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The Jesse Stuart Foundation has organized a weekend agenda that aspiring and experienced writers alike will not want to miss. The Jack Ellis Writers Workshop, highlighted by Keynote Speaker George

The Jack Ellis Writers Workshop is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22, 2024, at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park.

On the morning of February 26, 1972, the failure of three coal slurry dams let loose a tidal wave of destruction upon the Buffalo Creek hollow in Logan county, West Virginia. With little warning to residents, more than 130 million gallons of dark floodwaters tore through more than a dozen communities in the hollow. By the day’s end, hundreds of homes and vehicles were destroyed, thousands were left homeless, and 125 men, women, and children were dead. The flood, known as the Buffalo Creek dis...