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In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of private companies; this is not a list of streetcar operating companies. [1] Like other country-wide lists indexed at List of town tramway systems, this list includes past and present systems. For lists of active systems, see: Light rail in the United States
James Franklin Comstock (25 February 1911, Richwood, West Virginia - 22 May 1996, Huntington, West Virginia) was a West Virginia writer, newspaper publisher and humorist. He founded the weekly West Virginia Hillbilly (1957-1980) and compiled a definitive 51-volume encyclopedia of West Virginia history and culture.
Hillbilly Hot Dogs was featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives in 2008 on their Flavortown Favorites Episode and two more times in 2010 and 2020. [4] Hillbilly Hot Dogs is a location in the game Fallout 76, as Hillfolk Hot Dogs [5]
The Gomaco Trolley Company is a manufacturer of vintage-style streetcars (alternatively called trolleys in the US, or trams in much of the world), located in Ida Grove, Iowa, United States. The company has supplied replica-vintage streetcars to several transit systems in the US, and has also restored and rebuilt authentic vintage streetcars for ...
West Virginia is one of the largest coal producing state in the Appalachian region. [15] One feature of the Appalachian coal mines was the existence of company towns. In the company towns , the coal companies provided the "municipal" services, owned the homes and the stores, where the accepted currency was usually company scrip (despite laws in ...
Tourist trolleys are also run by private operators to carry tourists to popular destinations. In San Francisco, tourist trolleys mimic the city's famous cable cars. Tourist trolleys sometimes operate in places which also have streetcars. For example, tourist trolleys operate in Philadelphia, [3] which also has actual trolley service. [4]
The first known instances of "hillbilly" in print were in The Railroad Trainmen's Journal (vol. ix, July 1892), [2] an 1899 photograph of men and women in West Virginia labeled "Camp Hillbilly", [3] and a 1900 New York Journal article containing the definition: "a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammeled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the ...
The Hillbilly 100 is an annual dirt Super Late Model "Crown Jewel" race held every year on Labor Day weekend. The Hillbilly Hundred, promoted by famed event promoter Carl Short, is the oldest running super late model event and brings enormous history and tradition to the state of West Virginia. [ 1 ]