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And as a team in here relying on each other, their limits are out of this world. >> anthony: now in the past, you to make big money working in coal. you dont have that kind of guarantee now. what do you see yourself doing in ten years? >> fred: journalism. >> anthony: journalism? >> micah: in ten years, i hope to be studying my phd and be a mechanical engineer. >> anthony: mechanical engineer? >> micah: yes, sir. >> cole: im definitely going to be a neuropsychologist. >> anthony: neuropsychologi...

No matter how long im gone, i always come back. cant just load the jeep up with a bunch of guns and stay out there for seven days and, you know, you cant really do that anywhere else. >> justin: thats probably one of the greatest things about west virginia. you know, we can enjoy whatever we want to enjoy. im not trying to force my opinions on anybody else. that being said, we will defend ours. >> ashley: yeah, we will. >> anthony: i was guessing. >> ashley: yeah. >> anthony: i grew up in an env...

♪ [ birds chirping ] [ indistinct chatter ] >> anthony: west virginia was settled by people who were fleeing persecution, by homesteaders, people who just wanted to live their lives their own way. but the discovery of vast coal reserves and the big business that grew up around it changed everything. the town of war understands this dynamic well. its a former coal and timber camp that has more than paid its dues. >> anthony: the war café is one of the few family-owned businesses left in town. ...

>> coach mike: at least five. >> anthony: wow. >> anthony: coach mike anderson is second in command. coal in anybody elses family? yeah? >> cole: like trash man, thats a real common job in my family. >> coach larry: dont feel bad. trash men make more money than teachers do, chavez. >> anthony: fred "fat back" minco, micah "woogie" mclaughlin, and cole "chavo" anderson are in many ways typical mount view players and students with the hopes and dreams of, well, any other high school students. >> a...

Create something like a lemon pie and you dont have lemon juice. what do you do? put some vinegar and some nutmeg together and you get that same kind of tang. >> anthony: appalachia has a rich and deep culinary culture. increasingly fetishized, riffed on, appropriated for the genteel tastes of a hipster elite willing to pay big bucks for what used to be, and still is in many cases, the food of poverty. >> mike: we see that ramps are selling for $30 a pound in new york city that were harvesting i...

Thing about living in this area and whats the worst thing? >> leshawna: the best thing is the people here. >> lola: theres probably nobody in these hollows that i couldnt go say, hey, im hungry, would you fix me a sandwich? >> anthony: and worse thing? >> drema: see somebody thats on pills. or drunk. or out here just fighting. >> anthony: what can you do? >> drema: pray for them. thats all we can do. ♪ oh, eliza oh, eliza ♪ ♪ little liza jane ♪ ♪ a little easier. (moo) mabel says for y...

♪ ♪ early in the morning when the sun does rise ♪ ♪ layin in the bed with bloodshot eyes ♪ ♪ run me raggin but i dont fret ♪ take my troubles ♪ ♪ to the highwall throw em in the river ♪ ♪ and get your fill lord its a mighty ♪ ♪ hard livin but a damn good feelin ♪ ♪ to run these roads >> anthony: so these things have to be durable to say the least? i mean, youre pounding the hell out of them. >> adam ringer: actually built to be indestructible. >> anthony: indestruct...

“lost creek farm” is their place. and the nucleus of that effort is the garden. >> amy: we have two different varieties that we are picking today. the one are the logan giants. >> lou: this seed is logan giant seed. theyre an heirloom strain of beans and ive had these seeds for 40 years. ive saved these for 40 years. >> mike: this guy down at the end of the table, lou, is in his 90s, he said its important for somebody to carry on these traditions, and gave me his stock of heirloom beans this...

♪ >> anthony: lola cline is a single mother of four children. and in many ways, emblematic of both the difficulties and inherent strengths of people around here. >> anthony: where do you find them? trees or on the ground? >> lola: trees. >> anthony: mostly up in the trees. >> lola: squirrels are more like -- its a waiting game. find us a place and see -- and watch for movement. >> anthony: she and her best friend, leshawna huff, hunt together, raise kids together, and do their best to get by i...

$94,000 a year. i also taught vocational school and most of the kids i had said, "well, i dont need this. im going to go in the coal mines." >> jina: theres just an education piece there now that were trying to instill in some of the people that still have the mentality that coal is king. you know, we dont doubt that but we try to think outside the box to look at some other opportunities that might be there. >> anthony: the mount view golden knights have long carried the mantle of the town as pe...