Mountaineers Are Always Free Oliva Sabuco was the discovery in 1922

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Mountaineers Are Always Free Oliva Sabuco was the discovery in 1922The West Virginia University Mountaineer is not just a mascot: it is a symbol of West Virginia history and identity embraced throughout the state. In this deeply informed but accessible study, folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the figure's early history as a backwoods trickster, its deployment in emerging mass media, and finally its long and sometimes conflicted career beginning officially in 1937 as the symbol of West Virginia University.