12/08
Contains: 2 items.

Album: Carter Woodson, Father of Black History
Mined in New River fields before earning Harvard doctorate

Last change: 02/13/08
Contains: 1 item.

Album: John Henry
Folk hero John Henry died driving steel in the Big Bend Tunnel in Talcott, W.Va.

Last change: 02/12/08
Contains: 2 items.

Album: Lowell Thomas broadcast from Whipple
In 1934, Lowell Thomas broadcast his NBC radio program from the Whipple mine.

Last change: 02/13/08
Contains: 2 items.

Album: Hank Williams' Last Stop: Oak Hill, WV
Hank Williams was discovered dead in Oak Hill enroute to a performance.

Last change: 02/17/08
Contains: 5 items.

Album: George Washington Carver
Carver (1859-1943) grew up on the Kanawha River near Malden before revolutionizing Southern agriculture.

Last change: 02/12/08
Contains: 1 item.

Album: Johnny Appleseed
John Chapman traveled into the upper Kanawha Valley, distributing seeds.

Last change: 02/12/08
Contains: 1 item.

Album: Robert E. Lee
Lee acquired his horse Traveller near Blue Sulphur Springs. Lee's Tree was named for Lee.

Last change: 02/13/08
Contains: 1 item.