By Dwight Williamson The closing of so many Sears’s stores across the nation, including the one at Aracoma near Logan and the Charleston Town Center Mall location, is sad to see in these turbulent economic times. And it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that Logan County is suffering badly. Vacant buildings in the […]
The journey of Logan’s Woman’s Club Read More »
By Dwight Williamson Nearly every single one of us, whether it is people at Amherstdale of Buffalo Creek near Man; Crawley Creek of Chapmanville; Buck Fork of Harts Creek; Hewett Creek in Boone County; Gilbert Creek in Mingo County, or any of the many coal mining company towns spread throughout the region, all have one
The old custom of ‘funeralizing’ Read More »
By Dwight Williamson It once was a thriving community which even included a bowling alley and a movie theater. Gone with the coal dust wind is the community of Sharples, which no longer has a school of any kind in the Logan County territory that includes the areas of Clothier, Kelly Hollow, Dobra, Mifflin, Blair,
Remembering some of the coal camp communities Read More »
By Dwight Williamson Imagine this: It is a hot sultry day in late August of 1921 in bustling downtown Logan as you await the afternoon edition of the only real source of local news for Logan County -The Logan Banner. Paperboys with their canvas bags strapped across their shoulders full of newspapers fresh off the
Don Chafin and the Battle of Blair Mountain Read More »
By Connie Baisden Marsh Our coal mining community on Mud Fork in the county of Logan deep in the hollows of West Virginia had at least two slate dumps. Slate is a gray rock that splits into thin layers, and is separated from bituminous coal that is left piled up high as waste. One of
By Dwight Williamson It’s Christmastime in good old Logan County and somehow Santa’s reindeer have nearly always successfully navigated our hills and mountains to visit one holler after another bringing Christmas joy. It wasn’t that long ago, though, that the “bearded wonder” had one heck of a time trying to get the local kids their
Holiday memories from the Shegon Inn Read More »
By Bob Piros This is a 1912-15 listing of Company I, 2nd Infantry, WV Army National Guard. All of this info was taken from records at familysearch.org & findagrave.com. All of these men served as guards in 1912 at Paint Creek for 3 days. Many of them fought in WW I. The link below will
Company I, 2nd Infantry, WV Army National Guard List (1912-15) Read More »
Courthouse photo taken in 1903 Logan Banner, Moments in History by Bob Spence. Shown at the right of today’s column is the courthouse built in Logan in the 1870s and torn down in 1905. This photograph is on loan from Ronna McClure and many thanks and appreciations are extended to her. It is remarkable for
Logan County Courthouse 1875-1905 Read More »
This article was originally published in the Fall 1991 edition of the Goldenseal Magazine. It is published here with their permission and our special thanks. Grandma and Grandpa Zekany Growing Up Hungarian in Logan County By Donna Jean Rittenhouse Donna Jean Rittenhouse grew up largely in the Logan County household of her Hungarian-born grandparents, Alexander
The Zekanys of Logan County Read More »
