This is a collection of photos of the town of Man and some of the other communities located in the Triadelphia District of Logan County, West Virginia.
A bit of history: Before being called “Man”, it was called “Buffalo City”.
The Logan Banner, 15 February 1924
Man, Fastest Growing Town In Logan County Elects F. M. Burgess As President C. of C.
– History of How It Was Named
This is an excerpt from this article: “The name is unique by its very simplicity and how it got tagged so is the result of a blunder on the part of the government’s official post office namer. Perhaps it was a bold stroke prompted by inspiration – Anyway, this is how it came about:
A few years ago the matter of naming the clump of houses, store and mine fell to the namer’s lot of task. He was told that the place was located at the junction of Buffalo creek and the Guyan river. He wished to verify the information so he took his map in hand. There was indeed a spot in the point designated.
Nothing phases a man who has named some of the places in this county and the patient, uninspired plodder, we presume, thought of his thankless labor, to moll, toil and tediousness of it, his thoughts turned inward and he stuck his pen deep into the ink and scratched out the name Man.
So it was not in the anticipation of a full grown, lusty city that the man gave the dot on the map the Man, his actions being nothing more than the result of following the course of least resistance. It was a good stroke and the people of the little city are proud of the name because of its very significance.”
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Triadelphia District Photo Gallery
Harrison's Market in South Man - circa 1950s or early 1960s. Courtesy of Paula Solar. Image 11461.
Harrison's Market in South Man - circa 1950s or early 1960s. Courtesy of Paula Solar. Image 11461.
Meade Grocery Store circa 1960s in Greenville/Hunt outside of Man on Rt. 80 towards Gilbert. No longer there. Photo courtesy of Henry Meade via Paula Solar. Image 14691,
Meade Grocery Store circa 1960s in Greenville/Hunt outside of Man on Rt. 80 towards Gilbert. No longer there. Photo courtesy of Henry Meade via Paula Solar. Image 14691,
White's Esso Station in Man. It was on the right side of the street coming off the hill into Man and across the street from O. H. Robison Chevrolet seen in the background. Steve Bodnar on right with unidentified man on left - courtesy of Corby Walls via Paula Solar. Image 1453.
White's Esso Station in Man. It was on the right side of the street coming off the hill into Man and across the street from O. H. Robison Chevrolet seen in the background. Steve Bodnar on right with unidentified man on left - courtesy of Corby Walls via Paula Solar. Image 1453.
Logan Banner, July 28, 1977 Rt. 10 bridge construction near Man. Courtesy of Mark Edward Jones. Image 3641.
Logan Banner, July 28, 1977 Rt. 10 bridge construction near Man. Courtesy of Mark Edward Jones. Image 3641.
Courtesy of Mark Robinson. My grandfather was Wyatt Grimmett and owned the first taxi company at Man. Image 14687.
Courtesy of Mark Robinson. My grandfather was Wyatt Grimmett and owned the first taxi company at Man. Image 14687.
Man West Virginia: Home of the Hillbillies
Man West Virginia: Home of the Hillbillies
South Man where the Bruce McDonald Memorial United Methodist is now. Construction on the church started in 1949. On the left is Lewis Carroll, son of Silas George Washington Carroll & Minnie (Henderson) Carroll and on the right is his frist cousin Glenford Dixon Carroll. Courtesy of Peggy Altizer Mynes. Image ref. 78946.
South Man where the Bruce McDonald Memorial United Methodist is now. Construction on the church started in 1949. On the left is Lewis Carroll, son of Silas George Washington Carroll & Minnie (Henderson) Carroll and on the right is his frist cousin Glenford Dixon Carroll. Courtesy of Peggy Altizer Mynes. Image ref. 78946.
Taplin swinging bridge being removed. Clipping courtesy of Catherine Harper Dameron. Image 8146.
Taplin swinging bridge being removed. Clipping courtesy of Catherine Harper Dameron. Image 8146.
Courtesy of Lynn Davis. She writes this is my grandparents, R.H. and Nora Carder (he was at that time the Superintendent of Triadelphia District Schools), and their three children, Mary, Earl and Jayne, standing in front of their house in Man, circa 1931. Image 8165.
Courtesy of Lynn Davis. She writes this is my grandparents, R.H. and Nora Carder (he was at that time the Superintendent of Triadelphia District Schools), and their three children, Mary, Earl and Jayne, standing in front of their house in Man, circa 1931. Image 8165.
Cohen Drug, Man, WV courtesy of Danny Kennedy. It was located across from the Man Smoke House Restaurant. Image 16841.
Cohen Drug, Man, WV courtesy of Danny Kennedy. It was located across from the Man Smoke House Restaurant. Image 16841.
Man, WV 1957 courtesy of Danny Kennedy. Image 7164.
Man, WV 1957 courtesy of Danny Kennedy. Image 7164.
Man Theatre, 109 Main Street, Man, WV circa 1957. The movie on the marquee is I´ll Cry Tomorrow starring Susan Hayward made in 1955. Photo courtesy of Danny Kennedy. Perye Letsinger-Kosempa wrote it was my family´s theatre. It was my grandpa´s first, Roy Love Leysinger & then my parents, Robert & Betty Letsinger. Ref. image 7165.
Man Theatre, 109 Main Street, Man, WV circa 1957. The movie on the marquee is I´ll Cry Tomorrow starring Susan Hayward made in 1955. Photo courtesy of Danny Kennedy. Perye Letsinger-Kosempa wrote it was my family´s theatre. It was my grandpa´s first, Roy Love Leysinger & then my parents, Robert & Betty Letsinger. Ref. image 7165.
Man, West Virginia. Maypole school photo late 1920s or early 1930s. Courtesy of Lynn Skaggs Davis. Image 1238.
Man, West Virginia. Maypole school photo late 1920s or early 1930s. Courtesy of Lynn Skaggs Davis. Image 1238.
Residence Section, Amherstdale, WV - 338
Residence Section, Amherstdale, WV - 338
Bengal Mine Workings Map courtesy of Douglas Dempsey.
Bengal Mine Workings Map courtesy of Douglas Dempsey.
Taplin Airport photo from the 1952 Centennial Program Booklet published by the city of Logan, WV. 334891
Taplin Airport photo from the 1952 Centennial Program Booklet published by the city of Logan, WV. 334891
Inside the Mallory Coal Company Store. Photo from the 1952 Centennial Program Booklet published by the city of Logan, WV. 111675
Inside the Mallory Coal Company Store. Photo from the 1952 Centennial Program Booklet published by the city of Logan, WV. 111675
Powellton Coal Company mine at Mallory, WV. Photo from the 1952 Centennial Program Booklet published by the city of Logan, WV. 15691
Powellton Coal Company mine at Mallory, WV. Photo from the 1952 Centennial Program Booklet published by the city of Logan, WV. 15691
Mallory Coal Company Store at Mallory courtesy of Natalie Cook Ellis. The white house on the upper left was the home of the Coal Company´s general manager. 611679
Mallory Coal Company Store at Mallory courtesy of Natalie Cook Ellis. The white house on the upper left was the home of the Coal Company´s general manager. 611679
Lorado, WV Mine courtesy of Jack Browning. (91371)
Lorado, WV Mine courtesy of Jack Browning. (91371)
Taplin Bridge courtesy of Jim Rose. (JR99736)
Taplin Bridge courtesy of Jim Rose. (JR99736)
Stowe Tipple. Photo from the 1959 Man High School Yearbook. 789143
Stowe Tipple. Photo from the 1959 Man High School Yearbook. 789143
1966 Laura Hinchman in her English class at Man High School courtesy of Terry Wiley. Read her 1984 interview.
1966 Laura Hinchman in her English class at Man High School courtesy of Terry Wiley. Read her 1984 interview.
Man Auto Parts and Amoco Service Station courtesy of Stan Jeffrey.
Man Auto Parts and Amoco Service Station courtesy of Stan Jeffrey.
Paul Perry, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Perry, Man, WV. Photo courtesy of Paul Perry.
Paul Perry, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Perry, Man, WV. Photo courtesy of Paul Perry.
The dedication of the New Zion Freewill Baptist Church at Saunders from an issue of the 1950 Lorain Lorado Journals courtesy of Corby Walls.
The dedication of the New Zion Freewill Baptist Church at Saunders from an issue of the 1950 Lorain Lorado Journals courtesy of Corby Walls.
Inside an Amherst Coal Mine courtesy of Corby Walls.
Inside an Amherst Coal Mine courtesy of Corby Walls.
Amherst Coal Company miners working in the mine courtesy of Corby Walls.
Amherst Coal Company miners working in the mine courtesy of Corby Walls.
Tree Forks courtesy of Corby Walls.
Tree Forks courtesy of Corby Walls.
Logan County Coal Corporation, 1922 courtesy of Corby Walls.
Logan County Coal Corporation, 1922 courtesy of Corby Walls.
Amherst Coal Company miners, Buffalo Creek courtesy of Corby Walls.
Amherst Coal Company miners, Buffalo Creek courtesy of Corby Walls.
Aug. 17, 1917, Amherst Coal Company, Buffalo Creek, Logan County, WV.
Aug. 17, 1917, Amherst Coal Company, Buffalo Creek, Logan County, WV.
Amherst Coal Company, Buffalo Creek, Logan County, WV.
Amherst Coal Company, Buffalo Creek, Logan County, WV.
1922, Amherst Coal Company, Buffalo Creek, Logan County, WV.
1922, Amherst Coal Company, Buffalo Creek, Logan County, WV.
Earling Mine postcard dated 1915.
Earling Mine postcard dated 1915.
Photo courtesy of Robert Slavy. He writes. Old C&O Railway station in Man, Logan county. The track to the left went to Buffalo Creek where the flood disaster took place in 1972.
Photo courtesy of Robert Slavy. He writes. Old C&O Railway station in Man, Logan county. The track to the left went to Buffalo Creek where the flood disaster took place in 1972.
2012 Mineral City on Huff Creek in Logan County courtesy of Rick Brown.
2012 Mineral City on Huff Creek in Logan County courtesy of Rick Brown.
2012 new road to Man, WV courtesy of Rick Brown.
2012 new road to Man, WV courtesy of Rick Brown.
The old Man Train Depot taken around 1970 by Bob Brookhart courtesy of Johnny Daniels.
The old Man Train Depot taken around 1970 by Bob Brookhart courtesy of Johnny Daniels.
Circa 1910 Bengal Camp in Kistler courtesy of Bob Piros.
Circa 1910 Bengal Camp in Kistler courtesy of Bob Piros.
Circa 1922, Amherst Coal Company, Buffalo Creek, Logan County, WV.
Circa 1922, Amherst Coal Company, Buffalo Creek, Logan County, WV.
2014 waterfall above Accoville Hollow courtesy of Bob Piros.
2014 waterfall above Accoville Hollow courtesy of Bob Piros.
Ten inches of in snow March 27, 1947. Photo from the 1951 Man High School Yearbook.
Ten inches of in snow March 27, 1947. Photo from the 1951 Man High School Yearbook.
Photo from the 1951 Man High School Yearbook.
Photo from the 1951 Man High School Yearbook.
Man from the 1951 Man High School Yearbook.
Man from the 1951 Man High School Yearbook.
Man Drive-In Motel, Man, WV. Photo courtesy of Nu-Era Bakery (Est. 1940), 120 Stratton Street in downtown Logan.
Man Drive-In Motel, Man, WV. Photo courtesy of Nu-Era Bakery (Est. 1940), 120 Stratton Street in downtown Logan.
This was the Dairy Queen in Man. It is now called the Dairy Bar. Photo courtesy of Nu-Era Bakery. (41678)
This was the Dairy Queen in Man. It is now called the Dairy Bar. Photo courtesy of Nu-Era Bakery. (41678)
1955 Man Senior High Football Squad, yearbook photo. Image Ref. 38791.
1955 Man Senior High Football Squad, yearbook photo. Image Ref. 38791.
Town of Christian Named for Huff Creek Settler, Logan Banner May 8, 1937
Town of Christian Named for Huff Creek Settler, Logan Banner May 8, 1937
Little Amherst Coal Camp 1922. Photo courtesy of Barbara Summers Belcher from her father Harold Summer.
Little Amherst Coal Camp 1922. Photo courtesy of Barbara Summers Belcher from her father Harold Summer.
South Man looking East from the 1960 Man High School Yearbook courtesy of Paula Solar.
South Man looking East from the 1960 Man High School Yearbook courtesy of Paula Solar.
1947 Main Street, Man, WV. 1951 Man High School Yearbook photo courtesy of Paula Solar.
1947 Main Street, Man, WV. 1951 Man High School Yearbook photo courtesy of Paula Solar.
Town of Man from a newspaper clipping. At the top is the Man Drive-In Theatre screen. Courtesy of Roger Rollins.
Town of Man from a newspaper clipping. At the top is the Man Drive-In Theatre screen. Courtesy of Roger Rollins.
Photo from the 1947 Man High School Yearbook showing the Man Cemetery on the hill. Courtesy of Vivian Carpenter.
Photo from the 1947 Man High School Yearbook showing the Man Cemetery on the hill. Courtesy of Vivian Carpenter.
Triadelphia District School Buses from the 1928 Man High School Yearbook. Courtesy of Paula Solar.
Triadelphia District School Buses from the 1928 Man High School Yearbook. Courtesy of Paula Solar.
Triadelphia District School Bus from the Man High School Yearbook courtesy of Paula Solar.
Triadelphia District School Bus from the Man High School Yearbook courtesy of Paula Solar.
About 1956, Man Drive-In Theatre Snack Bar Menu courtesy of Paula Solar.
About 1956, Man Drive-In Theatre Snack Bar Menu courtesy of Paula Solar.
Man Depot, 1916 from the Man 1922 High School Yearbook courtesy of Paula Solar.
Man Depot, 1916 from the Man 1922 High School Yearbook courtesy of Paula Solar.
Man Church of the Nazarene Photo courtesy of Susan Brady
Man Church of the Nazarene Photo courtesy of Susan Brady
Mallory Store 1985 courtesy of David S. Solar
Mallory Store 1985 courtesy of David S. Solar
Going to Accoville picture postcard postmarked in Logan on Nov. 5, 1915.
Going to Accoville picture postcard postmarked in Logan on Nov. 5, 1915.
Green Lantern restaurant, service station and pharmacy. This was taken Spring of 1930. My grandfather, Charles L. Williams was the owner (pictured on the right). Courtesy of Dan Williams.
Green Lantern restaurant, service station and pharmacy. This was taken Spring of 1930. My grandfather, Charles L. Williams was the owner (pictured on the right). Courtesy of Dan Williams.
Belle Altizer McNeely temporary teaching certificate. She taught at Kistler for ten years. Courtesy of her great niece Violet Cline.
Belle Altizer McNeely temporary teaching certificate. She taught at Kistler for ten years. Courtesy of her great niece Violet Cline.
1930s Kistler School courtesy of Voilet Cline.
1930s Kistler School courtesy of Voilet Cline.
Lyburn Hill, Route 10 Man to Logan taken 3-26-2014.
Lyburn Hill, Route 10 Man to Logan taken 3-26-2014.
'The Center', June 1963 courtesy of David Riley Sr.
'The Center', June 1963 courtesy of David Riley Sr.
Snowy day on Davey Hollow courtesy of Joseph Molnar. On the left is the old water treatment plant.
Snowy day on Davey Hollow courtesy of Joseph Molnar. On the left is the old water treatment plant.
Accoville Freewill Baptist Church in 1949. Courtesy of Meredith Bellomy.
Accoville Freewill Baptist Church in 1949. Courtesy of Meredith Bellomy.
Lundale, Logan County, West Virginia is located along Buffalo Creek about 8.5 miles northeast of Man.
Lundale, Logan County, West Virginia is located along Buffalo Creek about 8.5 miles northeast of Man.
Jesus Statue in from of the Freewill Baptist Church at Lundale courtesy of Bob Piros.
Jesus Statue in from of the Freewill Baptist Church at Lundale courtesy of Bob Piros.
1924 Becco, WV courtesy of Brian Smith.
1924 Becco, WV courtesy of Brian Smith.
Becco, WV - the large home in the background was built by Buffalo Eagle when the previous residence of the Joseph and Anna Smith family was destroyed in the 1924 flood. The home had 20 bedrooms and was called “The Big House in Becco”. The house was destroyed in the 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster. Courtesy of Brian Smith.
Becco, WV - the large home in the background was built by Buffalo Eagle when the previous residence of the Joseph and Anna Smith family was destroyed in the 1924 flood. The home had 20 bedrooms and was called “The Big House in Becco”. The house was destroyed in the 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster. Courtesy of Brian Smith.
Becco, WV 1924 - the large home in the background was built by Buffalo Eagle when the previous residence of the Joseph and Anna Smith family was destroyed in the 1924 flood. The home had 20 bedrooms and was called “The Big House in Becco”. The house use was destroyed in the 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster. Courtesy of Brian Smith.
Becco, WV 1924 - the large home in the background was built by Buffalo Eagle when the previous residence of the Joseph and Anna Smith family was destroyed in the 1924 flood. The home had 20 bedrooms and was called “The Big House in Becco”. The house use was destroyed in the 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster. Courtesy of Brian Smith.
Becco, WV 1924 Becco, WV 1924
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Becco, WV 1924 Becco, WV 1924
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Becco, WV Sept. 1924 Flood Damage Becco, WV 1924
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Becco, WV Sept. 1924 Flood Damage Becco, WV 1924
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Becco, WV Sept. 1924 Flood Damage Becco, WV 1924
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Becco, WV Sept. 1924 Flood Damage Becco, WV 1924
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Becco, WV Sept. 1924 Flood Damage Becco, WV 1924
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Becco, WV Sept. 1924 Flood Damage Becco, WV 1924
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Courtesy of Brian Smith
Bank of Man c1962. Photo from the 1962-63 Man High School Yearbook.
Bank of Man c1962. Photo from the 1962-63 Man High School Yearbook.
Man Auto Parts and Service Station owner, Ralph Grimmett. Photo from the 1962-63 Man High School Yearbook.
Man Auto Parts and Service Station owner, Ralph Grimmett. Photo from the 1962-63 Man High School Yearbook.
O. H. Robison Chevrolet, Inc. owned by Ollie and Edna Robison Man, WV. Photo from the 1962-63 Man High School Yearbook.
O. H. Robison Chevrolet, Inc. owned by Ollie and Edna Robison Man, WV. Photo from the 1962-63 Man High School Yearbook.
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- Altizer Family of Man
- The little town at the mouth of Buffalo Creek by Dwight Williamson
- Man, W.Va., holds 100 years of memories by Dwight Williamson
- Blair, Spruce Fork, Sharples WV Old Family photo’s and History (Facebook Group)
- Buffalo Creek Disaster – Feb. 26, 1972
- Cook’s Cove
- You know you’re from Man (Facebook Group)
Do you know which mine is shown on photo #77? Thanks!
I enjoyed this so much, My parents were Walter and Delma Hall….I was born in 1957 in the Man hospital and my parents moved from Lorado to Lundale a year later, I got to go to the wooden School House my first year in 1963 my teacher was Mrs Ramey (Otis Ramey was her husband), Goldie Griffith was the 2nd grade teacher across the hall there in 1963, it was the last year Lundale school was open…My parents and I went to the Saunders FWB church that sat under the Dam that broke in 1972…..The day before it broke our entire family drove up to Saunders and cleaned the little Church from top to bottom…it was the first thing destroyed when the Dam broke the next day,…we ran for our lives to the hillside crawling under the Coal Cars, …..The Buffalo Creek I grew up in was forever gone nor is there a single surviving picture of the house I grew up in
Robert, In the early 50’s I went to Lundale for 4th and 5th grade. Mr. Ramey was my 5th grade teacher and he was our next door neighbor at Latrobe. When the Boy Scout camp was built, the company moved a couple of old coal camp houses from the scout camp area across the creek and located them below the 2 houses that were already there between the creek and the highway. Mr. Ramey’s house was next to ours and he fixed it up very nicely.
Mr. Ramey was quite artistic and a craftsman. I recall he showed some of us boys how to make our own bows out of hickory saplings. Among other things, he showed us how to use pieces of broken glass to shave off the wood to make the curved shapes of the bow.
He was a WWII vet and I seem to recall his tales of using a flame thrower fighting Japanese in the South Pacific.
I recall that he had earned awards (perhaps national championship) at typing speed.
In late 40’s-early 50’s I went to the Crites school 1st thru 3rd. At that time, we lived in the large two-story house across the creek up on the hill just below Crites. That house is still there. I and/or a couple of my sisters have visited it a few times over the years and the current residents are very hospitable in allowing us to visit and pleased we do.
Having spent the idyllic days of my youth at Latrobe, I was extremely saddened by the destruction by the flood which pretty much obliterated the sights all along Buffalo Creek that were my world.
In latter years I worked and lived at Dehue on Rum Creek and, alas, all vestiges of that coal town has been obliterated by its demolition after the mine closed there. Buffalo Creek and Dehue are twin tragedies, invoking melancholy sadness and memories.
Timothy,
Apologies for incorrectly addressing my previous response to your post to “Robert” instead of you.
Timothy, I enjoyed reading your post. I went to the “wooden school house” at Lundale from 1941-47. The teachers you mention were not there then…Mrs. Dean was the principal, and among my memories of the school were playing at recess on a “red dog” covered playground surface (why that stuff was used, I’ll never know!). There were many bleeding knees and elbows by the end of recess.
I didn’t know the school closed in 1963….where did the elementary school children go after that?
I went to 5th & 6th grade in that school. Mrs dean taught 6th and believe my 5th grade teacher was mrs. Owens. Knew Pat McLain, Betty Dempsey.. my Mother, Mrs. Baldwin, taught 4th grade. We lived at Stowe. Was a fun time when growing up on Buffalo Creek. This was probably 1945/46. Graduated Man High in 1953
I love the old pics and
the one of the guys standing
In front of the gas station looks
a lot like my grandfather he
would hang out there all the
time when I was growing up
his name is Freeland Huffman,
my mother was Bernice Huffman
not for sure so I’m going to have
my aunt Doris to check this site out
thank you really enjoy.!!
In response Douglas Dempsey’s guestion regarding Crites drive in – I remember thr drive in and think was just known as Crites drive in. Also remember just had curb service as was a small building. Hot hogs were good as had beans in the chili sauce.
Try as I might, I can’t remember a drive-in at Crites. I only recall the famous Morrison’s Drive-in at Stollings, which had most delicious fried chicken (and curb service!)
The drive-in was just on the right before crossing the bridge and close to the railroad. Stowe was on the right side of the creek and slate dump. I also remember Cliff-Side drive-in as well as Morrison’s. After Stowe was another bridge crossing the creek into Lundale
Hi Pat McLain and Douglas Dempsey, I graduated with Betty & you Pat in 1953 and. Ruth Baldwin was my Mother! Cannot believe I just happen to see this on FB. Remember we used to exchange Nancy Drew books. My Dad used to drive Betty & me to the movies on Wednesday night in Amhesrtdale. I lived at Stowe at that time. Later moved to Robinette
Hey, Connie Beth down in sunny Florida!
We had a darned good childhood in this place without cell phones and TV, didn’t we?
We shared Nancy Drew books and Girl Scouts, and your mother was my favorite teacher of all. I recall those days with pleasure now, although the area itself has completely changed.
Best to you and Harry…
Patricia and Connie,
Well, I have often wondered where all those Nancy Drew books came from that I read in the early 50’s.
I called sister Betty and told her to jump in on “gossiping” on this website. She got on it but hasn’t “learned” how to respond yet. (She is using a cell phone.)
I don’t do Facebook so I don’t know how much detailed discussion goes on there compared to the discussions on this website. I hope this website is a better documentation of the “good old days” and I urge everyone to participate in it, especially those of older generations.
I have a bunch of questions for you both and I’ll start asking when I get organized. As a beginning I’ll ask you: “What was the name of the drive-in restaurant place in the upper end of Crites just below Stowe?” Did it have curb service?
(P.S. I started writing up an “anthology” of my father’s coal mining experiences, a sort of “documentation” for the benefit of family members. It turned out to be over 40 pages long.)
Still trying to solve how to post!
I can’t express how much these old pictures mean to me. I was born in Lundale in 1935, and graduated from Man High in 1953. I remember so many of these scenes. Many thanks from an old lady!
Patricia,there is a 1947 Man Cemetery photo
on this website. Last year a friend of mine
who lives outside of Man found that the
cemetery is located right behind MJHS that
has now been torn down. Do you recall anything
about the cemetery? Today its in bad shape as
the citizens of Man haven’t taken care of it.
I recall seeing that cemetery when I was in high school, and it was well kept then. So sad to know it has been abandoned. It seems that some civic group in Man, Boy Scouts or Rotary Club, would take it on as a project to restore.
Patricia, thanks for your comments.
Maybe the groups will do this with
the Man town Mayor during their
100th Birthday Celebration this
year.
A letter & e-mails were sent to
Logan Banner reporter Bill Lusk
asking him to do a story about
the destruction of Man Cemetery,.
He hasn’t replied back.
Is there anyone that can remember the old hospital that used to be right in the town of Man in the 1940’s .My mom used to talk about it. Is there any pictures of it anywhere?
I’m trying to find out some information about my grandfather. He was a doctor in Lundale in the early to mid 1900s, leaving around 1944. They say he started the hospital there in Lundale for the coal miners of the town. Is there any way I can verify this? His name was Rupert W. Quaintance, Sr.
Nancy, you can find him in the 1930 census
at familysearch.org.His middle name was
Wilson, wife was Bessie.Shows all
family members.You have to read the
census record.
Absolutely remember Doc Quaintance…his family lived next door to us in Lundale.
His two sons were Rupert and Buddy, I think, and his wife was a sweet lady. He made house calls, and gave me those pink and black pills many times…I just loved him!
I was nine years old when they moved away.
Patricia, I Iived at Latrobe from 1945 until-1954 when I finished 5th grade at Lundale. My 5th grade teacher (and neighbor) was Otis Ramey.
I seem to recall the doctor was named “Rutkay” which I assume was spelled Hrutkay. Do you recall that doctor?
My sister may have graduated with you. Her name was Betty Dempsey
Of course, Douglas…I’ve known your sister, Betty, since we were in 4th grade and Mrs. Baldwin was our teacher at Lundale Grade School. Betty was new to our class and sat in front of me. We were classmates all through high school, and i saw her often at the 1953 reunions in Huntington. We still email occasionally.
Yes, I remember Dr. Hrudka (sp?) who was the doctor there after Dr. Quaintance, and Dr. Scott after him.
Patricia,
I called Betty and she confirmed what I thought. It has now dawned on me that you are the classmate she has spoken so highly of over the years. Whenever I’ve had questions over the years about old times on Buffalo Creek she said she would ask you about it. She furnished me your Email so perhaps I can ask you directly henceforth. Glad to meet you!
Please remain active on this site.
Nice to know you, Douglas. Ask anything you want, but I can’t guarantee I’ll remember!
Nancy, my late husband was named after your grandfather! Rupert Wilson Phillips, my son carries his name today! Rupert Wilson Phillips, Jr
I think my mother and father lived there, maybe around 1936 when I was born. Chester and Helen McClure. Is there any way to find if this is true. I believe he was associated with the mines. My mother was a nurse.
Jim, you can find them in the 1940 census.
at familysearch.org.
You can read the record.
First of all, thanks for sharing these photos. We lived in Lundale in the Fifties in Tin Can Alley. Our oldest son went to Lundale Grade school in First grade, had Mrs. Goldie Ramey. Also my husband went through Lundale Grade school and Graduated at Man High in 1955. Betty and Denver Merritt.
The Hospital in Man was called Man Appalachian Regional Hospital.
Man Appalachian Regional Hospital was built in 1954 by the Miners Memorial Hospital Association. This hospital was used by southern West Virginia and some of Eastern Kentucky. However, it was built on an Indian burial ground and had to close because of insufficient funds. Miners and people all over southern West Virginia fought for years to keep it open, but their case was overthrown. This hospital was closed in 2001 and never opened again. Furthermore, the employees of that hospital walked out and locked the doors behind them and never looked back. With that being said, they left all medical equipment, patient files, machines, scans, medications, etc. in the hospital to rot until the hospital was finally tore down in 2012.
The Logan County Commission gave permission for the local college to salvage equipment and supplies that they could use in the health care programs. The hospital was vandalized prior to any recovery. However, there was still a significant amount of equipment and some supplies that the local college recovered.
What about the medical files? Were those saved? My uncle died at Man Hospital after a mining accident. Carmel Esque. around 1956. I hope the records were salvaged.
The girl in the middle in the photo that says “man graduation 1950” looks a lot like my mother, Helen Barrett Mosley Imes. She graduated in 1952, but I think she was friends with Violet Solar.
Violet Solar is my Aunt. The photo you are talking about was taken in 1950, the year my mother Irene Langdon (on the left) graduated. If the girl in the middle is Helen Imes, I wonder if they could have been just cutting up and she put the cap on. Notice the girl on the right does not have a cap on. Maybe it was her cap….
Thank you. One of my uncles thinks it’s my mom, but we’re still not positive. So the young lady on the right is still unidentified?
I’ve not been able to identify her at this time.
Enjoyed looking at the pictures of home. I grew up in Man, but lived on Buffalo Creek when the dam broke. My dad, grandfathers and uncles were all coal miners on Buffalo Creek. My grandfather, Harvey B. Ferguson, Sr. Was the Superintendent at Island Creek mine #1 at Amherstdale
Loved this!!! So sad the way everything has changed and that people will never recover from all that has taken place.Before long there won’t be anything but memories and photos of our old,wonderful place we were reared-when values and morals were so different.
Images 76, 77, 78 make reference to the “big house” The big house was a boarding house located in Riley Camp. It burned down prior to 1960. The gas station operated by Charlie Cowens was located on that area prior to 1960 till just after the Buffalo Creek flood in 1972. During the road construction the gas station and store building were torn down. The Hensley family relocated the gas station just up the road at Becco where it stands today.
Steven, would you happen to know how
close Riley Camp in Man is to Kistler WV.
My GG Rebeka Lipcsak ran a boarding
house somewhere in the area. She died
in 1919 in Kistler where she lived.
Kistler and Riley Camp are less than 2 miles apart. Riley Camp isn’t an actual community but just a cluster of houses.
Paula, thanks for the info.
Wonder if anyone has a photo
of any of the boarding houses
since they housed the coal miners.
Time period from 1910-1920.
Bob, I have all kinds of photos and even a few that are boarding houses or might be boarding houses. Contact me at Pdsolar@aol.com.
Graduated fr man high in 1965. Guess I missed the last reunion.
Hello Danny I say you did miss the reunion.
The picture of employees from the Man Dairy Queen has my grandmother Ellen Miller and two of my aunts Thelma & Mary Toth. Priceless. Thank You!
Thanks for providing the names of your aunts. I’ve updated the photo description.
My oldest went to Man High School and I have his year book. I forget the year but will pull it out and post the year later. It was about 65-70 yrs ago.
Enjoyed looking at the photos so much. Thank you for sharing.