Volume 37, Number 4

On the cover: The historic Berkeley Castle in Berkeley Springs. Photograph by Carl E. Feather. Our story begins on page 8.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Education and the Arts

Randall Reid-Smith, Commissioner
Division of Culture and History

John Lilly, Editor

Kim Johnson,
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

Karin Kercheval Design
Publication Design

Winter 2011

2 Letters from Readers

5 Current Programs • Events • Publications

8 Berkeley Castle

Living in a Landmark
By Carl E. Feather

16 In the Beginning...

South Charleston’s Belgian Roots
By Stan Bumgardner

19 Hand-Blown Window Glass

22 Remembrances of Grandma and Grandpa Dumont

By Edgar Dumont, Jr.

24 Where Coal People Meet

2011 Bluefield Coal Show
By John Lilly

30 The Fighter

Larry Gibson of Kayford Mountain
By John Lilly

36 Life on Perry Ridge

Memories of a Wayne County Family
By Woodrow Perry

42 General Edward Greer

West Virginia’s First Black General
By Ancella Bickley

48 The Way It Was

Memories of Glenna Harrah Weaver
By Nadine Davis

52 Finding the Barns of Summers County

By Phyllis Campbell Whitley

56 Feast of the Seven Fishes

By Shannon Colaianni Tinnell

60 West Virginia Back Roads

Shave and a $6 Haircut in New Martinsville
By Carl E. Feather

62 Special Music Edition

Films about West Virginia and Appalachia
By Steve Fesenmaier

66 Mountain Music Roundup

By John Lilly

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