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

Vol. 5 No. 10
October 2006

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

If it's going on in the county, you'll find it here
October
AROUND THE COUNTY
Oct. 1 - 4, Oct 8 - 11 € Greenbrier River Inn to Inn € Elk River Touring Center, Slaty Fork € ertc.com, 800-572-3771 or 572-3771. Experience the off road countryside of Pocahontas County at your leisure. Stay at the Elk River Inn your first night, then shuttle to Cass and cycle the incredibly scenic Greenbrier River Trail. Stay at another B&B along the trail in Marlinton, and your third day cycle north to a B&B right on the trail. Beginner to intermediate riding. A great trip for families and couples. Travel 50-63 miles. All gear shuttled, just pedal at your own pace!
Every Thursday € Wake Up and See Stars € National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank 304-456-2150 € gb.nrao.edu. Gather at the planetarium balloon every Thursday for a unique look at the sky. There is a $3 charge per person and reservations are suggested. Program begins at 2 p.m.
Oct. 6 € Sci-Fi Film Fest Friday € NRAO, Green Bank 304-456-2150 € gb.nrao.edu. Come on out and enjoy a great movie and then discuss the film with NRAO staff. Begins at 7 p.m.
Oct. 6 € WV Dance Company € Pocahontas Opera House, Marlinton € 7:30 p.m.€ pocahontasoperahouse.org, 799-6645. WV Dance Company from Beckley is West Virginia's only professional touring dance company in the history of the state. The performances are a blend of entertaining and thought-provoking modern compositions that invoke enthusiasm in audiences of all ages. The company is presently co-directed by Toneta Akers-Toler and Donald Laney. Company members are highly trained professionals from all over the country. Many are not West Virginians by birth but refer to themselves as such because of their love of the state and in its people. Included are works influenced by our state's rich cultural heritage.
Oct. 7 € Moonlight Fire Train € Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, Durbin € mountainrail.com, 1-877-686-7245 or 456-3442. Offered on full moon nights during the season, this late evening excursion aboard the steam-powered Climax train begins with a buffet dinner at the Durbin Depot followed by a trip along the beautiful, moonlit Greenbrier River. See the stars in this remote wilderness, far from ambient light, and follow the reflection of the moon shining on the river. Train departs the depot at 8 p.m.
Oct. 11, 25 € High Tech Wednesday € NRAO, Green Bank € 304-456-2150 € gb.nrao.edu. Join us for a guided tour through parts of NRAO normally off limits to visitors like lab areas where sensitive receivers are designed and built. Space is limited to 15; cost is $3 so make reservations early.
Oct. 21 € Party on the Patio € NRAO, Green Bank 304-456-2150 € gb.nrao.edu € Star Party, that is! Staff will orient you to the star-filled sky and then view the night sky on the Star Party Patio. Bring optical telescopes and binoculars - you won't believe the view! Dress accordingly - the nights get chilly. Program begins 30 minutes before dark.
Oct. 21 € James Talley In Concert € Pocahontas Opera House, Marlinton €7:30 p.m. € pocahontasoperahouse.org, 799-6645. In the olden days, this Nashville singer-songwriter was rootsy before the phrase was hip. Almost thirty years later, rootsy is decidedly hip, and James Talley is still at the forefront of the sound. Talley released four now-legendary albums during the mid-1970s and was named Amazon.com's "Folk Artist of the Year 2000." Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, Alan Jackson, Hazel Dickens, Gene Clark, and most recently Moby, among others, have recorded his songs.

On The Mountain

For more info about any events at Snowshoe, call 877-441-4FUN or visit online at www.snowshoemtn.com
Oct. 14 € Oktoberfest € Hearty beers, German foods, brass and oompah bands are a sure hit to this festive celebration. Come dressed in your finest lederhosen for an event not to miss. Dancing, drinking, eating . . .what better way to spend a weekend!
Oct. 28 € Halloween Celebration The light will be on, so bring your kids . . .and the kid in you to our annual Halloween celebration. Complete with activities, games and candy and, of course, your best costume. Come dressed or you might get tricked.

Home-grown food is still a common sight on tables in the county. This is a sampling of Annette Graham's cellar

Photo by Jaynell Graham-Awad

The Harvest

Are you ready for winter ?
Jaynell Graham-Awad
Staff Writer
      We didn't always go to the grocery store every day for food. In the mountains, we prepared for the coming bad weather almost all year long. Let's look at a few things that were done years ago, and some that continue today, to prepare for winter on the farm.
      If you worked for Charlie Young, of Buckeye, you shucked corn for 40¢ an hour or 10¢ a bushel. Some corn was crushed for the chickens, some shelled for the hogs and the fodder was bundled and kept as feed for the cattle and sheep.

Jacob Webster at work on the McClintic Farm in Buckeye in 1898. It was said of Jacob, "he whistled while he whet his scythe."
Photo courtesy Roy Shearer collection.

      Jerry Schoolcraft, Sr., of Buckeye, began working for Charlie Young in 1947, when he was 15 years old and he, too, was paid 40¢ an hour. Jerry lived on Stephen Hole Run Road and as he walked to work, he would go through the hayfields across from the Buckeye Chapel and pull up the yellow-flowered Wing Stems. Charlie sold hay and his buyers didn't want the flowers in their hay nor did Charlie want to feed them to his livestock. These yellow flowers still pepper the landscape and are thorn in the farmers' side today.

Forget the shovel and plow Tim Wade of Wade's Farm and Feed, and his crew harvest several hundred bushels of potato with this "new machine."
Photo by Jaynell Graham-Awad

      In the early days of this county, it was necessary to "raise" the food for your family. This required advance planning in the form of saving and drying some seeds from the previous year. The spring and summer months were spent tending the garden, collecting fruits and vegetables, canning, drying, and brining. Always in the fall, there was an "apple butter making," two or three kettles per family. As most children were involved in 4-H, the potato patch often doubled as their project. Good Friday was considered "the day" to plant potatoes. In the fall, the potatoes were dug by hand or with the help of a potato plow. When the cellar was full of canned goods and root crops and the weather turned cold, it was time to butcher.
      Butchering is still a family affair and a major event on the farm of Moffett and Alma McNeel, of Hillsboro. Thanksgiving Day finds this family out in full force, cutting and packing pork for the McNeels and the families of their four sons. Hams, shoulders and bacon are cured, sausage is ground and the tenderloin is canned. It's all in a day's work with many hands making the load lighter.
      At the McClintic Farm at Buckeye, now Swago Farms owned by Wayne Jackson, Jr., the meat house is still in use, as well, processing beef and pork for the farm kitchen, the homes of Wayne Jackson, III, Jimmy and Maxine Ratliff and several neighbors. It's hard work, but good fellowship. A hearty lunch is served each day, promptly at 11:30 a.m., and the motto is, "don't make the cook mad!" As the workers gather around the table it resembles a Norman Rockwell painting, and not a fork is raised until the blessing is said.
      Grease from cooking, fat from butchering, and ashes from the wood stove and fireplace were used to make soap for the family.
      Most families, or at least their neighbors, had a sugar camp where maple sap was collected and boiled down to make syrup which had many uses, not the least of which was to serve over buckwheat cakes, made from home grown buckwheat, which had been ground into flour.

These unidentified farmers have come up with a "better idea!"
Photo courtesy Buckley Photos

      From time to time during the year, corn and wheat were taken to the grist mill to be ground for cornmeal and some of the wheat was slightly worked over to be used as cereal, cooked like oatmeal and served with sugar or maple syrup and milk. As money was in short supply, many mills did not charge for their services, but rather took a toll, or portion of the product.
      Jesse Jordan, a resident of PCCC in Marlinton, and his family took their corn and wheat to Tolbert Waugh's Mill on Stony Creek. This mill couldn't grind fine enough for flour, so it was necessary for them to take their wheat to the mill at Punkin' Center near Renick. This journey was made on horse back and later in a Model T.
      It is believed that the saying "keep your nose to the grindstone" comes from the days of the grist mill, where a small spark could cause spontaneous combustion and destroy the mill. Keeping your nose close to the stones would warn of heat from the stones touching or from rocks or debris in the meal.

Ice is harvested from Knapps Creek near its confluence wih the Greenbrier River. One worker is identified as Hiter Cashwell.
Photo courtesy Keith Moore Collection

      In the town of Marlinton, ice was harvested from Knapps Creek and stored in the ice house on Third Avenue near the old Coca-Cola plant. The ice wagon would make its rounds delivering its goods to households for their ice boxes.
      A good supply of firewood was needed to support the homestead through the year. In areas where timber was cut, blackberry bushes would sprout up, these berries provided jams and jellies for the winter table.
      Some of the wool from the spring shearing was sold and some kept to be carded and spun into yarn so socks and mittens could be knitted for the family.
      All activities in the old days were done with an eye to the sky to predict changes in the weather.
      Much information can be gleaned from Eldridge McComb's knowledge of nature. Eldridge lives far off the beaten path on Beaver Lick Mountain. He carries on the tradition of observing the signs, which was taught to him by his ancestors. One very accurate prediction came from Eldridge a few years ago in the midst of a very mild December. Eldridge stated that "winter wouldn't set in until there was enough rain for nature to clean out the mountain streams." This proved to be true in early January. For lower elevations, it pretty well holds true, that the number of fogs in February will equal the number of frosts in May.
      Many of these preparations and traditions still continue in Pocahontas County, but the population, in large part, is dependent on the Weather Channel and "store bought goods."
      Although we have all admired the beauty of October's harvest moon, for those hard working folks of yesteryear, it was more than a pretty moon. With the barns and cellars full, the hard work over for another year, it was time to celebrate at Harvest Moon dances, which were held in private homes with lively music. It's too late to plant a garden....but never too late to dance. Why not keep an "eye to the sky" and on October 6, take a twirl under the Harvest Moon.

Riders on the Tea Creek connector trail. The network of trails in the area allow hikers and bikers access to some of the area's highest terrain.
Photo courtesy Mary Willis

Tea Party:
Mountain Style!

Drew Tanner
Staff Writer
      Tea Creek is one of those areas everybody loves.
      Mountain bikers and hikers love the network of trails. Hunters can find a variety of game, and anglers can find plenty of native trout in the cool brown water.
      Brown water? Don't worry; despite the rudy tint, Tea Creek and its tributaries run clean and clear, as evidenced by the good fishing.
      The creek's unusual hue is attributed by some to tannins from the mountaintop red spruce trees. Other's say the shade of Earl Grey comes from carbonate compounds in the sandstone.
      The Tea Creek Area is located just north of the popular Cranberry Wilderness and offers plenty of solitude for those who love the outdoors and want to explore streams shaded by northern hardwoods and mountain ridges capped with red spruce. Easy access can be had from the Highland Scenic Highway at several trailheads and the Tea Creek campground.
      The latter offers well maintained sites with picnic tables and fire rings, not to mention creek-side views.
      Visitors can also access the area from the north, on County Road 24, known as Mine Road, which branches off of U.S. Route 219 just south of Slaty Fork.
      The way is much slower on this rough gravel road, but those who make it to the top will be rewarded with a stunning view of the Tea Creek Valley from the 4,369-foot peak of Turkey Mountain, about a mile into the woods on the Boundary Trail.
      No matter which way you get there, once you enter these woods, you will understand why some wilderness advocates wanted to ask Congress to designate the Tea Creek as a federally protected Wilderness Area.
      Members of the mountain biking community were quick to point out, however, that Wilderness designation would have prohibited them from riding on the area's trails, which are revered in some cycling circles.
      The two groups worked out a compromise last year, leaving Tea Creek out of a recent wilderness proposal. But the area remains one of the largest roadless areas in the Monongahela National Forest and is managed as a backcountry area by the U.S. Forest Service.

A footbridge crosses Tea Creek near the campground. Several stream crossings and wet areas in Tea Creek have bridges, making the going through the rugged terrain a little easier.
Photo by Drew Tanner.

      With more than 40 miles of maintained trails through Tea Creek's 5,400 acres, hikers and cyclists alike can find a variety of possible trips, from short loops of a couple miles, to day trips and overnight excursions.
      Some of the trails in the Tea Creek Area were created as recently as 1992, while others have a long history as early wagon roads and logging railroads.
      The trails are on moderate grades, for the most part, and most are well-marked and maintained, minimizing confusion. New signs at several of the trail junctions were installed just this summer.
      For cyclists wanting to get acquainted with the area, Mary Willis, of Elk River Touring Center, recommended trying out the Gauley Mountain Trail.
      The mostly level, wide trail follows an old railroad grade along the western face of Gauley Mountain and is an excellent intermediate trail, said Willis. With several junctions along the way, the trail is a good starting point for further exploration of the area.
      For advanced riders, the Tea Creek Mountain Trail offers more challenging terrain, including a 1,370-foot ascent in just under two miles.
      Near the top of Tea Creek Mountain is a boulder field reminiscent of parts of the Dolly Sods Wilderness.
      Combining the trail with a leg of the Highland Scenic Highway, Willis said riders could create a challenging loop that begins and ends at the Tea Creek Campground.
      The Elk River Touring Center has also hosted several mountain biking events featuring the Tea Creek area, including an clinic for women riders in the summer and fall and the annual Wild 100, which drew around 90 participants this year.
      In the Tea Creek Area, the 100 km race features the Tea Creek Mountain, Bear Pen Ridge and Red Run trails.
      "These are the trails and terrain that have put Slaty Fork on the map as the eastern mecca of serious mountain biking," the touring center's website states.
      Hikers will also find plenty to like about the diverse network of trails that traverse Tea Creek.
      With three-sided shelters along some of the trails, it's possible to create a backpacking loop that eliminates the need for toting a tent.

Tea Creek Campground offers several semi-primitive camp sites, with picnic tables, fire rings, and great views.
Photo by Drew Tanner.

      From the Tea Creek Campground, head up the valley via Tea Creek Trail. For the first half mile, the trail goes along a steep embankment above the creek. The rest of the way follows segments of an old railroad grade, crossing Lick Creek and other small tributaries.
      The first shelter is at three miles, and sits near a pretty clearing and a great swimming hole at the confluence of Tea Creek and its Right Fork.
      The next day, follow the Right Fork of Tea Creek for 1.75 miles to Red Run Trail. Evidence of the former logging railroad is apparent in the form of occasional cross-ties poking up among the roots and rocks along these trails.
      For 2.5 miles, the Red Run Trail travels among birch, spruce and rhododendron into the heart of the Tea Creek valley before ascending to the Gauley Mountain Trail.
      The Gauley Mountain Trail traverses some of the Tea Creek Area's highest terrain, staying above 4,000 feet through its 5-mile length. At this elevation, you will find several red spruce groves along the way.
      For this particular loop, it's only 1.1 miles on the Gauley Mountain Trail to its junction with the Bear Pen Ridge Trail.
      Bear Pen Ridge is one of the area's less-used trails and follows the ridge above Red Run. Like the Gauley Mountain Trail, it, too, remains above 4,000 feet in elevation, with the exception of its descent to Tea Creek.
      The end of day two of this loop is spent at another three-sided shelter along the trail, about two miles from the Bear Pen's junction with Gauley Mountain.
      The feeling of solitude in this part of the Tea Creek area is something to savor.
      After what's sure to be a cool night on Bear Pen Ridge this time of year, continue on the trail as it descends 1.5 miles to Tea Creek.
      Following the Tea Creek Trail over some rocky and wet spots for another 1.5 miles, you'll come to a familiar site: the junction of Red Run, Tea Creek and the North Face trails near the shelter you stayed in the first night.
      From here, you could continue on the Tea Creek Trail for about 3.1 miles back to the campground.
      But if you care to linger in the forest a little longer, the North Face Trail offers a challenging hike up Tea Creek Mountain. After 3.1 miles, it meets the Tea Creek Mountain Trail, which descends for 1.5 miles back to the campground.
      A shorter day-hiking loop can be made from the Gauley Mountain, Red Run and Right Fork trails, which offers a nice mix of high mountain and creekside scenery.
      A side trip to Tea Creek Meadow offers great views, while the interpretive trail through the meadow leads to a wooded, marshy area with blinds for viewing wildlife.
      The Marlinton Ranger Station offers a pocket-sized map of all the Tea Creek Area trails, which is great for planning a variety of loops and outings.

West Virginia Dance Company will perform at the Opera House on Friday, October 6,

October at the Opera house offers both song and dance

Barbara Elliott
Contributing Writer
      The Pocahontas County Opera House in Marlinton presents two cultural treasures in October. The first is West Virginia's only professional touring dance company; the second is a Nashville singer-songwriter who is one of the founding fathers of the roots music genre. Dancing to the Tune of West Virginia's Heritage
      West Virginia Dance Company will perform at the Opera House on Friday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. Based in Beckley, the company was founded in 1977 with the purpose of enriching lives through the art of dance. The performances are a blend of entertaining and thought-provoking modern compositions that invoke enthusiasm in audiences of all ages.
      West Virginia Dance Company began under the name the Appalachian Dance and Music Ensemble. ADME was commissioned by the West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council to interpret the poetry of then State Poet Laureate, Dr. Louise McNeil Pease, a Pocahontas County native.
      Toneta Akers-Toler, the company founder, is an accomplished dancer/choreographer who has shared her talents with our state for almost 30 years. The company is presently co-directed by Akers-Toler and Donald Laney.
      The members are highly trained professionals from all over the country. Many are not West Virginians by birth, but refer to themselves as such because of their love of the state and its people. Included are works influenced by our state's rich cultural heritage. The group's main focus is performing public concerts and educating children and people of all ages in West Virginia and beyond.
      Their Opera House performance will feature Sketches of Fall (based on the writing of Pearl S. Buck) and John Henry by Toneta Akers-Toler; Pink by Heather Taylor; Drifting Through Serenity by Donald Laney; Paraguas by Carli Mareneck (a founding artist with Lewisburg's Trillium Performing Arts Collective); and Black Beans with Rice.

James Talley will perform at the Opera House on Saturday, October 21

A Voice from the Dust Bowl, Melodies Built to Last

      James Talley's name may not ring any bells, but in the olden days, the Nashville singer-songwriter was rootsy before the phrase was hip, a talent that performed for President Jimmy Carter's inauguration in 1977. Almost 30 years later, rootsy is decidedly hip, and James Talley is still at the forefront of the sound. He will perform at the Opera House on Saturday, October 21, at 7:30 p.m.
      Talley released four now-legendary albums during the mid-1970s: Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love (1975); Tryin' Like The Devil (1976); Blackjack Choir (1977) and Ain't It Somethin' (1977).
      He has performed and recorded for more than three decades and was named Amazon.com's "Folk Artist of the Year 2000." Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, Alan Jackson, Hazel Dickens, Gene Clark, and most recently Moby, among others, have recorded his songs.
      Reviewer John Morthland summed up Talley's appeal this way: "With family roots in Oklahoma, Talley writes simple, straightforward, folk 'n' western workingman songs that embrace and extend the Woody Guthrie tradition. But they're not protest songs. They celebrate love and family and hard-won pleasures. His voice is straight from the Dust Bowl, his melodies are built to last."
      Tickets to these performances are $5 for adults and are sold only at the door. Children 12 and under are admitted free. The Pocahontas County Opera House is located at 818 Third Avenue in Marlinton. For further information, call the Opera House at (304) 799-6645 or the Pocahontas County Convention & Visitors Bureau, 800-336-7009. For information on other upcoming Opera House events, visit pocahontasoperahouse.org.
      These performances are part of the 2006-07 Performance Series sponsored by the Pocahontas County Opera House Foundation 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

National Radio Astronomy Observatory Tour Center Green Bank, WV

Need your space?
Science matters at Tour Center
Katie Ford
PCHS Mentor Student
      As I stand in front of the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), I suddenly realize how big the GBT really is. It's so tall my neck hurts from looking up so high. It's so massive I have to walk across the road just to take a complete picture. It's so white my eyes hurt from looking at it. Standing in front of the GBT, I'm beginning to realize why so many people from across the country and around the world come each year to see the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank. The observatory in Green Bank is important to the scientific community because of the GBT. U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd attained funding for the GBT project.
      Construction began in 1990 and finished in 2000. The GBT is the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world. It is 485 feet tall and moves around on a circular track. The GBT is so big because it can collect more radio waves. The more waves astronomers can look at, the more accurate and precise their data will be.
      Radio astronomy began in 1932, when Karl G. Jansky, a communications engineer, accidentally discovered radio waves from the Milky Way. In 1937, Grote Reber built the first parabolic telescope at his home in Illinois. That telescope is now in front of the new Green Bank Science Center. The NRAO site at Green Bank was established in 1956. The first telescope on the site, the Howard E. Tatel telescope, was dedicated in 1958. Currently four main telescopes are in use. The second largest telescope, the 43-meter, was recently restored for MIT research. The telescopes enable astronomers to "see" the universe. Astronomers can see much farther into space and receive a more complete picture with radio telescopes than optical ones.
      The NRAO is one of the major tourist attractions in Pocahontas County. A new tour center, Green Bank Science Center, has brought even more people into the county. NRAO received a grant from the National Science Foundation in 1998 to build the tour center with educational, as well as interactive, exhibits. The 25,000 square foot facility opened in May, 2003.
      The tour center's main attraction is the Catching the Wave Exhibit Hall. To enter the exhibit hall you must walk through a dark, zigzagging hallway. The hallway has neon lights along the floor and what looks like white Christmas lights overhead. The walls and ceiling are glass panels with foam cones behind them. The strips of cones have a purpose; they keep the exhibits from interfering with the telescopes. Interference can range from cell phone and microwave use to a bad electric fence. To minimize interference, the Federal Communications Commission and the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee created the 13,000 square mile Quiet Zone in 1958.
      My favorite exhibit in the tour center is the fun house mirror display. The two mirrors illustrate the difference between concave and convex mirrors. A telescope uses a concave-shaped dish. I've spent literally hours playing around with the mirrors. It's fun to have really long legs and arms or look squashed like a gnome or elf.
      Another favorite exhibit is the infrared video camera. Infrared cameras use heat to see instead of light. Instead of seeing myself normally on the television, I see myself in blue, green, red, white, yellow, and purple. Beside the television, a black board hangs on the wall. When I put my hands on it, it changes colors!

Colorful Infrared images

      Other displays demonstrating radio waves and bending light can be found in the tour center. Even a steerable model of the GBT is in there!
      The tour center is the place to be for NRAO guided tours. The people of NRAO are passionate about what they do, and their energy makes NRAO a fun place to be. Beginning the tour are a demonstration with liquid nitrogen and a movie in the auditorium, which holds up to 150 people.
      After the movie a guided bus tour is offered. Tour are absolutely free and last about an hour (including the demonstrations and movie). The bus tour goes through the NRAO site and stops at the GBT for a photo opportunity. Visitors are free to walk or ride bikes around the site as well.
      NRAO has received all types of visitors; from bikers and retired couples to school groups and college graduates. The tour center stays open year-round with the exception of a few holidays.
      Most visitors come to the observatory between July and October. In July of this year, the tour center welcomed a total of 8,394 visitors. August was expected to get as many, if not more. Tourists love to come in the fall to see the beautiful foliage Pocahontas County has to offer.
      Starlight Café serves hungry visitors with thick milkshakes and yummy wraps. They also offer a variety of sandwiches, salads, ice cream, juices, sodas, and coffees. The cafe also cooks pizza and hot dogs. While eating on one of the starry tables you can peer through the large windows and see the GBT. Several optical telescopes are available to get a closer look. A gift shop offering shirts, games, experiments, and more is right next to the cafe.
      With the addition of the new tour center, NRAO's tourism has flourished along with Pocahontas County's. With interesting exhibits fit for all ages, the tour center does its job well. It makes astronomy fun and lets you discover space interactively. The tours are fascinating and informative, and not too scientific or confusing.
      And the food is totally out of this world.
      Katie Ford is a senior at Pocahontas County High School, where she is a member of the women's soccer team and the marching band.

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