Cicely served with the West Virginia Railroad Museum in 2018-2019. She created an exhibit about the C&O Canal as her major project; but teamed up with other heritage AmeriCorps to create the AFNHA passport program.
A vernal pool is a seasonally flooded wetland usually ranging in size from small puddles to shallow lakes. Water from snowmelt and spring rain collects in depressions of bed rock or hard clay. They may dry up and refill throughout the season or not fill at all depending on spring precipitation. By summer they are usually dried up for the rest of the year. In dry seasons seeds, eggs, or cysts can lie dormant and grow and reproduce when the pools fill with water again.
Conservation
AmeriCorps member serving with the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge shares their experience with bird banding.
Heritage
This project began one day as I was sitting at my desk, looking around the museum. It suddenly struck me—there wasn’t a single mention of women lumber jills in our collection. That moment sparked a deep curiosity and led me to begin researching the role of women in the timber industry. Fittingly, my lumber jill display came together just in time for the 60th anniversary of the woodchopping festival in my town Webster Springs. The display will be featured in the upcoming Lumber jill documentary set to be released next year.
Heritage
Each summer the Upshur County Historical Society cordially opens the doors of its History Center & Museum inviting the public to a new rendition of its annual summer exhibit. This year’s exhibit, Stories Told and Retold, highlights a selection of the county's key photographers, woven and quilted handicrafts, memorabilia, and industry, with stories drawn from UCHS’s vast and diverse artifacts collection.
Heritage
Spring has arrived at the historic Sites Homestead, and our Heritage Garden is off to a great start. Everything we grow in the Heritage Garden connects back to our mission: to keep the history of this land and the people who lived here alive. We hope you’ll come by, take a walk through the garden, and see how it’s growing. There’s always something new to discover!
