Pine Mountain Virginia / Kentucky / Tennessee

Pine Mountain is one of the few "ridge and valley" mountains in Southern Appalachia that overlaps with the central Appalachian coalfield of the Cumberland Plateau. Its folded layers tower above a dozen coalfield counties in Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Communities that are 3 centuries old are innovators and survivors in this rugged landscape. Their amazing music, outlook on life, and sense of place are rare in this world.

This video chronicles two of the hardships these wonderful people faced in the last 170 years: The American Civil War and Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• mountain
• top
• removal
• coal
• mining
• global
• warming
• civil
• war
• kentucky
• virginia
• tennessee
• appalachia
• culture
• music
• beauty

[monahall]

I'm a Wise County native. It is my home. I know we need coal for fuel, but I got news for everyone else listening. Stripmining sucks!!!!!

[imog6]

been here before too! nice video.

[BelindasBands]

SO MUCH DAMAGE SO MANY DEATHS WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN.

I FOR ONE THINK NEVER.

BELINDA TURNER@269/695/3474

[queenpunkr]

My hubby works underground in Derby, Va. Love knowing ppl are learning about our rich culture!

[clockman47]

Great video, it put a tear in my eye. Thanks.

[kentuckyredbone]

I went to a Church a couple times in Wise County Virginia! It was called State Line Apostolic Church! Y'All got some very pretty Country down their! Right now I'm stuck up here in Northern Kentucky but I miss the Mountains! We drove across some big Mountain once. We turned at the McDonald's in Whitesburg and ended up at Some Laundromat in Harlan County!

[BLUEMOONGRASS]

I used to haul Coal from here down across clinch mountain into East Tennessee. Hard working men and' family live here. I have wrote songs about here.(On Down the Line)

[jshel37]

YEP.

[spineyplant]

Great video. Thanks for making it!

[tommygirl1294]

Nice Video,