of departed I can still hear the drip, drop, drip, drop. If only.. ILLUSIONS, INC. (Entity #180678) is a business entity in registered with the Business Division of West Virginia Secretary of State (SOS). those were fun formative years. Im so thankful for all my memories, good and bad. Off and on my entire life I have heard the phrase holler girl used in a derogatory way. Have gone from a holler girl to a world traveler. Thank you for the memories. Wasnt a holler girl. I didnt grow up in the holler but my granny lived there. I love mountaineer football, follow the herd of marshall and keep tabs on whats going on there. Slaughter Creek Hollow, was my home. Thanks for the free trip home even if just by a memory. The immersive, online experience is the brainchild of West Virginia native Elaine McMillion. Deep in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, it was once a very booming place. We cut our jeans off and made shorts and played bare-footed in the yard. If we wanted new toys dad would say you where the woodpile is and the tools go make something and make sure to cleanup and put everything away when you are done and before you go play. It leaves a sore spot in the soul of many former residents. Absolutely not.my Mom would have whipped me. To this day, I miss the mountains and all the wonderful times I had when staying with relatives every summer in WV. Id look over every square inch of Cottle Church of God and soak in the love from our church family. I was Tressa Conway Stokes. And the smell of the seasons I understand that very well. I long to live in the country, and to me, this would be the place to live. Worked and lived in Germany and Japan for more than 30 years. This brought back so many wonderful memories to me. West Springfield. Once again thank you for reminding me of my childhood:), iwas from culloden wva in the 1963 i live in fla now no money in wva. with rabbit ears. I am a male born 1n 1937 on a Hill, not a Holler, overlooking the small town of Richwood, WV. This sure does brings stories like this back . 2. I had a bunch of Gilliand cousins. Find your adventure exploring the ghost stories and legends found among the mountains and hidden in the hollows. I'm proud to be from the holler. Watching a Twins baseball game and sharing his bowl of popcorn washed down with either kool-aid or Bubble Up was one of my favorite things to do. These mountains literally have a way of molding the person you become. Dad was Adjutant of the post they belonged to for a year or so. After we were done helping with the T.V. Our little home had a few leaks in the roof when it rained but some of my best memories were seeing my Mommy put out pots and bowls to catch the leaks. during those times just slip a few pots under the overflow of life and let it flow(tears). I so enjoyed this. I hope this place is so instilled in their very being that they feel called to come back and make a small difference in the community that built them, myself, my parents, their parents, and so forth. Its always a pleasure to read a story like this, detailing a time when the world was a whole different place than what it has become. When local standard time is about to reach Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead. Doug is an eighth generation West Virginian and an expert in the music. HOME SWEET HOME. When I was growing up every Saturday morning my Mama would fix homemade biscuits and gravy. May the Lord bless you as much as this story has blessed me. The junior high sat across the field from the high school so I got to make and keep lifelong friends one of my happiest memories was knowing that I would not change schools ever again. God bless you for putting in words the sights and sounds of the wonderful past for all holler people because we are a special breed!!! Hollers are actually known as hollows, which makes them more common than you might think. Good thing I could hold my breath for a long time. Sometimes we are so flooded with problems, small parts of our mind begin to give way and those tiny leaks occur as you lose your temper as you experience anxiety. I had Mrs. Zick in 1st grade & 2 of the Cox families. WONDERFUL MEMORIES! We didnt have much, but we had parents who loved us very much, there was food on the table and clothes on our backs, shoes on our feet. Well yeah! Its the best place to be from, but for me there were no career opportunities . Now live in Edmond holler in Nobody could swing higher and jump farther when I was at the highest part of the forward swing. they are so real. I cant play anything. But he would play for me, Doug says, and by the end of that he had figured out a tune that I really liked that he thought was simple enough for me to start on and he said, 'Ok. I have never thought of Holler as a derogatory term. Message. A Mothers love is infinite. Described me to a T. Brought back so many memories, smells and sounds. United States West Virginia . eBay item number: 404110989404 Last updated on Jan 16, 2023 16:26:53 PST View all revisions Item specifics Condition: Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. I am a Holler Girl! This is what we are made from. Took me down memory lane and Im still smiling. Still remember the well were I drew water. When some uncouth individual would make demeaning statements about West Virginia I have always defended our state. Felt like I was a kid again, I am a holler girl to. Brought back alot of memories growing up with 3 sisters and 2 brothers in Rivesville. The entity was filed on September 17, 1998, effective from September 17, 1998 and terminated on November 2, 2009. Its like you saw into my heart as you wrote. The Inside Appalachia Folkways Project expands the reporting of the Inside Appalachia team to include more stories from West Virginia as well as expand coverage in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Ohio. Never knew you were a holler girl or even what the term meant. Growing Up in the Coal Filled Hollows of West Virginia 01 Apr 2014 Travis Dewitz Personal Photography Projects 154 Comments Guest post by Amy Gentry "Holler Girl" Off and on my entire life I have heard the phrase "holler girl" used in a derogatory way. Reading all of these stories was so breath taking. We swam in our pool. I still have family there and visit often. She worked with a team of designers, programmers, journalists, filmmakers and community members to combine . I tried to raise my 9 children/step-children in nature whenever we had the chance and taught them right from wrong and responsibility for their actions from a very early age. JANET. We went outside when chores were done and came home when the street lights came on. Lovely article. He had learned from players who were alive before West Virginia was even a state. Ive always thought that theres no escape from the noise of car horns, heavy traffic, sirensall of which I hear more than I want to in this tiny town farm community that I live in now. The younger generation would die if they had to live the way we did. Beautiful writing about a beautiful State. Thanks so much for sharing. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on Mar 9, 2025 than the day before. Likens was Principal. Thank you, Dave Price, Brentwood TN cbmus@bellsouth.net 615-373-0946. Hope maybe I can get there soon and see this great place written about in this great story. We were poor as dirt but didnt even realize it at the time because how she raised us gave us the character, pride and the will to persevere and achieve success. And I remember that my face felt wonerful in the mornings after I sometimes broke the ice in the wash pan to wash before breakfast. $125,000. You explain it so much better than I can. Oh Amy, Loved your story. My favorite part, I can walk outside during certain parts of the seasons, take a deep breath, and the scent of the wind floods into my body bringing images to my mind of days more peaceful like a picture album of long lost dreams. Now that I am retired, wish I never left those Wild and Wonderful hills. first time I visited Virginia, I started to realize why Rodger loved coming from there. Humidity Forestwander It's not the heat, it's the humidity that'll get you. The warm night air wraps itself around your body like a blanket. Born and raised in McDowell county will never forget my childhood there. I too am a WV Holler Girl rom next door in Wyoming county. West Virginia Hollow Tales by Jordan Jr, John E., Like New Used, Free shippin. Doug demonstrates the Greenbrier style by fiddling a tune called Jimmy Johnson. The chipper song is played using what Doug calls a shuffle and up-bow technique. The notes flow together seamlessly. Historically, within each county in West Virginia, and even sometimes each hollow, the styles of old-time changes. I never learned how to swim despite growing up in the Land of 10,000 lakes. We teach them its ok to lose but to dust themselves off and keep moving forward. Im proud to be from the holler. How old were you? You are a talented writer and your words made my soul smile!! Thats what makes it work is that you share it and people are learning it and its part of the community.. Thanks for such a great story of life in a small portion of heaven. I love WV and always will. It's all very much in the tradition of the work by Studs Terkel and Dale Maharidge (their works are eerily echoed by the subjects of "Hollow's" documentary videos), but it's produced for 2013's news consumers. This is where my roots run deep..its home. Thanks for sharing your story. I am a holler girl from Monkey Holler, Mannington WV. Well, I've never really understood why that's a bad thing. Growing up in the mountains is something I will never regret. Years later we were in Eastern Kentucky and decided to drive over and see her aunt and uncle Bill and Jo Crumb in Mt Hope. I married one (sixty years ago). Was wondering maybe if you would happen to know my parents my daddy his name was john pertee and my mother s name was wooten i too am from logan wva i was born there but moved to ohio thank you for your time and god bless. Was I mean? Ted! Thanks for the article, every word is true. They were so happy when we got a television with a remote control so they did not have to change the channels as we had growing up. While the pictures that are very good, they should be specifically identified as to where they were taken and how they relate to your story. Orkney holler is all grown up now. Hollow - An Interactive Documentary Have YOU had to leave home to find opportunity? I begged God to take him he was so much in pain. Close to wheeling. I so enjoyed reading this story and wouldnt change my childhood for anything on earth. Thinking about runnin and playing and getting a drink of water from the community dipper in the pail of water that hung on back porch. Lol. i remember praying to god asking him why my life was so hard as a kid, why does my mom struggle so much to survie this place, we are good godfearin people. Crow Holler girl. These mountains nourish the soul. Arlington up Northfork Holler. It was a high tower, a fort, a castle, or a play house. Singer-songwriter Tyler Childers is bringing bluegrass and his Appalachian roots to the mainstream. Today Im sure that would be considered some form of abuse (haha). I only hope my children have an amazing childhood alsoand I wouldnt raise them anywhere else. Take In Hollow is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. We lived in wayne, West Virginia for a while then moved to a small house outside of town. Im trying to show my children the beauty of our Mountain state and to instill in them the lessons passed from generation to generation of mountain men and women. :)), Oh, what a heart warming read. Amy Gentrys story of a Holler Girl is an apt tribute to the wonderful girls who lived in, and many who came out of, the coal mining camps and hollars. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!!!!! Coming back home to Myrtle Beach, SC, where we live now he said maw maw I see now what you were talking about. Thanks so much. I have included appropriate pictures for each subject matter in my Memoirs and I wish that you would have done the same in your story. Now I have 14 grandchildren and one great granddaughter and get to watch my kids pass on everything we gave them and more. The mountains became a part of my soul! I wish I remembered the name of the holler we lived in. Later the frogs join in with their deep croaks and I cant help but giggle thinking of my Dad singing, Froggy went a courtin and he did ride mmhmmm. Simplicity is in their lullabye as we softly fall asleep. These mountains are so enormous yet we are so small in that breath-taking moment when you can see and hear the rain coming.and you wait to feel the first drop land on your face. On a cool quiet summer evening. Very nice story you have to share, Thank you! No place like home. Im a holler girl..Seminole W.V. So is my brother and sister. I really miss those OLE days. No phones and computers and all the other gadgets. during each year with my sister and brother. In a West Virginia hollow, mountain music thrives. After I read this, it makes me want to just pack up and move there, this minute. It was wonderful !!! No one even knew what poor meant. Pictures of your home, the surrounding area, and the town would be nice to visually comprehend. I wish that the kids that are growing up now could also have the childhood experienceEnjoyed reading your story. We got in trouble for going farther from the house than we were suppose to. YOU DONE A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THE PHOTOS AND THE STORIES A LOT OF THE PHOTOS I KNEW AND BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES. Its hearing them call as spring approaches and appreciating the tranquility of lying in bed listening to them sing. Graduated Mt. The smell of spearmint gum and the way my Mommy would whisper in my ear when I was misbehaving. It made me who I am today and Im truly proud to have been brought up there! I really like it there. Send. Id like to think the enchantment of this place carries on through years of being gone. And thats part of the tradition, which is really exciting.. (Guess they needed a kid to fit in with that generation). It was the kitchen music. What I would give if life was so simple, yet rich, now. Over the years I have heard just about every derogatory remark that can be made about a place directed toward West Virginia. I did not grow up on a holler, but I lived for over 24 years in McDowell Co. My name was first Barbara Brown and I taught at Iaeger int. Id visit Mrs. Riddle at the post office and take her an ice cream. Unlike Annie, Doug did not learn how to play old time until he was an adult. We'll talk about the tim. They became super wives and mothers. Mose passed away in 1994, but 26 years later, Annie can have that connection to some of the original old-time musicians through Doug. so proud to be a holler girl. My Cousins lived in Handle Factory Holler, and I have always defined Holler as the valley between 2 mountains. No better feeling. I have had more stitches than my 5 siblings combined as I was the daredevil that never backed down from a dare. I was raised a holler girl too, but in Randolph Co.and still live not far from where I grew up. I was the neighborhood stilt maker no matter which neighborhood it was this year. We played like one of the boys. Thats part of what makes the tradition special is its a folk tradition says Annie Stroud, an old-time music apprentice. After the war her mother Alice Elliott Klatt remarried Timothy Cecil Elliott and they left West Virginia in 1948 never to return. Name* Email* Phone. We learned respect, what giving your word meant and protection of family. I wish my husband would of lived long enough for us to make our home there. I still have family there and come back often. Life is good. Always remember it took a Civil War for West Virginia to become a state and never forget our states motto, Montani semper liberi or Mountaineers are Always Free. We use to have to wipe the benches off before we sat down. West Virginia is a place that goes with you no matter how far you stray. It belonged to My Aunt Birdie who is long since past but the kin folk take care of it! The first glance of white or pink on those Dogwood trees is like a baptism for the soul after long months of freezing weather and snow to your knees. Still have images of experiencing many or most of the things you did. Pigeon Hollow, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. I could have written it myself! Thank you for sharing!!! I suppose in way we were taught respect through that too. 3. And as the song goes No matter where I roam , it will always be my home. Itll all be fine. Went on to concord college and then from there life went different directions, but NEVER too far from my memories of y childhood and Iaeger. Annie says in the past year since her apprenticeship, she has shared a lot of what she learned. Its where my roots are! cabin creek hollow, kanawha county They are all gone now. I am a holler girl from wv. I think we are so connected to the land here that we actually identify with the seasons internally and spiritually. My Mother taught me how to love and how to receive love. I love reading each and every comment and hearing your stories as well. Worked hard. I really enjoyed every word. Very well written. I get homesick all the time when I see photos or stop to think back to the good ole days. I have always been able to smell the seasonsthough it may seem strange to some. My husband Leroy Lambert, was from Eckman hollow. Wish I could go back! Mose had a distinct way of playing that sounded rough around the edges, but authentically West Virginian. Brought back so many memories I loved it there but I cant go back everything changed. Harrison W V. Clay County. Great memories as I read this, All of this belongs to each and everyone who lived up the Holler. Ive moved away many times, but always end up coming back. I miss my childhood. Annie had always wanted to learn the specific old-time music of her home, Greenbrier County. I want to move to West Virginia because all of my life I have heard how beautiful it is there in the hills. All the nostalgia is sweet but it doesnt tell the Others story of what it is to grow up as a raggedy coal camp kid who would not have survived and even later thrived because someone fed them (physically and spiritually), sheltered them -even if it meant standing up to mean drunks and showed them what a healthy family could look like. I dont want anything fancy. I was born in Welch in 1952. My daughter was raised in PA but I pray she learned those wonderful ways of a holler girl mom! This is exactly what West Virginia is. I really enjoyed this. I had wonderful hard-working parents (Im the oldest of seven children only 3 living and Im 82.) It's To. Born and raised in Isaban, and lived on the McDowell County side of the creek. I love you Dad still to this day and he always knew how deeply I loved him.. despite my step monster he marriednot allowing us to hug him or kiss his cheeks. You made me think of growing up in McDowell County. That was amazing Amy I was literally taken back to the holler. I love the way you write, ending some sentences in prepositions. Im from Clay County. This browser is no longer supported. Danny Reese ,I didnt even look at the name at first ,but thought that sounds familiar ,then checked the name and here it was my own sweet uncle Danny ! no remote. He had TB when he was younger and had one lung so we did not play a lot of ball or other things that wore him out. CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 30"Rabbit Tate lives in the shanty up the hollow. We had barbies, power-wheels, sand boxes, and swimming pools. 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