Shavers Fork Coalition's Newsletter

The River’s Roots 
Summer 2002 
Volume 6, Issue 1 

“The river is the drawstring that ties the country together.”

This issue: 
- Shavers Fork Coalition Wins Award! 
- Voices of Shavers Fork 

At the Roots 

Since mid-2001 and our last newsletter, Shavers Fork Coalition has been actively working to protect, enhance, and restore the Shavers Fork. Multi-group efforts during the last year include contributing to the U.S. Forest Service’s watershed assessment of the Upper Shavers Fork, participating in initial meetings of the Forest Heritage Area initiative, and continuing the long-term red spruce riparian restoration project. 

SFC is grateful to the Monongahela National Forest, the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, The Nature Conservancy, Snowshoe, Friends of the Cheat, WVU Extension Service, WV-DEP Stream Partners Program, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Canaan Valley Institute, WV-DNR, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, U.S. Office of Surface Mining, and EPA for assistance and support. 

Flood Early Warning System Threatened 

During its first year, Shavers Fork Coalition saw an urgent need to advocate for an effective Early Warning System on Shavers Fork. That year, 1996, was a time of repeated flooding and high water. There was great concern that campgrounds and residents, boaters and fishermen, and the town of Parsons have adequate warning of flood waters to prevent loss of lives. By mid-1997, federal money had been made available for the System of “real-time” river and precipitation gauges at Bemis and Cheat Bridge. This system would provide Bowden and Parsons up to 12 hours of imminent flood warning. The Army Corps of Engineers was set to design and implement the Flood Warning System, but a commitment was needed from the state for long-term maintenance before they would move beyond the planning states. SFC circulated petitions and sent out another call for letters to our Congressional and Legislative delegations to urge funding for maintenance. 

Thanks in large part to Senator Byrd, the project moved forward and by October of 1997 the gauges were installed, capable of reporting water levels by three different methods: satellite, telephone calls to the gauge, and radio signals into the existing IFLOWS (Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System) radio rain gauge system. The system is still in place, and many folks depend on it. 

However, funding has fallen short to keep gauging stations going and in a lot of cases they may be lost forever. Now is the time to write to our Congressional delegation again, as well as to the Secretary of the Interior and ask them to support the National Streamflow Information Program with significantly increased funding to prevent the continued loss of streamgauges. It is also important to contact our legislators and local officials to express our concern that state and local funding continue to be available for this important system. 

**Time is of the essence, as Congress is set to consider funding for the National Streamflow Information Program in July. For sample letter, names, addresses and contact numbers, see below: 

VISTA volunteers provided by Office of Surface Mining 

Shavers Fork Coalition and nine other West Virginia watershed groups are getting VISTA volunteers for three years under an OSM program to address acid mine drainage problems on a grassroots level. This year VISTA volunteer Karen Sutton provided excellent work for SFC on property research, computer mapping and design, design of a website, and the beginnings of an oral history project. For the coming year, Matthew Branch will serve as SFC’s VISTA volunteer. Matthew will do water quality monitoring, help in SFC’s day-to-day office operation, and spearhead our Voices of Shavers Fork book project. WV Division of Environmental Protection’s Stream Partners Program will help with supportive funding for each of the WV watershed groups. Thanks to OSM and Stream Partners, and welcome Matthew! 

“Voices of Shavers Fork” 

During the last two years, the Shavers Fork Coalition has focused on the headwaters, developing partnerships with agencies and researchers involved with assessment, restoration, and management. Now, in an effort to include the entire watershed and to more broadly promote sustainable watershed stewardship through community awareness, SFC has decided to produce a book of stories and reflections of life on Shavers Fork. We feel that many people who love this river will enjoy reading stories about folks who grew up on farms or in lumber camps, or who return every year to fishor hunt, or who worked on the railroad or in the mines and forests. 

We hope the book will foster a more comprehensive awareness of, interest in, and appreciation of the changes in the watershed over the last century. >From extensive interviews with residents, fishermen, hunters, hikers, paddlers, business people and farmers we hope to draw a vivid picture of the human and natural history of the watershed. We also hope the book, tentatively titled Voices of Shavers Fork, will be a useful tool for local schools and libraries. 
In this issue of The River’s Roots we present a preview of Voices of Shavers Fork below. 

~If you would be willing to share your stories, please contact us using the contact information below.~ 

Forest Heritage Area 

Shavers Fork Coalition is becoming involved with a major initiative, called the Forest Heritage Area, a stakeholder-based effort to help develop Heritage Tourism in the highlands of West Virginia and western Maryland. This task group is working hard to reach and bring in the widest possible range of involvement ­ from industrialists to environmentalists, tourism folks to history buffs, agency professionals to community volunteers. Within the Forest Heritage Area, thematic braided trails, including forestry, heritage, and natural history themes will be developed in concert with local communities for a coordinated user-friendly system to attract tourists to come and stay longer. SFC supports region-wide cooperative planning for tourism development which will benefit all communities while preserving and enhancing our natural assets. The Forest Heritage Area initiative is spearheaded by WVU-Division of Forestry, WVU Extension Service, and Canaan Valley Institute under a four-year grant. 
Forest Heritage Area 

Shavers Fork Coalition is becoming involved with a major initiative, called the Forest Heritage Area, a stakeholder-based effort to help develop Heritage Tourism in the highlands of West Virginia and western Maryland. This task group is working hard to reach and bring in the widest possible range of involvement ­ from industrialists to environmentalists, tourism folks to history buffs, agency professionals to community volunteers. Within the Forest Heritage Area, thematic braided trails, including forestry, heritage, and natural history themes will be developed in concert with local communities for a coordinated user-friendly system to attract tourists to come and stay longer. SFC supports region-wide cooperative planning for tourism development which will benefit all communities while preserving and enhancing our natural assets. The Forest Heritage Area initiative is spearheaded by WVU-Division of Forestry, WVU Extension Service, and Canaan Valley Institute under a four-year grant. 

30+ Volunteers Participate in Cleanup, April 10 

Rain failed to deter cleanup efforts in the Bowden area as dedicated volunteers dragged everything from discarded furniture to lawn mower parts up the streambanks and into trash bags on April 10th. SFC board member Al Krueger and local resident Cat Cole organized the cleanup in coordination with the WV Department of Natural Resources “Make It Shine” program. “Our goal was to make the area more attractive for vacationers, fishermen and residents of the area,” Al told the Elkins Inter-Mountain. Thanks to DNR and Division of Highways for assistance! And a special thanks to all the hard-working volunteers! 

Chance to own stunning silkscreen print by Kevin (Woody) Woodcock! 

“High Falls of Shavers Fork”

click to see photo of this print

Former SFC board member, watershed resident, and accomplished artist Kevin Woodcock has given SFC a beautiful multi-color limited edition silkscreen print of High Falls. We are offering chances on this 14” x 28” framed piece for $1 a chance or 5 for $4. View it on our website (www.shaversfork.org) or at our Annual Membership Meeting July 29th in Bowden or at the 2nd Annual Elkhenge in Dailey September 21st. Or contact us for more details at shaversfork@yahoo.com or 304-636-2662. Thanks,Woody! We love your art! 

Excerpts from Voices of Shavers Fork, a book-in-progress 

Interviews for Voices of Shavers Fork were begun by Shavers Fork Coalition’s VISTA volunteer Karen Sutton during the winter, and continued by board member Ruth Blackwell Rogers in the spring. In August a new VISTA volunteer, Matthew Branch, will resume the interviews and develop a book from the material. 

Since there is concern about the future of the Early Warning System and river gauges, these excerpts focus on memories and reflections of high water and flooding on the watershed. 

Roy Clarkson, author of Tumult on the Mountain, On Beyond Leatherbark, and Flora of the Monongahela National Forest; born and raised in Cass: 

My brother and I did go over on the Shavers Fork, trout fishing on the headwaters. That would have been the second cutting I guess, because I was about ten years old. It would have been about ’36. Tops everywhere. Hard to get to the creek or anywhere else. But he didn’t have a car so we walked from Thorny Flats over into the headwaters into Shavers Fork. Not many people did that. Maybe earlier, before the second cutting. There were lots of fish. Small fish. I don’t know how many fish we caught, but lots of fish. 

The stream was nice and clear. I don’t recall any sediment. They cut right up to the stream. They didn’t pay any attention to the stream being there, I expect. 
There wasn’t much trouble with high water at Spruce. 

Virgil Broughton, Mayor of Elkins. Born and raised in Spruce. 

I have caught a tremendous nice bunch of trout up there [near Spruce]. That was some country. 
I remember a lot of high water, but nothing compared to what they had below. We liked high water because we always liked to try to get a raft, and see how far we could go. Get into some mischief. Because the only thing we had was the water or maybe hooking the train, or the merry-go-round. 

I remember high water at Twin Bridges, bumping the Twin Bridges. Heavy snow. Ice stacks on top of each other. Tears down trees, can be very damaging. Phenomenal thing to look at. I’ve seen ice piled up against Cheat Bridge. 

About five years ago we had some bad cold weather up there, froze a lot of things out, froze a lot of wildlife out. But that’s nature. When you have an ice storm or bad storm that tears down trees and stuff, I say it’s God pruning. He’ll take care of it if we leave it alone. Leave it like it is and let God take care of it, with our help. 

From Big Doc and Little Doc, 1968, by Henry R. Werner, company doctor in Fishing Hawk (now Bemis): 

July of 1907 was unusually hot and dry. No rain had fallen for several weeks… The river was slow and sluggish . . . [Dr. Werner was in Elkins on business that day.] We learned that there had been a cloudburst above Fishing Hawk the day before. The train dispatcher told us that the damage to the railroad tracks was so extensive, that it was uncertain how far the train could go. My brother-in-law and I decided to proceed as far as the train could carry us, and to walk the rest of the way. The telegraph wires were down, and it was impossible to learn the full extent of the damage at Fishing Hawk. Added to my anxiety for my patients, was the apprehension that we felt for our respective families. 

As it developed, the train could go only as far as Bowden. It was here that the abutments of the bridge that spanned Roaring Creek had been washed away. Only the steel rails that were held top a few crossties by heavy spikes, hung across the raging creek. These unsupported rails were our only means of crossing. But we had no choice other than to go on. Fishing Hawk lay eleven miles ahead. One behind the other, and holding to the rails, we crept on our knees across these ties. The fact of our being hampered by traveling bags, made our progress more difficult. We knew that at any moment the flimsy structure of the bridge might give way, plunging us into the flood. 
We made it. But it was an experience that I do not care to repeat. 

All afternoon we walked railroad ties where there were any, and sloshed through interminable mud and water. Evidences of the flood were everywhere about us. Rails were twisted and bent. In some places the roadbed was entirely gone. The sun beat down, and we inhaled the dank steam that rose from sodden earth. We climbed over huge fallen trees that had been uprooted and lay across our path. 

It was late afternoon when we reached Fishing Hawk, caked with mud and tired to the point of exhaustion. The floodwaters had subsided. I saw the utter destruction caused by the flood. The cloudburst had occurred on top of Cheat Mountain. The once small trickling creek had been forced from its regular course and changed into a cataract, which charged straight down the mountainside to pour into Cheat River. 

The newly built church stood directly in the path of the torrent. Now the sides and roof, with its cage-like belfry, were all that remained of the edifice. The front was crushed to splinters, and the rear wall was beaten down. Farther on I saw the pulpit leaning like a tired old lady against a broken fence. The reed organ, which had been donated by Mr. Bemis, had lodged against a jackstraw heap of boards. Debris was scattered along the streets and piled in dooryards. Lumber was strewn everywhere. (p. 64-66) 

Calvin Shifflet, postmaster at Glady, born and raised in Bemis: 

Here’s a picture of where they built the flood wall in Bemis in ’08. I heard someone talk about it, and was always wondering where it was. I was looking at this photo one day and I found that thing. Use the magnifying glass. 

’42 I can remember very well. It rained all night at the head of Fishing Hawk, washed all the track out, and it was in that big brick building in Bemis, clear to the first floor, it was a full basement. It shut the mines down. Walker Coal Co was running full blast then, and about all the people even at Glady was employed there. It washed all the track out, the mines were shut down, they had to rebuild the grade where they’d just cut it right along Fishing Hawk. It washed all that out. In the mines, I remember it drowned one pony, they had mine ponies. One of the ponies was trying to get over to the other side where the other ponies were. I remember us kids going to see where that pony was lodged in the trestle. No lives were lost, but lost the one pony. They was probably a good week getting that roadbed built back. All that coal from Hickory Lick and up at the head of Valley Head, Bethlehem Steel mines, all came through Bemis. The tannery, the lumber yards, pulp yards… But they couldn’t haul nothing til they got all the track rebuilt at Bemis. I remember my dad, it seemed he was working day and night. 

That’s part of the ’42 flood, [points to photo] right in the middle of Bemis. The water from Fishing Hawk came right through the middle of town. It was not in anybody’s houses. It came down the road, run down through the side and back into Cheat River at the lower end of town. There was a big culvert and ditch in the middle of town put in for the mill pond. The railroad culverts carried a lot of the water as well as the culvert. I remember getting up that morning, school went right on, kids walking through the water up to their ankles, but it was just a mess for a lot of people to clean up in their yard. 

In the ‘85 flood it tore at the bridge in Bemis and almost was ready to come down into town. The rain was more concentrated in the exact south, so it affected the Shavers Fork more than it did Fishing Hawk. It didn’t come over into town like it did in ’07 and ’42. The trees, it washed gobs of trees out, and then they’d go through this super structure, and the old bridge would rattle and creak and bang, and everybody would think it’s gone, and it held right on. They’d embedded it into the solid rock over here, and on this side it was just a cement abutment. The state road came in and repaired it. 

It [’85 flood] messed all this up; it ruined the beach. Now it’s full of boulders and rocks. It’ll be there for another hundred years til something moves it. If ever. 

They gave the order in ’96, a guy called me and said the water at Cheat Bridge was now higher than it was in ’85. But the river started to go down. It was up in the cabins in Bemis, didn’t hurt anything, about like ’85. All over the floors in two-three camps. Here it is [in his diary]: “The National Weather Service notified people to evacuate. My brother and the Coopers refused.” It was on Friday Jan 19th. “Water dropping fast. Tore up the field behind my store. Rolled over my brother’s truck into my property.” 

Jim Bazzle, owner of Revelle’s Campground and Revelle’s River Retreat in Bowden: 

I have occasional memories of high water, coming over the riverbank and creating ponds and running on top of our pasture. But I really don’t have any early memory of major flooding. Even after starting the campground in 1969, there were only a few times the water overflowed the banks. But it was always a threat, particularly feeling the responsibility for people who had their campers here. Of course that concern culminated in 1985 with the hundred year flood. It was a major flood that we had little notice of. 

One significant change is that the weather reporting [Early Warning System] coming to us is much better now. The Shavers Fork is formed on Cheat Mountain, which I understand is one of the fastest rivers on the east coast. By the time it gets here, it’s normally moving pretty good, so I am concerned about what is happening on the watershed above us. At times it will actually come down as a tidal wave, a wall, anywhere from a few inches to a few feet in height. We have all our utilities underground. 

We contact a person in Bemis who watches a gauge. That is extremely helpful. In 1985 I remember my father had gotten everyone out of here that he could, and he was up at the blue bridge at 7 am and feeling the bridge shaking, and within about 30 minutes it was taken out. He witnessed it, and it was quite something. 

The ’85 flood caused massive damage here. Water was up to this windowsill [about 50 inches high in the campground store], so you can imagine that river running at that level. Tore up the road and little bridges. Unfortunately the water picked up the old Western Maryland station and took it down into our store we were hoping to preserve, knocked the foundation from under the building. We had to tear it down. We also had a small church right over there. My aunt and uncle had helped build that in the early 1900’s, and the water picked it up and it went down and crashed into one of our bath houses, pretty much demolished the bath house. 

In ’85 in addition to these buildings, campers like these you see here today, were all picked up and some floated 3-4 miles down. Others crashed into trees. 

After that my father sought federal flood insurance on our buildings, but it won’t cover what happens to your grounds or roads or septic or electric. So we have a significant exposure. But I guess it’s like living at the beach. If you want to live at the ocean, you know there’s always the potential for hurricanes, tidal waves, or flooding. It’s so delightful to be here that we live with it. 
After 1985 there was no significant flooding until January 1996. It was a freak weather situation. We had had a lot of snow. The weather got warm, literally overnight, and then we had a big rain, which would ordinarily have been snow and would have melted slowly and there would have been no problem. High water reached here in early morning. We were watching. We’ve had several near-misses. We are hesitant to pull the plug on everything and move out until we know there is a real chance of flooding. That day I was awakened by an alarm, a flood warning. We had about an hour to turn off the electric, get things up off the floor, and get as many vehicles out as we could. By 7:30 I was wading in water up to my waist. 

All of the debris and muck . . . We had left our picnic tables out that winter, and the flood took them and all our campsites out and down the river. That resulted in a two, three months cleanup. We had just recovered and put everything back in place, when we had a second flood, almost identical in height etcetera. It’s always a risk from October to May. But this was the week before Memorial Day. Normally we don’t have high water in summer months. It was almost eerie. 
Ironically, we had flood insurance and had just settled with the insurance company when it happened again. The settlement on the second flood was almost identical to the first. Eerie. We lost almost 50% of our revenue that year. The only salvation was we had flood insurance. 
Since ’96 we haven’t had significant flooding. However, every year we’ve had one or two close calls, but the water receded. It seems that in recent years as a result of mining or timber being taken above us, that the potential for flooding is greater than it ever has been. It just seems to me that there’s more risk these days. I’m more concerned. 

I think timbering practices are much better these days, permitted and controlled. However people continue ­ even for farming, hunting camps ­ continue to cut lots of trees. And of course part of our protection is having that forest base. It remains a concern. But we live with it. 

Peck Vance, retired railroad worker, Bowden: 

When they built the four-lane up there they brought all the dirt down here and filled up the river ­ they didn’t have a place to put it. That’s what caused the ’85 flood. There was no place for the river to go. That big church house floated down the river and no one ever seen a piece of it. It took electric poles out… It was pretty scary. I come in here, the water squirted up around your shoes. I put in new carpet. 

Hubert Hedrick, near the mouth of Pheasant Run, Tucker County: 

You’ve got to respect it [the river]. Nothing you can do but let it go [during periods of high water]. The ’85 flood reached the corner of the house, higher than we’d ever seen it. 
It’s still a pretty good place to be. I couldn’t live nowhere else but here. ~ 

NOTE: Stories for our book project have yet to be collected from those in Parsons who experienced the Shavers Fork floodwaters in ’85. It is our hope that raising awareness of flood potential and urging for increased funding for the Early Warning System will help protect the people of Parsons in the future. 

Shavers Fork Currents

Shavers Fork featured in magazine 

Shavers Fork of Cheat River is featured in a 2-page spread in the Spring 2002 issue of Southern Living Favorites magazine. SFC founder Zach Henderson is quoted and pictured, as well as SFC friends Bryan Moore and John Smith. 

New Website 

SFC now has a website, designed and maintained by former VISTA volunteer Karen Sutton. Check it out periodically for updates at Shavers Fork Coalition. 

Water Monitoring 

SFC continues monitoring for fecal coliform in the Bowden area in an effort to collect data over a several year period. Results of the analyses are still a cause of concern. Our VISTA volunteer Matthew Branch will establish a monitoring program in several tributaries to test for acid mine drainage. Water quality 
on this premier recreational stream is crucial to continued health and growth of recreation-based businesses in the area. 

Tree-planting on upper Shavers Fork 

Approximately twenty SFC board members and friends of the Upper Shavers Fork Partners gathered on April 20th to plant more than 2000 red spruce 
seedlings in the vicinity of Spruce. Under slate-gray skies and one drenching downpour, volunteers worked energetically to help restore the riparian area which will eventually provide shade for the trout and stability for the whole river system. Thanks to John Sharp for agreeing to our planting on his property. Thanks to Snowshoe for providing the seedlings, tools, and physical help. 

SFC publishing educational booklet on the Red Spruce Ecosystem 

Entitled “Red Spruce Ecosystem: a Rare but Resilient West Virginia Forest,” drafted by Zach Henderson and Keena Tracy, designed by Steve Hansen, funded by West Virginia Stream Partners Program, SFC is pleased to offer this booklet for distribution to visitors to the area. 

2nd Annual Elkhenge event to benefit SFC and Highlands Trail Foundation 

The First Annual Elkhenge netted more than $2,000 for SFC and provided a wonderful concert environment at the Cavers Reunion site in Dailey last year. This year Elkhenge will feature Sabor Latino and Vince Farsetta on Friday night and Vassar Clements and the Northern Lights, Elkins’ own Montañeros, and the Tuscarawas River Band on Saturday. footmad.org/festival/wv/elkhenge. Smokin’ Joe will provide food and vendors will offer a variety of handmade crafts. Mark your calendar. Support your local groups while grooving to great music Friday and Saturday, September 20th and 21st! Thanks to promoter Bret Rosenblum for his vision. 

Overnight camping will be available and encouraged at this rain-or-shine event. Gates will open at 2pm for whiffle ball/volleyball, etc, with music from 5pm to midnight. Dogs will not be permitted on the festival grounds. The Cavers Reunion is located 8 miles south of Elkins, WV, on US 219/250. Just after the Bruce’s Store south of Beverly, look for signs and turn left on the Back Road. The concert site is one mile on the right. For vending and general information, call 637-3911. 

**Explore the new Allegheny Highlands Trail (21-mile rail-trail between Elkins and Parsons) promoted by the Highlands Trail Foundation. Check out HTF’s website ** 



Thanks to Michael Davis, owner of Cheat River Campground, for donating a percentage of profits to Shavers Fork Coalition. Check out Cheat River Campground’s cabin and campsite rentals in Faulkner 6 miles east of Elkins or at www.cheatrivercamp.com or call 636-3624. 



Monongahela National Forest Plan Revision Process 

The Monongahela National Forest is beginning the revision of the current Forest Land Management Plan. The first meetings, open houses at six locations to begin to gather public comments and concerns, were in June. Comments for this first comment period will be accepted through July. The Forest Plan revision is scheduled for completion by mid-year 2005. Deadline for comments: August 1, 2002. 

You can become involved by: 

• Participating in identifying and validating what needs to be changed in the 
current Forest Plan, 

• Participating with other interested partners to recommend actions to revise 
the Forest Plan, 

• Participating throughout the development of the environmental impact statement, 

• Attending open houses, issue meetings, and other public meetings as scheduled. 

For further information please contact Doug Adamo, Forest Planner, at 304-636-1800 ext. 287; or email:  or write to: Forest Planner, USDA Forest Service, Monongahela National Forest, 200 Sycamore Street, Elkins WV 26241. 



Shavers Fork Coalition honors the memory of two people who loved the river and died while enjoying its special qualities. Joe Steffl died in a kayaking accident, and Dennis Law died of a heart attack while boating, both in May of this year. 

Shavers Fork Coalition Annual Membership Meeting 

July 29, 2002 
6:30 pm

The Club House, Revelle’s Campground 
East of Elkins near Bowden 

“Flooding on Shavers Fork and the Early Warning System of River Gauges” 

Light refreshments ­ Slide Show ­ Election of Board Members 

Celebrating our sixth anniversary! 

Come Float With Us ­ Become a Member!

Join in on restoring, conserving, and loving the Shavers Fork watershed. 

You DO make a difference…and every hand, and penny, helps! 
Your support goes directly to support a local river. 

$5 Student, $10 Individual, $15 Family, Donation 

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Return to: Shavers Fork Coalition, PO Box 2777, Elkins WV 26241 

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Since mid-2001 and our last newsletter, Shavers Fork Coalition has been actively working to protect, enhance, and restore the Shavers Fork. Multi-group efforts during the last year include contributing to the U.S. Forest Service's watershed assessment of the Upper Shavers Fork, participating in initial meetings of the Forest Heritage Area initiative, and continuing the long-term red spruce reparian restoration project.

SFC is grateful to the Monongahela National Forest, the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, THe Nature Conservancy, Snowshoe Mountain Resort, Friends of the Cheat, WVU Extension Service, WV-DEP Stream Partners Program, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Canaan Valley Institute, WV-DNR, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, U.S. Office of Surface Mining, and EPA for assistance and support. 


The River's Roots is the newsletter of the Shavers Fork Coalition. We are a diverse group of concerned citizens and landowners, recreationalists, businesses and organizations working together to improve the quality of life of the region through watershed stewardship. Memberships in the non-profit organization help to support the publication of this newsletter. Board Members: Ruth Blackwell Rogers, Ed Galford, David Snively, Mark Tracy, Al Krueger, Milford Jones, Zach Henderson.

Shavers Fork, “The Mighty Heart of the Cheat.”


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