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The Appalachian Fruit Research Station

5/29/2018

By Jody Brumage

The small communities of Kearneysville and Leetown in Jefferson County, West Virginia have been a center of scientific research for over sixty years. One of the laboratories centered in the area is the Appalachian Fruit Research Station, a part of the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Opened in 1979, the laboratory was the result of over fifteen years of efforts to secure land, funding, and a mandate for the institution.

Image to the Right: Senator Byrd's 1963 proposal for the scope of research to be conducted at the Fruit Research Station.

The Long Road to Recovery: The Tug Fork Valley Floods (Part II)

5/1/2018

By Jody Brumage

Click here to read the first part of this blog series on the Tug Fork Valley Floods.

Hundreds of residents of the Tug Fork Valley converged on Washington DC in April 1978. Tired of unfulfilled promises of federal assistance for flood control, they marched to the Capitol to demand that Congress appropriate funding for infrastructure that could tame the Tug Fork River and lessen the impact of future floods. They were addressed by members of their congressional delegation, including Senators Jennings Randolph, Robert C. Byrd, and Congressman Nick Joe Rahall.

A photograph of Tug Fork Valley residents marching in Washington D.C. from the "Washington Star" newspaper.

The Appalachian Fruit Research Station

The Long Road to Recovery: The Tug Fork Valley Floods (Part II)

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