Mountain Times ~ Supplement to the Pocahontas Times ~ SnowShoe, Slatyfork, Green Bank, Cass, WV

Focusing on the resort and tourist community of Slaty Fork, Snowshoe Mountain, Cass and Green Bank

Vol. 4 No. 4
April 2005

Serving SnowShoe Mountain, Slaty Fork, Green Bank and Cass
"News you can resort to"

Second Section of
The Pocahontas Times
Post Office No. 436-640
ISSN No. 07388373

Upcoming Events Around the Mountain Resort

April
AROUND THE COUNTY
Public Tours € NRAO, Green Bank. 456-2150. Open Wednesday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free tours 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Group tours: motor coaches, school and youth groups, civic clubs, amateur astronomers are welcome! Please contact us for reservations. Call 304-456-2164 or email gbt-tours@nrao.edu.
Solar Viewing € NRAO, Green Bank. 456-2150. Offered every sunny day at 2:45 p.m. at the science center. Get a SAFE peek at the sun through an optical telescope... and observe the sun with a radio telescope!! Free, no reservations required!
Star Lab € Every Thursday at 2:00 p.m., NRAO, Green Bank. 456-2150 € Limited space: 15 participants/program. Who cares if it's cloudy! Guests will gather inside a portable planetarium for a fascinating look at the sky above. $3.00 charge per person
April 9 € Benefit Concert By First Baptist Church of Huntersville Choir Pocahontas Opera House, 818 Third Avenue, Marlinton € 800-336-7009. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. Children ages 12 and under will be admitted free.
April 16 & 17 € John Kovac € Pocahontas County Opera House, 818 Third Avenue, Marlinton 800-336-7009. Kovac will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 17. He will conduct a workshop on making instruments on Saturday, April 16, starting at 1:30 p.m. For further information about the workshop, contact Lauren Bennett at (304) 799-4009.
April 23 - 24 € High Ballin' for History € Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad € 1-877-MTN-RAIL.
April 26 € Greenbrier Valley Chorale Spring Concert Pocahontas Co. Opera House, 818 Third Avenue, Marlinton € 800-336-7009. Begins at 7:30 p.m. with a $5.00 admission charge.
April 30 € Folk-Rock Duo Smith and Roberts Pocahontas Co. Opera House, 818 Third Avenue, Marlinton 800-336-7009. Keith Roberts and Rob Smith performing with Fred Crozier on mandolin/vocals, Dick Lansberry on bass, Fred Jacoby on percussion. The group creates a dynamic acoustic sound, enjoyed by a broad range of listeners with diverse musical interests. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. with a $5.00 admission.

On The Mountain

For more info about any events at Snowshoe, call 877-441-4FUN or visit www. snowshoemtn.com
March 20 - April 10 € End of the Season SKI FREE Snowshoe Mountain Resort. Book three or more nights lodging, you'll receive your lift tickets for FREE

The Opera House in Marlinton provides an entertainment venue offering music, drama and dance.

Photo by Drew Tanner

Opera House features choral groups, master harpist and Folk-Rock Duo

      The Pocahontas County Opera House, 818 Third Avenue in Marlinton, will present four outstanding musical programs in April. Two of them feature performances by area choral groups, and one highlights the beautiful sounds of the folk harp and lastly a Folk-Rock Duo from Garrett County, Maryland.
Benefit concert by
First Baptist Church of Huntersville Choir
      The choir of the First Baptist Church of Huntersville, under the direction of Barbara Nordstrom, will present a concert to benefit the Opera House on Saturday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m.
      The program will feature the 30-voice choir in a diverse program designed to appeal to everyone. Selections will range from patriotic songs and show tunes to bluegrass numbers. John Sparks and his band will join the singers in the bluegrass segment. The Good News Ladies Ensemble will also perform. Accompanists will be Barbara Moore and Cyndi Alexander.
      All proceeds will go to the Pocahontas County Opera House Foundation, so come on out and support this great group and your local performing arts center.
Harpist John Kovac
      John Kovac is a harpist extraordinaire. He will share his gifts as both an instrument maker and performer during a two-day visit to Marlinton on April 16 and 17.
      His beautiful handmade harps are works of art as well as instruments to create beautiful music. Kovac began his love affair with harps while serving in the Peace Corps in Colombia, where he first saw someone play the harp. Since then he has made over 200 harps and has recorded over 20 albums.

Master harpist John Kovac hosts workshop and performance, April 16 & 17.
Photo courtesy of the artist

      He has played at three international harp festivals and is featured on a recording with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. He has lectured about harpmaking at the Library of Congress and is the author of Harpmaking Made Simple.
      There are two basic types of harps: concert harps have pedals, which allow the harpist to change the pitch of the strings. Concert harps are very expensive ($20,000 or more) and very heavy (about 90 pounds). All harps other than concert harps are folk harps.
      Kovac's program will demonstrate the great versatility of the folk harp. He will perform music from Latin America, particularly Paraguay, along with Irish music, some folk tunes and a few classical selections.
      Kovac will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 17. He will conduct a workshop on making instruments from PVC pipe and fittings on Saturday, April 16, starting at 1:30 p.m. For further information about the workshop, contact Lauren Bennett at (304) 799-4009.
Greenbrier Valley Chorale

Greenbrier Valley Chorale director Barbara Wygal.
Photo courtesy of the artist

      The Greenbrier Valley Chorale will return to the Opera House for its third annual spring concert on Tuesday, April 26, at 7:30 pm. The 65-voice chorale, under the direction of Barbara Wygal, will feature the works of conductor and arranger Alice Parker. The chorale will be accompanied by Teresa Bryant on the piano.
      Alice Parke is a legendary figure in the world of choral music. She began composing at age five and wrote her first orchestral score while still in high school. At Smith College and The Julliard School she studied composition and conducting, beginning her long association with famed conductor Robert Shaw. Their many settings of American folksongs, hymns and spirituals form an enduring repertoire for choruses all around the world.

Greenbrier Valley Chorale will feature the works of Alice Parker April 26.
Photo courtesy of the artist

      If you have ever sung in a chorus or choir, you have almost certainly performed a piece arranged by Alice Parker. This concert will be a celebration of this outstanding woman and her contribution to the American choral music legacy.
      The Opera House concert will feature a memorable collection of American sacred and folk tunes. The featured work will be Parker's cantata, Melodious Accord, which is based on 19th Century shape note hymns. Chorale members from Pocahontas County are Susan Chappell, Lucy Youngblood, Jim Fleming and Nora Workman, all of Hillsboro.
      Parker will join the Chorale for a Festival of Singing in Lewisburg on April 22 and 23. The public is invited to join her for a free Hymn Sing at the Lewisburg United Methodist Church on Friday, April 22, at 7 p.m. In case you can't make the Opera House performance, the Chorale will perform the same program, with Parker as guest conductor, at Lewisburg's Carnegie Hall on Saturday, April 23, at 8 pm. Tickets can be ordered by calling (304) 645-7917.
Folk-Rock Duo Smith & Roberts
Return April 30
      The popular regional folk-rock duo of Rob Smith and Keith Roberts will make an encore appearance at the Opera House on Saturday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m.

Popular regional folk-rock duo of Rob Smith and Keith Roberts will make an encore appearance at the Opera House on Saturday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Photos courtesy of the bands

      Residents of Garrett County, Maryland, Smith and Roberts first got together in the mid-1970s. They soon became popular on the local music scene and eventually recorded a number of their original songs on the album Buffalo Run.
      After a 20-year hiatus during which the two singer/songwriters raised families, they reunited in 2003. They first performed at the Opera House soon after that reunion.
      Their act has expanded to include Fred Crozier on mandolin, Dickie Lansberry on bass and Alex Hicks on drums. Smith and Roberts share singing and guitar duties, with Roberts most often performing instrumental leads on guitar and at times on banjo. Crozier and Hicks often pitch in with vocal backings.
      One writer said that Smith and Roberts' music examines in varied ways of what life‹both on the mountaintop and in general--was, is and could be. Performances at the Opera House are informal, family-friendly and open to all. Adult tickets are $5 and are sold only at the door. Children are admitted free. The entrance and main seating are handicapped accessible. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to attend and special accommodations can be arranged upon request. For further information, call 800-336-7009 or (304) 799-4636 These performances are part of the 2004/2005 Performance Series sponsored by the Pocahontas County Opera House Foundation. John Kovac's performance is presented with financial assistance through a grant from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Financial support is also provided by Pocahontas County Drama, Fairs and Festivals.

Sharp's Country Store

Sharp's Store as it was in the early 30's, when they used gravity-fed gas pumps
Photo by Drew Tanner

Stepping into Yesteryear
Drew Tanner
Staff Writer
      Step into Sharp's Country Store and you step back in time and history.
      It's the second-oldest continuing business in the county.
      The country store of the early part of the 20th century had a little bit of everything on its shelves and functioned as a sort of community gathering place to catch up on the local news and talk with neighbors.
      Tom Shipley, representing the fourth generation of Sharp family descendants to take guardianship of the family farm and business, is keeping himself busy bringing the store back to its 1920s and 30s splendor.
      "It's a privilege and a big challenge," said the former antiques dealer from Indiana. "Coming down here has been a life-changing experience."
      Shipley has deep connections to the land, store and inn. He is proud to say his mother and grandfather were born on the property, and he can vividly recall his family's rich family lore, from the discovery of Native American remains on the property when the fields were being plowed in the 1930s, to a visit by General Robert E. Lee and a number of confederate soldiers in 1861. The cabin where Lee was entertained for dinner still stands behind the country store, its hewn logs now covered by white clapboard.

Sharp's Bed and Breakfast, adjacent to the country store
Photo by Mike Condon

      Sharp's Bed and Breakfast, adjacent to the country store, hosts guests in the historic home built by the store's founder in 1912. The attractive home with wrap-around porch was the largest in the county until U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) built his mansion in the 1970s, according to Shipley.
      Featured in the Mountain Times, March 2004 , the bed and breakfast can comfortably accommodate more than 20 guests.

The old oak display cases, some with curved and beveled glass, hold a little bit of everything
Photo by Drew Tanner

      Back at the country store itself, visitors find finely-crafted century-old oak display cases and counters that hold wares offered to customers decades ago. A Civil War-era coverlet and black-and-white snapshots of the store's past owners, family members and patrons are also on display.
      The original pressed tin ceiling, oiled wood floors and walls lined with well-stocked shelves tell of a family store well-loved and cared for over the years.

The vintage deli case stocks fresh deli meat, cheeses, subs, and a variety of fresh-baked goods.
Photo by Drew Tanner

      Customers stop in throughout the day, grabbing this or that– a cup of coffee, a soda and chips, hand-dipped ice cream or delicious fresh baked goods from Meck's Home Bakery, displayed in a period-appropriate enameled cooler.
      By the way, you absolutely have to try the cream-filled sweetroll.

Several folk-art paintings by the late Silas Sharp adorn the walls of Sharp's Store, depicting wildlife scenes and rural landscapes
Photo by Drew Tanner

      Above the counters hang several paintings by Silas Sharp, Shipley's great-uncle. The collection of more than 20 folk art oil paintings depict hunting scenes, rural landscapes, wildlife and Native American themes. While he never had any formal artistic training, Silas Sharp was a prolific painter and the works have attracted the attention of gallery owners and collectors, Shipley proudly noted.
      Notecards featuring the unique paintings will be available at the store in the near future, he added.

The old Esso sign that hung above the gas pumps along US 219 is now displayed inside, bearing a sizeable dent left by a logging truck.
Photo by Drew Tanner

      Shipley also has plans to spruce up the "free museum," a collection of 19th and early 20th century relics from the Sharp's farming and country life, as well as a few mounted animals such as bobcat, coyote and a golden eagle, all displayed in the store's front windows.

The squeaky oiled floors and the original pressed-tin ceiling attest to the store's age. Locals and tourists alike stop in to pick up snacks and necessities, or just to shoot the breeze.
Photo by Drew Tanner

In another window hangs the old three-foot by four-foot Esso sign that once hung above U.S. Route 219 in the early days of the store.
      Around the windows, pressed into the stucco of the building's façade, are seashells. L.D. Sharp was one of the first people in the area to venture down to Florida, said Shipley, and wanted to display the souvenirs he found washed up on the beach.
      L.D., or Luther David Sharp, was Shipley's grandfather and began the family store in 1884. He was only 12 years old at the time.
      "At the early age of 12, he started his mercantile business, buying and selling fur, livestock and merchandise," Sharp's obituary in a March 1963 edition of The Pocahontas Times recalled.
      "For many years, his merchandise was hauled from Millboro, Virginia, and Beverly by covered wagons. Mr. Sharp was the first postmaster of Slaty Fork and gave it its name when the post office was opened. He loved to fish and hunt, killing his last deer at age 89. He was one of the first group of apiary inspectors in West Virginia, and raised bees to produce the famous Pocahontas County white lynn honey."
      From his birth in 1872 until his passing in 1963, Sharp saw a number of changes come through the area. The railroad, paved roads, automobiles, the telephone, electric power, radio and television all made their mark on Slaty Fork during his lifetime.
      After a traveling salesman encouraged the young Sharp to sell goods to woodsmen cutting logs on nearby Slaty Ridge and Buzzard Ridge, he opened shop in the back of his family's home. Sharp built the first store building on the old county road, at its crossing of Slaty Fork, Shipley explained. As the business outgrew the one-room building, a larger, two-story building was built around and above it, allowing business to continue uninterrupted.
      Sharp was appointed as the postmaster for his community in 1901, a position he held for 15 years.
Stop by and lend a hand if you've got time...

The realistic "hanging man" has stopped many a traveler on Rt. 219
Photo by Mike Condon

      Sharp's Store served an area of 15 miles, from Linwood to Elk Mountain. This was a large territory, considering travel conditions at that time.
      Goods arrived by horse and wagon, as described in the Times obituary, over rutted dirt roads that were often muddy and treacherous. A party of men gathered for the 60-mile journey to the train depot in Millboro, Virginia, or Beverly, just south of Elkins, in Randolph County. They packed food for several days and heavy sheets to sleep on the ground, or to cover their wagons, in case of rain.
      Before electricity was available, the store was lit with oil lanterns.
      Sharp's Store was moved to its present site when the highway was built around 1927. The new location had electric lights powered by a private, 32-volt generator. This "Delco system" ran on gasoline in its own building behind the store. Kerosene powered the "Icy Ball" soft drinks cooler.
      In front of the store were four gravity-fed-gas pumps. Gas was pumped up into large glass tanks by hand, measured, then drained into the car.
      When the West Penn Power Company brought in 110-volt electricity in the late 1930s, one of the hand pumps was left, just in case the power went out. It has been said that Sharp was not one to take chances on losing business to a thunderstorm.

The the first phone in the county still hangs on the wall. "Two longs, two shorts" rang for the store.
Photo by Drew Tanner

      On the back wall of the store is an old hand-crank phone, the first in the county. The local telephone lines were completed in August 1898 by Dr. Bosworth, of neighboring Randolph County. The line ran from Beverly to Marlinton.
      With up to 20 phones on each party line, the telephone served as a source of news and gossip.
      Like other country stores, Sharp's operated by giving long-term credit to its customers. Farmers would make payment on their accounts only once or twice a year. In the spring, they would shear their sheep, and in the fall they would sell crops or livestock for cash to pay their bills.
      The "accounts receivable" books and Sharp's old roll-top desk are still there.
      Throughout the year the store provided salt, sugar, coffee, grain, flour, cloth, clothing, shoes, lamp oil, nails, tools and supplies, such as horseshoes and fence wire.
      Sharp's Store offered the only access to many essentials that made living better for the people in this remote rural community. The store also provided a social meeting place and local showcase for the introduction of new styles and fashions.
      Locals naturally drifted into the store to listen to the radio when that electronic wonder made its appearance. Businessman that he was, Sharp was sure to keep some on display for sale. Some found the new gadget hard to believe. According to one story, some men came in and heard a new battery-operated shortwave radio. They left angry, thinking the Sharps had tried to trick them into believing that the sound just came through the air.
      During the 1920s and 30s, many of Sharp's customers lived along the Elk River and the railroad to Bergoo. Having no road to Slaty Fork, many pedaled light-weight, four-wheeled vehicles known as "speeders" along the railroad tracks.
      Several people could travel on one speeder, and some were capable of hauling a couple hundred pounds of feed or groceries back from the country store.
      One story recalls Sharp's brother Ivan using a speeder to get to his sheep on top of the mountain. When a slow train would pass through, he would catch hold of the last car to tow himself to the top.
      These and many other stories are at the heart of the family business, carefully passed down through the generations.
      Just a few miles from Snowshoe Mountain Resort, the 120-year-old family business provides a welcome break from the fast pace and impersonal self-service that characterizes many of today's businesses.
      At Sharp's Country store, much of the merchandise is behind the counters, and it's full service with a smile.
      Visit Sharp's Country Store online at sharpsbedandbreakfast.com.
      Thanks to Goldenseal Magazine and Tom Shipley for their help and information in this article.

The #3 Moore-Keppel rolls down the tracks in Durbin.
photo courtesy
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad

The second annual Highballin' For History
Rolling Thunder
Lars Byrne
WV Railroad Museum
      Whether you're a diehard railfan or just curious about steam engines, you'll enjoy the second annual Highballin' for History, presented by the West Virginia Railroad Museum, in cooperation with the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
      Travel over former Baltimore & Ohio, Western Maryland, and Chesapeake & Ohio lines in the most remote areas of the Mountain State. Proceeds will be used for the restoration of Museum-owned former West Virginia Northern RR Baldwin 2-8-0 steamers, No. 8 and No. 9. Steve Barry, the Managing Editor of Railfan & Railroad Magazine, will present a rail photography seminar Friday, April 22, at Belington to begin the weekend.
      The regular railfan weekend begins Saturday, April 23, at Durbin at 8 a.m. and will continue through 9 p.m. with rides and photo runbys with the D&GV Climax steam locomotive. There will be an optional afternoon of activity at Cheat Bridge to photograph a special freight for those who don't want to ride the Durbin Rocket excursion down the Greenbrier River.
      Lunch and dinner will be included Saturday with special activities following dinner at the former C&O depot in Durbin.
      Sunday, April 24, the New Tygart Flyer will leave Belington at around 8:30 a.m. and head up the Tygarts Valley River to Elkins, where Highballin' for History attendees can board the train for the trip up the Shavers Fork of Cheat to High Falls. Several runbys will be conducted on the trip. The train will arrive back in Elkins at about 4 p.m. Lunch will be served on the train.
      This year's features include rare mileage photo freights, a steam excursion, new photo runby locations, a photo seminar and more! Schedule of Events
Saturday, April 23 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Durbin: Early morning steam-up shots will be available of ex-Moore-Keppel/Middle Fork RR No. 3, a 55 ton, two-truck, Class B Climax, to enable photographers to capture the feel of a 1940s small town logging railroad. Afterwards, No. 3 will make up the day's freight train that consists of vintage equipment, and ready itself for the 9 a.m. departure. Photo runbys will be staged at prearranged locations along the line during the trip. Hot lunch will be provided at the Durbin depot with a choice of venues following lunch.
1-5 p.m. Cheat Bridge: For those wishing to photograph a rare West Virginia Central freight movement, a specially staged freight train will be moved to Cheat Bridge, marking 10 years since the last freight train rumbled through the upper Shavers Fork Valley. Numerous photo locations are available from across the river with the train moving at a chase-friendly speed towards Cheat Bridge, stopping at several pre-selected spots to allow everyone a photograph. Once at Cheat Bridge, the locomotives will run around the train and return to Belington. Attendees must provide their own means of transportation to Durbin and Cheat Bridge. It is recommended those rail fans wanting to photograph the train carpool together, due to lack of available parking. The freight train to Cheat Bridge will be pre-staged at an inaccessible location earlier in the week, because of operating and capacity restrictions on the West Virginia Central, which will unfortunately prevent any opportunity for rail fans to chase or photograph the train earlier in the day.
2 - 4 p.m. Durbin: For those not wanting to travel to Cheat Bridge, a leisurely trip behind No. 3 along the Greenbrier River will be offered with several favorable "afternoon sun" runbys conducted.
5 - 9 p.m. Dinner will be held at the Durbin Depot with slide presentations by E. Roy Ward and Lars Byrne. A night photo session will be conducted afterward. Saturday reservation and tickets are $60, and includes both meals and slide show.
      Reservations can be made by calling toll-free: 1-877-MTN-RAIL or write to DGVRR, PO Box 44, Durbin, WV 26264 or go to mountainrail.com
      For more railroad history in West Virginia, visit www.rail museum.com

Raven Golf Course at Snowshoe begins 2005 season

      The golf season is nearly underway at Snowshoe Mountain Resort, West Virginia's largest four-season resort. The Raven Golf Club at Snowshoe Mountain along with the practice facility and The Raven Grille will be opening for the season Friday, April 15. The course will be open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through early May, when it will then open full-time.

To play this course is to understand what makes a true mountain-based golf course
photo courtesy
Raven Golf Course at Snowshoe

golf260.jpg       Golfweek Magazine, for the fourth straight year, named The Raven Golf Club the "Top Public Access Golf Course in West Virginia for 2005." This marks the first time in its history the magazine has ranked the same course number one four straight years. The Raven is also ranked among the top courses in the nation as one of Golfweek Magazine's Top 100 Modern Golf Courses of 2005.
      This year the state's top professionals will be gathering to compete at Snowshoe Mountain Resort as the Raven will be hosting the 72nd West Virginia Open Golf Championship, June 29 - July 1.
      The Raven Golf Course is West Virginia's only true mountain golf course, one that takes advantage of the natural beauty and aesthetics of the surrounding Allegheny Mountain Range. In 1993, Gary Player and his design team chose the Pocahontas County location as the site for what is now one of the finest mountain golf courses in the entire country. The terrain, which covers 7,044 yards, is so varied the front and back nine almost look like two separate courses.
      "To play this course is to understand what makes a true mountain-based golf course," says Snowshoe Mountain Director of Golf and PGA Member Gary Williams. "We're offering elevations that change more than 200 feet from tee to green with spectacular views of the area that makes Snowshoe Mountain what it is‹-a premier resort and golf destination."
      Golf operations at the Raven Golf Course at Snowshoe will run through mid-October.
      For more information on the Raven Golf Club at Snowshoe Mountain or to plan a trip to play the course or take advantage of Snowshoe's many outdoor adventures, visit online at www.snowshoemtn.com or call toll free at 877-441-4FUN.

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
spring clean up weekend April 22 - 24

WV Make It Shine
      In cooperation with the West Virginia Make It Shine Program, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park in Pocahontas County will hold its Second Annual Spring Clean Up Weekend April 22 - 24. Projects for this weekend include general town clean up, building flower beds, repairing picket fences, painting, river bank clean-up, picnic table repair, installation of grills, playground installation and other projects.
      Participants will receive free motor car rides and viewing of the Cass Showcase. The event starts with a welcome and organizational meeting on Friday at 7 p.m. Work sessions will start on Saturday at 9 a.m. with a covered dish dinner and group photo at 6 p.m. Sunday will include devotions at 9 a.m. and departure at 10 a.m.
      To register or for more information, please contact Cass Scenic Railroad State Park at (304) 456-4300 or 1-800-CALL WVA.

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Opera House features choral groups, master harpist and Folk-Rock Duo

First Baptist Church of Huntersville Choir

Harpist John Kovac

Greenbrier Valley Chorale

Folk-Rock Duo Smith & Roberts Return April 30

Sharp's Country Store

The second annual Highballin' For History

Raven Golf Course at Snowshoe begins 2005 season

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park spring clean up weekend April 22 - 24

Folk-Rock Duo Smith & Roberts
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Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
spring clean up weekend April 22 - 24