BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 I figured I would put up some of my pictures if anyone wants to see them. My pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 nice pic man how bout some more of raven next time lol j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhstigerfan 12 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Your photos called pea patch. Where in Buchanan County are these in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Pea Patch is in eastern Buchanan County in the Bear Wallow/White Mountain area on the VA/WV state line. It's on the very top of the "Dividing Ridge". My family has been there for over 150 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhstigerfan 12 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 So its up around Hurley? Yeah, I think I know where you're talkin about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue02 11 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 No its over toward Iaegar. My dad was raised up on Jewell Ridge,Chicken Ridge and Rynolds Ridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhstigerfan 12 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Ohhh, so you can get up there via Route 67? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue02 11 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 yeah it ain't that hard when you get at the top of Jewell ridge you go past the old sea b mining headquarters,make a right then go on out take another right and go straight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhstigerfan 12 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Never been there before. Might have to drive up there one day when I'm not doing anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavefan64 10 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 It's beautiful country, the easiest way to get there from honaker would be to go across Drill Mountain, go up the road to Contrary, across Bill Young Mountain, through Whitewood and up Lynn Camp. When you get there, don't go on over the mountain, take a left, or you can take a right at a store that was called R.J.'s if you take a left, it will take you back out on Compton's Mountain, it is filled with beatiful views in the fall, lots of farms and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues_56 23 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Bill Young maountain is a B tho,lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 [ QUOTE ] yeah it ain't that hard when you get at the top of Jewell ridge you go past the old sea b mining headquarters,make a right then go on out take another right and go straight [/ QUOTE ] That's sort of right. I go across part of Chicken Ridge then turn right. It's a pretty good ride up there...a lot of it is a narrow dirt road but it's beautiful once you get up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavefan64 10 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 I'm sorry, I got my places mixed up..lol..I always thought PeaPatch was around Comptons Mountain, kind of the same area..lol Big D Have you ever been up to the Church Camp? Some beautiful picture seens up there, you can see from Vansant to Big A..One of the highest peaks in Buchanan County. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue02 11 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 My ancestor's at one time owned half of Brown Ridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Where is the Church Camp? My grandfather's family is from Pea Patch, and my grandmother's from Keen Mountain. My mom and her brothers and sisters grew up mostly in Jewell Valley. My 6th great grandfather, Daniel Day, gave Pea Patch it's name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues_56 23 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 My great grandpa had sumthing to do with the name for Reynolds Ridge, not sure wat it was i just remember him telling me they named it after him and his brother i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 That makes sense. A lot of place names are named after the people living there at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavefan64 10 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 On top of the Mountain in the Dry Fork section of Vansant..Go across the Vansant bridge and go up the first holler on the left, there is an Exxon station on the left and it is just around the curve above Food City. Go all the way up the holler and to the top of the mountain, there is a gap where you can go straight, turn left or turn back and go out on the ridge. Just stay straight. If you are interested in checking it out just drop me a pm..I'll get up with Larry Fields who is over the camp, and I will take you up there and show you around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Might have to take you up on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Those are some fantastic shots, BigD. Hope you don't mind, but I swiped a few to use as wallpaper on my PC. Also noted some of your comments about the area and your family. My wife's kin to a bunch of folks in that part of Buchanan. Wouldn't be a total shock for me to find out that we're related someway, somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 You can take as many as you want. In fact, just let me know which ones you are using as wallpaper and i will send you high-rez versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzsawBeaver 12 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Good photos BigD4VT, the remind me a lot of some of mine. Especially the pea patch 1s. What type of camera do you use? God bless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Thanks BuzzsawBeaver. I enjoy your pictures very much. Most of mine were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 that I unfortunately had to sell. I'm looking to get a less expensive 5.0 megapixel sometime before spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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