I WAS BORN IN SARAH ANN, WVA. LIVED IN OMAR. GRADUATED FROM LOGAN. MY DAD WAS A MINER. MY GRANDFATHER, IS BURIED IN SARAH ANN. LOVE AND MISS MY HOME TOWN. THE BEST OF YEARS OF MY LIFE.
I was born in Logan and as you travel thru Omar to Sara Ann my Grandpa Jesse Farley s house still stands and my Uncle Tom Farley had 2 houses , one on the main road and the other on the hill as you cross the old bridge to go up into the Hatfield Cemetary and my Great Aunt Grace Hatfield ,married to Joseph Hatfield,Devil's son,she was my Grandma Vada Ferrel Farley's sister...Uncle Tom had to take Grace's casket up the hill with his bulldozer, I have been in that cemetary so many times as a child but still enjoyed the stories of days gone by.
I live in Southern Nevada in a city adjacent to Las Vegas, so it stands to reason that I'm pretty jaded when it comes to rural areas that try to drum up interest in their tourism. While watching this video, however, I started to notice a high level of production value, to include some beautiful cinematography and a healthy amount of interesting subject matter, presented with a friendly, folksy, down-home delivery. Anyway, I just wanted to say that those who put this production together should be congratulated because I'm now considering Mingo County, West Virginia as a future vacation destination. Well done!
Good job! You covered a lot in a short period of time. Chief Logan's statute of the Mingo Indians once had his own fountain at the old court house with park benches so we could sit and gossip. Another fella was correct to point out that Williamson was a rail road town but it was where everyone went to on the weekends for shopping. A fantastic group of merchants.
My grandpa was one of the 18 men who lost their lives in the 22 mine disaster Roy Dempsey, also lost my other grandpa in another mine accident I I don't know to much about it my dad was from Dingess less than a mile from the tunnel
@@billmeade9029 my fathers side of my family is from Mingo my great great grand mother my father's grand mother was Hulda Dempsey.......interesting stuff.
@Johnnie bracciole mom was from mudfork her name was Jewel ,maybe were related im a jr so dads name was same as mine but he went by our middle name Fred
Williamson is where this chamber of Congress building made out of coal is and that's where I was born and raised . They named this county after an Indian chief named Mingo
To keep him presentable my uncle had the job of painting Chief Mingo every few years. One year he had no red paint so he coated his lips with lip stick. This caused quite a controversy.
Hell Yeah!!! Still 7 minutes but that's ok LOL. I wanna tip my hat to you young man, you spouted off history that wasn't even taught to me in school, not only about Wv., but about my home county. Thanks so much, and Ima say it again...do real docs, .....7 minutes ain't near long enuf :)
For decades generating electricity with natural gas was 4 times as much as coal . In 2003 2008 , the price of natural gas averaged more than $7.00 . However , today NG is $1.68 . Coal plants have been switching and the domestic demand for coal is plummeting.
Yeah but what nobody ever talks about is that to get that cheap natural gas out of the ground, Fracking is used which destroys the earth and water underneath the land. Coal may burn dirty but it doesn't cause the widespread damage that the natural gas extration does overall.
@@klwthe3rd Coal is fine and fracking is done here in my area and its also no problem. We need to use more coal and save gas for cooking and heating. Converting NG into electricity is a waste at 35% efficiency
That is a nice video for Mingo County but do a little history people........the feud didn't start over a pig! It really started long before that. Back in the Civil War it started between Anderson Hatfield and Randall McCoy. The pig was pretty much the icing on the cake. If you watch the Hatfield movie with Kevin Costner playing "Devil Anse", it will give a little better description of how the tension built up between the families. Just FYI. Thanks.
You're right it started back in the Civil War and now it looks like we're going to have a revolutionary war to save our country from being a communist country if we don't fight people they were taking over our country and will have no Constitution and no rights at all the doorway with our Christian churches and guns and everything it'll be horrible to live here be just like living in China and that's what Joe Biden wants to do is give our country to China. I even heard him say it. I'm a fighter I'm from Mingo County born and raised in Williamston and I will never let no come in this dictator Joe Biden take over our country without a fight. Whoever wants to start of Revolutionary War contact me
I am from Williamson I lived on East 4th Avenue my name is Jerry Downing I don't remember who you are how old are you do you remember a man named was Dean Downing and Sally Fields my dad's name was Dean Downing how old are you and I played and went to school with a girl named Sally Field she lives in Chattaroy right now and is married to Gary Smith how old are you where did you go to school I hung around with the girl named Mary Margaret and High School and I used to date a guy named Larry Younger he's dead now I found out
I had a girlfriend named Becky Jackson that married a Hatfield in Williamston I wish I could get ahold of her would love to talk to her does anybody know who she is
correction: The hatfield and mcCoy feud did not start over a pig. It started at the very beginning of the civil war both sides were pro confederate, except for Rand'l McCoy's Brother who was pro Union. When one of the Hatfield boys found out about this, they shot and killed Rand'l's brother. Rand'l was fuming mad about the news that one of his family friends killed his brother. Also Devil Anse hatfield up and left for home in the middle of the night during the war abandoning everyone. The part about the pig comes later on, but it is not what actually began the feud. The reason why I know this is because Confederate Robert E. Lee Hatfield, one of Devil Anse's sons, is one of my great great great grandfather's, thus making Devil Anse my great great great great grandfather. Remember we cannot change who our family is or what has happened in the past, all we can do forgive and forget the past and the actions of those that have done us wrong. We are all God's children and He never wanted His children to fight each other and hold on to the past.
@@kittkatt5878 I wish i could remember dem Hollows she took me in and took advantage of me LoL Anyway...the few times i been to WV i was pleasantly shocked how nice and feminine te women are. Wife material 100% Love that sexy accent too!
I enjoy your videos but as I was born and raised in Mingo County West Virginia I must say you should have titled your video the Hatfields and McCoys since 90% of your video was all about the Hatfield and McCoy Feud there's a lot more to Mingo County then just that
Who is p Grace who is your mother I grew up on East 4th Avenue and my stepmother grew up on Peter Street who are you and who is your mother I probably know her where are you from now please contact me back very interested in who you are I probably know you. I lived 607 East 4th Avenue but all my relatives were from Slater Street in West 1End and all my relatives are Brewery in Williamson Cemetery . At the top of the Hill off of Slater Street my father my grandfather my grandmother my great-grandmother they're all up on the hill Williamson Cemetery as a child I lived on Slater Street and played in the cemetery behind my house a whole lot
I miss WV...Wild, Wonderful, Mystical with Age Beauty and Grace.. Take Me Home.
My mom was born in Williamson. I spent the happiest days of my life on the streets of East Williamson. Thanks for posting.
Come for the scenery, stay for the history.
I WAS BORN IN SARAH ANN, WVA. LIVED IN OMAR. GRADUATED FROM LOGAN. MY DAD WAS A MINER. MY GRANDFATHER, IS BURIED IN SARAH ANN. LOVE AND MISS MY HOME TOWN. THE BEST OF YEARS OF MY LIFE.
I use to haul rock dust to the mines in wet Virginia as well as Kentucky, and I met some very good and kind people in them towns.
I was born in Logan and as you travel thru Omar to Sara Ann my Grandpa Jesse Farley s house still stands and my Uncle Tom Farley had 2 houses , one on the main road and the other on the hill as you cross the old bridge to go up into the Hatfield Cemetary and my Great Aunt Grace Hatfield ,married to Joseph Hatfield,Devil's son,she was my Grandma Vada Ferrel Farley's sister...Uncle Tom had to take Grace's casket up the hill with his bulldozer, I have been in that cemetary so many times as a child but still enjoyed the stories of days gone by.
Wow
Wow your family has amazing history in that region. So glad you commented.
Don’t forget that Miss Blaze Starr is from Mingo County. I loved to hear about her when I was a little girl.
I lived and worked all throughout this region of WV FOR MENY YEARS.MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS. GOOD FOLKS
I miss home you can’t beat West Virginia
I live in Southern Nevada in a city adjacent to Las Vegas, so it stands to reason that I'm pretty jaded when it comes to rural areas that try to drum up interest in their tourism. While watching this video, however, I started to notice a high level of production value, to include some beautiful cinematography and a healthy amount of interesting subject matter, presented with a friendly, folksy, down-home delivery. Anyway, I just wanted to say that those who put this production together should be congratulated because I'm now considering Mingo County, West Virginia as a future vacation destination. Well done!
It’s a pretty boring place tbh, I live here and it’s pretty dead. But perhaps living here since I was born is why I say that.
Good job! You covered a lot in a short period of time. Chief Logan's statute of the Mingo Indians once had his own fountain at the old court house with park benches so we could sit and gossip. Another fella was correct to point out that Williamson was a rail road town but it was where everyone went to on the weekends for shopping. A fantastic group of merchants.
Delbarton and Mingo County were my old stomping grounds. One of my friends was the legendary Junior Ramey. I grew up at Holden 22 back in the 40-50's.
I went to school with two of Junior Rameys sons in the early 70s.
My grandpa was one of the 18 men who lost their lives in the 22 mine disaster Roy Dempsey, also lost my other grandpa in another mine accident I I don't know to much about it my dad was from Dingess less than a mile from the tunnel
@@billmeade9029 my fathers side of my family is from Mingo my great great grand mother my father's grand mother was Hulda Dempsey.......interesting stuff.
@Johnnie bracciole mom was from mudfork her name was Jewel ,maybe were related im a jr so dads name was same as mine but he went by our middle name Fred
Great video, my family is from wv, my grandparents moved to Pennsylvania in. Mid 50’s.
Great story. Love it, because born and raised in Putnam County.
Williamson is where this chamber of Congress building made out of coal is and that's where I was born and raised . They named this county after an Indian chief named Mingo
This is a really cool channel! I don't live there (from NC), just visited, but I love WV. It's one of our most underrated states.
Very well done. Thank you for this. We need more documentarians giving us true history.
A great movie is "Matewan". Very factual.
Always remember the times then. Life was life then. Hard and strong. Movies are fantasies about it all. Rough stuff. Trust me to say don't mess there.
Great production, awesome content.
We like your state commentaries..always so interesting !
In a day it was a working place to be and it's still a great place to live don't let nobody tell you otherwise.
Take me home country roads to the place I belong WEST VIRGINIA, Pine Creek The Diamond Family
❤WV!
❤Appalachia.
Awesome content Wayne!
Thanks good video for my 13 yr old Grandson 😊
My grandmother was a Hatfield im thinking devil anse was her uncle or grandfather but I do know one thing that they're my family ancestors
Chattaroy in my heart forever.
That's were my familly is from, devil anse and the Hatfield are my cousins and other Vance's were there. Including abner vance sr.
Nice history lesson 👍 👏
To keep him presentable my uncle had the job of painting
Chief Mingo every few years. One year he had no red paint so he coated his lips with lip stick. This caused quite a
controversy.
Nice video ! I just subscribed, I live in Wayne County,WV.
My great grandma Cora Daniels was born in Mingo County.....Lee District
hey, Wayne, from Northview, in Clarksburg..formerly from War,W.VA
Hell Yeah!!! Still 7 minutes but that's ok LOL. I wanna tip my hat to you young man, you spouted off history that wasn't even taught to me in school, not only about Wv., but about my home county. Thanks so much, and Ima say it again...do real docs, .....7 minutes ain't near long enuf :)
Please do Cabell County. I live in Huntington;)
Great vidio
Do some locations in Southeastern Ohio, Western Maryland, and Central Pennsylvania. There are coal mining areas in those three states.
For decades generating electricity with natural gas was 4 times as much as coal . In 2003 2008 , the price of natural gas averaged more than $7.00 . However , today NG is $1.68 . Coal plants have been switching and the domestic demand for coal is plummeting.
Yeah but what nobody ever talks about is that to get that cheap natural gas out of the ground, Fracking is used which destroys the earth and water underneath the land. Coal may burn dirty but it doesn't cause the widespread damage that the natural gas extration does overall.
@@klwthe3rd Coal is fine and fracking is done here in my area and its also no problem. We need to use more coal and save gas for cooking and heating. Converting NG into electricity is a waste at 35% efficiency
Not much going on in WV, but it sure is pretty !
Beckeley West Virginia has a ton of things to do they have a lodge that stays open all year long
I went to nursing school in Williamson in the early 1980’s. We had Hatfields and McCoys at mychurch
Well said.
kinda late to the party... but thanks for making these videos. very good and interesting.
Dang...'ol Sid Hatfield had good looking teeth!!
Here in Parkersburg I get customers all the time with gums like that. You don't suppose...
That is a nice video for Mingo County but do a little history people........the feud didn't start over a pig! It really started long before that. Back in the Civil War it started between Anderson Hatfield and Randall McCoy. The pig was pretty much the icing on the cake. If you watch the Hatfield movie with Kevin Costner playing "Devil Anse", it will give a little better description of how the tension built up between the families. Just FYI. Thanks.
I bet you are a distant relative.
You're right it started back in the Civil War and now it looks like we're going to have a revolutionary war to save our country from being a communist country if we don't fight people they were taking over our country and will have no Constitution and no rights at all the doorway with our Christian churches and guns and everything it'll be horrible to live here be just like living in China and that's what Joe Biden wants to do is give our country to China. I even heard him say it. I'm a fighter I'm from Mingo County born and raised in Williamston and I will never let no come in this dictator Joe Biden take over our country without a fight. Whoever wants to start of Revolutionary War contact me
Well said, the movie for once was fairly accurate.
I think the one time USAFE Commander 4 star General Foglesong is from Mingo County
Yes there's a bridge with his name on it in. I think up around Williamson
Good 👍
I am from Williamson I lived on East 4th Avenue my name is Jerry Downing I don't remember who you are how old are you do you remember a man named was Dean Downing and Sally Fields my dad's name was Dean Downing how old are you and I played and went to school with a girl named Sally Field she lives in Chattaroy right now and is married to Gary Smith how old are you where did you go to school I hung around with the girl named Mary Margaret and High School and I used to date a guy named Larry Younger he's dead now I found out
I had a girlfriend named Becky Jackson that married a Hatfield in Williamston I wish I could get ahold of her would love to talk to her does anybody know who she is
Williamson is a rail road town. Logan did not get that. This e=xplains why Mingo County exists.
Ain’t much of nothing now
correction: The hatfield and mcCoy feud did not start over a pig. It started at the very beginning of the civil war both sides were pro confederate, except for Rand'l McCoy's Brother who was pro Union. When one of the Hatfield boys found out about this, they shot and killed Rand'l's brother. Rand'l was fuming mad about the news that one of his family friends killed his brother. Also Devil Anse hatfield up and left for home in the middle of the night during the war abandoning everyone. The part about the pig comes later on, but it is not what actually began the feud. The reason why I know this is because Confederate Robert E. Lee Hatfield, one of Devil Anse's sons, is one of my great great great grandfather's, thus making Devil Anse my great great great great grandfather. Remember we cannot change who our family is or what has happened in the past, all we can do forgive and forget the past and the actions of those that have done us wrong. We are all God's children and He never wanted His children to fight each other and hold on to the past.
Your family blood line is amazing. Glad you could trace yourself back that far.
💫 Neat~Interesting
🌽♨️🧉
There’s lots of R&R fighters that come from there ahaha
I lived in WV for teporary job contract.....best thing about West Virginia is the women! Sweet and as feminine as can be. No feminazi's there. (Yet)
Well Thank You Sir. From Mingo County gal
@@kittkatt5878 My first white GF was from Mingo! Man i should have married her!
@@Didewro That's cool! Nothing like most of us southern WV women. 😂😂😂❤
One of my best friends a black girl from Mingo Co. just married a white guy from Ky & she moved over past Pikeville and I miss her soooooo much.
@@kittkatt5878 I wish i could remember dem Hollows she took me in and took advantage of me LoL Anyway...the few times i been to WV i was pleasantly shocked how nice and feminine te women are. Wife material 100% Love that sexy accent too!
LOL
Johnse is pronounced - Jonce - NOT Johnsee. Do NOT pronounce a long "e", it is incorrect.
I enjoy your videos but as I was born and raised in Mingo County West Virginia I must say you should have titled your video the Hatfields and McCoys since 90% of your video was all about the Hatfield and McCoy Feud there's a lot more to Mingo County then just that
I agree. I was hoping to hear more about the rest of the county's heritage.
Who is p Grace who is your mother I grew up on East 4th Avenue and my stepmother grew up on Peter Street who are you and who is your mother I probably know her where are you from now please contact me back very interested in who you are I probably know you. I lived 607 East 4th Avenue but all my relatives were from Slater Street in West 1End and all my relatives are Brewery in Williamson Cemetery . At the top of the Hill off of Slater Street my father my grandfather my grandmother my great-grandmother they're all up on the hill Williamson Cemetery as a child I lived on Slater Street and played in the cemetery behind my house a whole lot
I went to school with a black girl named Mary Lee Johnson in Williamston
I dated a guy named Riley Evans I heard he was a drug addict I hope not
Are black people allowed around these parts?
I think people can receive government assistance there, so most likely
Just don't flash a Baldwin Felts badge.
@@surplussean3364 probably not a good idea, less welfare for you.
@@avamaria8447 Nice try. 20 years retired military. Now a DOD contractor. Look up how much they get paid🤣
@@surplussean3364 yet here you are in youtube comment section
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Not interested in 100 yrs back by by.
you babble too much......get to the point