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The Chestnut Ridge people (CRP) are a mixed-race community concentrated in an area northeast of Philippi, Barbour County, in north-central West Virginia, with smaller related communities in the adjacent counties of Harrison and Taylor. They are often referred to as "Mayles" (from the most common surname — Mayle or Male), or "Guineas" (now ...
Outer Range is an American science fiction neo-Western television series created by Brian Watkins. It features an ensemble cast that includes Josh Brolin, Imogen Poots, Lili Taylor, Tom Pelphrey, Tamara Podemski and Lewis Pullman.
Chestnut Ridge, New York, a village in the town of Ramapo; Chestnut Ridge, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Monongalia County; Chestnut Ridge Park, in Orchard Park, New York; Chestnut Ridge people, a Melungeon community residing near Philippi, West Virginia; Chestnut Ridge (Laurel Highlands), in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern ...
A resident of Philippi for more than twenty years, I have known many so-called "Chestnut Ridge People." Of all that I've known, not one has ever accepted the term "guinea" as a form of self-identification. Instead, it is considered a derogatory term by most, if not all, in the community. I therefore object to the following statement in the article:
Chestnut Ridge rises in southern Indiana County and continues to the south-southwest for approximately 75 miles. The ridge crosses Westmoreland County and Fayette County into West Virginia then gradually disappears into a series of hills and finally ends roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Morgantown, West Virginia.
Chestnut Ridge in winter, circa 1911. The elms of Olmsted Road, with the Chapel and South College visible in the background.. The Chestnut Ridge Historical Area contains a number of the oldest buildings on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus in the United States, including its iconic chapel, the campus war memorial, the W. E. B. Du Bois Library and the last remaining barn from the ...
Chestnut Ridge Park is a 1,213-acre (4.91 km 2) park in Orchard Park, New York, [2] originally named for the chestnut trees on its hills. It is currently the largest park operated by the Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry , and is open year-round.
Eliot Wigginton (born Brooks Eliot Wigginton on November 9, 1942) is an American oral historian, folklorist, writer and former educator.He is most widely known for developing with his high school students the Foxfire Project, a writing project consisting of interviews and stories about Appalachia.