Item Type : Magazine Single Issue
Publisher : West Virginia Division of Culture and History
Date Published : WINTER 2024
Description:Our Spring 2025 issue of GOLDENSEAL features a cover story on the 75th anniversary of the West Virginia State Folk Festival from contributing author Jason Gum. Readers will also find an accompanying sidebar from Gum about the West Virginia Belles of the State Folk Festival. Women aged 70 and above are nominated from each participating County, and come to represent their home county at the Folk Festival, sharing their wisdom and wit with the festival goers. Also in this issue: West Virginia Folk Music Traditions from Jennie Williams, our State Folklorist at the West Virginia Humanities Council; the story of educator Barbara L. Jones from contributing author Deanna Edens; the story of one Monongalia County man’s creation—the Stepulator by Sharon Smith; The Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum from Candy Thompson; A look at the Sistersville Ferry, the only ferry across the Ohio River, from Carl Feather; an article from Thomas Moore about Shinnston’s own Ginny Ogden; Contributing author Chris Chanlett writes about the Adopt-a-Highway program in Greenbrier County; Charleston’s Gallery Eleven celebrities 50 years in an article by Lynne-Schwarts-Barker with accompanying photos by Rafael Barker; an interview with the 2024 Vandalia Award Recipient Ginny Hawker; a look back at the 2024 Vandalia Gathering and Liar’s Contest; and another West Virginia Back Roads from our regularly contributing author Carl Feather — the Pence Springs Flea Market in Summers County.
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