11:00 Ashley Creek*

12:30  Sheila Hansen

Ms. Hanson is a Shawnee Elder.  She describes herself as an activist when it comes to sacred places and people.  Her goal is to keep knowledge of native communities alive and connect with
all people so that those who trace their roots to native communities can gain knowledge.  She will share information about the life in native communities by facilitating discussion and activities that illuminate knowledge and history of native people. 
 

2:00  Doug Riley as Stonewall Jackson*

Born in Clarksburg, Jackson was an orphan who became one of the most revered names in military history. He is regarded by experts as a tactical genius and a relentless battlefield commander of unsurpassed ability. The men of the “Stonewall Brigade” were fiercely loyal to their leader. General Jackson was a devoutly religious man whose death by friendly fire was a crushing blow to Confederate hopes for ultimate victory.
 Lt. General Jackson's participation is sponsored by the History Alive! Program of the West Virginia Humanities Council
with additional financial assistance from the Office of the Secretary, West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts. 
 

3:00  Don Teter as Jed Hotchiss

3:15        Jim Morris*
 

After retiring from a government job in Wash., DC, Mr. Morris started playing guitar in various venues in the Metopolitan area. During this time he was also a crew member and sound man for the comedy troupe "The Capitol Steps". He and his wife moved to Hampshire Co. WV about 10 years ago. It was here that he was exposed to old time fiddle and banjo music. He researched the banjo and the banjo’s history in the United States including the many different methods and materials used in making them.  Now he makes a variety of other instruments, but focuses on the banjo.  He will discuss methods folks would have used in the making of stringed instruments in a pre-industrial situation using only what materials were at hand.
 

       

Inspired by the Daniel Boone and Davy Crocket RV shows, Mr. Zaladonis
took an interest in 18th century flintlock hunting beginning in the
1980s.  Currently he hunts in 18th century clothing and uses only a
flintlock or smoothbore muzzleloader.  This talk will cover the life
experiences of a ranger and frontiersman during the French & Indian
War period (1755-1763) including the loading and firing of the flintlock
muzzleloader and its use on the Frontier.
 

4:00        Rob Wolford*
 

Mr. Wolford grew up in Romney and Augusta, WV, listening to stories of his family’s rich heritage in Hampshire County; He represents the 7th generation of Wolfords to have lived in Hampshire County, his son is the 8th.  He served in the US Army 6 years before going to college using his GI Bill.  He graduated Cum Laude from Shepherd College and then earned a Masters of History from California University of Pennsylvania.  He currently teaches West Virginia Studies at Romney Middle School and enjoys demonstrating frontier and ante-bellum occupations and craftsmanship. He is a contributor to the Hampshire Review and writes on Civil War and early 20th Century subjects. His passion is all things Hampshire County. 
Mr. Wolford will discuss his insights and experience in using the Sandborn Fire Insurance Rates mapping that is available for Romney, West Virginia in his ongoing research of West Virginia's oldest town, the City of Romney.

 
 

Sunday, September 30, 2018
 

10:00 Divine Service 
 

  11:00   Doug Riley as Stonewall Jackson
 

Born in Clarksburg, Jackson was an orphan who became one of the most revered names in military history. He is regarded by experts as a tactical genius and a relentless battlefield commander of unsurpassed ability. The men of the “Stonewall Brigade” were fiercely loyal to their leader. General Jackson was a devoutly religious man whose death by friendly fire was a crushing blow to Confederate hopes for ultimate victory.
 Lt. General Jackson's participation is sponsored by the History Alive! Program of the West Virginia Humanities Council
with additional financial assistance from the Office of the Secretary, West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts. 
 

 

3:00  Don Teter as Jed Hotchiss

 

1:00 Ashley Creek*

2:00 Len McMaster*
 

Hampshire County Post Offices 1796 to today, based on research by the speaker published in a series of articles for LaPosta:  A Journal of American Postal History.  Hampshire County was originally part of distinct counties.  Interesting insight to how the post office system functioned in its beginning with post offices named after postmaster while husbands were fighting in World War I and II.
 

2:00        Jeanne Zaladonis*

Jeanne portrays a wife who sometimes travels with the military ranger
unit.  In addition to mending, laundry, cooking, and other camp shores,
she enjoys playing Celtic and other old tunes on her fiddle.  Her talk will cover the development and use of music during the time of the French and Indian War.
 

3:00 Sheila Hanson*

Ms. Hanson is a Shawnee Elder.  She describes herself as an activist when it comes to sacred places and people.  Her goal is to keep knowledge of native communities alive and connect with
all people so that those who trace their roots to native communities can gain knowledge.  She will share information about the life in native communities by facilitating discussion and activities that illuminate knowledge and history of native people.

West Virginia Humanities Council

*These speakers are presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations do not necessarily represent those of the West Virginia Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities.