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West Virginia History: A Journal of Regional Studies
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ISSN (Print) 0043-325X - ISSN (Online) 1940-5057
Published by Project MUSE

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Born Merchant: Local Influence on Extractive Industry in Pocahontas
County, West Virginia
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  Abstract: In 1891, a group of businessmen published a prospectus entitled "Marlinton, Pocahontas County, the Future Manufacturing and Industrial Center of the Virginias," designed to entice investment into a new town in the Greenbrier River Valley.1 The roster of businessmen associated with the plan for the Pocahontas Development Company (PDC) included men from Taylor and Marion Counties in West Virginia. Prominent politicians such as Johnson Newlon Camden and Aretus Brooks Fleming added weight to the proposal, but the final name in the listed directors stands out as the only local involved.2 Jacob Williamson Marshall, a merchant from Mingo Flats, had a long history of representing his community's economic and political ... Read More
  PubDate: 2023-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
William Marland, William Woodson Trent, and Cecil Underwood: West Virginia
Leaders in the Era of Civil Rights
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  Abstract: On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that segregated schools were unconstitutional. Chief Justice Earl Warren read the decision of the Court: "We come to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public school solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other tangible factors may be equal, deprive children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities' We believe that it does. We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of separate but equal has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."1 This ruling overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in which the Court in 1896 ... Read More
  PubDate: 2023-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
Editor's Note
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  Abstract: After thirteen years serving as either associate editor or editor, I am stepping down as editor of West Virginia History: A Journal of Regional Studies. The last thirteen years have been extremely rewarding and I have enjoyed my time at the helm of the journal. Over those years, I have accrued a tremendous amount of debt to and gratitude for the individuals and organization who have partnered with me during my tenure with the journal. At the top of that list is Sara Georgi and the staff at the West Virginia University Press. Without Sara's hard work and patience and the press's support, the journal may have become a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. I would also like to recognize Michael Woods for his efforts as ... Read More
  PubDate: 2023-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
Endless Caverns: An Underground Journey into the Show Caves of Appalachia
by Douglas Reichert Powell (review)
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  Abstract: Douglas Reichert Powell has produced a very thoroughly researched and wonderfully written account of the often overlooked and surprisingly interconnected origin and evolution of show caves in Appalachia with the historical and cultural development of the greater Appalachian region. Readers are essentially along for the "crawl" as Powell intertwines his show-cave research and personal experiences with the history of caves from their earliest role as shelters and landmarks for Indigenous Americans to the post-1950s expansion of the interstate highway system and current-day conservation efforts.Having visited numerous active show caves, Powell distills the experience into an almostformulaic series of events. Guides ... Read More
  PubDate: 2023-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the Transformation of the American South,
1818–2018 ed. by Michael Gagnon and Matthew Hild (review)
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  Abstract: Few American cities have grown more rapidly over the last half century than Atlanta, Georgia. Obvious signs of expansion—felled pine forests, construction vehicles, and new subdivision placards—dot the counties north, south, east, and west of downtown. Situated to the northeast of Atlanta, Gwinnett County has become the standard-bearer for southern suburban sprawl. While its growth was delayed relative to other metro Atlanta counties, "Gwinnett is now Georgia's second most populous county—close behind Fulton, which contains most of the city of Atlanta. Not Fulton but Gwinnett is Georgia's most ethnically diverse county" (2–3).Despite its sheer size and recent economic explosion, Gwinnett County has yet to be ... Read More
  PubDate: 2023-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
On the Plains in '65: The 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry in the West
by George H. Holliday (review)
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  Abstract: Glenn V. Longacre's passion for Appalachian history is evidenced in this annotated edition of George H. Holliday's resurrected memoir, On the Plains in '65. Longacre follows Holliday, a southern Ohioan who enlisted in the new state of West Virginia during the American Civil War. Holliday wrote about his yearlong experience (1865–66) protecting the US government's communication and transportation services on the Great Plains and in the Rockies as a member of the 6th West Virginia Cavalry. While this historical narrative is known to Western scholars, Longacre seeks to return it to Appalachian history by integrating and contextualizing Holliday's childhood, family, comrades, and postwar life. Grounding this memoir in ... Read More
  PubDate: 2023-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
Through the Mountains: The French Broad River and Time by John E. Ross
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  Abstract: In 1955, Wilma Dykeman published her first book, The French Broad. As part of the publishing house Rhinehart & Company's seminal "The Rivers of America" series, Dykeman's work became a standard for regional history and launched her career as a chronicler of southern Appalachian life. While Dykeman's research on the region that covers much of southwestern North Carolina and eastern Tennessee remains a hallmark of Appalachian history, the information is now outdated. John E. Ross has taken on the worthy task of writing a new history of the French Broad River watershed. Ross does not merely update Dykeman's work by documenting how "the river and its tributaries have nurtured humans for thousands of years" (5). ... Read More
  PubDate: 2023-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
Toward Cherokee Removal: Land, Violence, and the White Man's Chance by
Adam J. Pratt (review)
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  Abstract: In 1838 and 1839, the Georgia militia and Georgia Guard, in cooperation with US federal troops, rounded up thousands of Cherokee people in preparation for their forced migration west into Indian Country. Known as the Trail of Tears, the forced removal of the Cherokee is just one example of the unrelenting processes of settler colonialism—removing Indigenous American people from their homelands to make way for landless white settlers. In Toward Cherokee Removal: Land, Violence, and the White Man's Chance, Adam J. Pratt examines the violent political processes of Cherokee dispossession and removal from 1787 to 1840. He reveals the development of the racialized ideology of "the white man's chance," a phrase used ... Read More
  PubDate: 2023-12-05T00:00:00-05:00