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In honor of today being the birthday of the ultimate "Rocket Boy" Homer Hickam, it feels like the perfect time to share this video of Coalwood, West Virginia in McDowell County - where the story of the Rocket Boys all began. We wish Homer Hickam Official Page the happiest of birthdays and continued success in his writings. He has a new book out called "Don't Blow Yourself Up" that you should check...because I did and highly recommend it to go along, of course, with his famed Rocket Boys book. -
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Join me for the 56th episode of my Exploring Appalachia series! In this one I explore Coalwood, West Virginia. This is the kind of place that doesn’t shout its history; it whispers. Tucked deep in Appalachia, it’s easy to miss, but if you slow down, you’ll feel its powerful story—one of grit, ambition, and resilience. For decades, Coalwood powered American industry, feeding coal to the steel mills of the Rust Belt. But by the 1980s, the coal ran out, and the town was left to fade away, its heart
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Twenty years ago, filmmaker Steve Date traveled to a small town in West Virginia called Coalwood, the same place where, a few years later, he would meet Casey Gauntt.From that chance connection came The Letter, a story about a father, a son, and a message that arrived just when it was needed most. This week, as Steve marks the 20th anniversary of that life-changing trip, those echoes have returned once again… but with a story you might not have heard before. Casey wasn’t the only one to receive
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