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Logan County Main Photo Gallery

Logan County, West Virginia Photos You can help preserve our Logan County history and memories by sharing your vintage photos with us. To share a photo, please email it to the admin at loganwv.us@gmail.com. Please note that you must own the photo you are submitting or ensure that no one has a copyright claim on

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Rum Creek, WV

Rum Creek Area Photos This is a collection of photos of the Rum Creek area (Argyle, Cham, Dabney, Dehue, Hutchinson, Orville, MacBeth, Slagle, Rum Creek, and Yolyn) of Logan County. By Wanda Bryant Shell.  This is the old home place where I was raised. This home is set behind the train tracks. And I had

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Logan WV April 1999

Logan County, WV Communities and Towns

Logan County was formed in 1824 from sections of Cabell, Giles, Kanawha and Tazewell counties. Logan County and Logan city is named for the famous Indian chief of the Mingo tribe, Chief Logan. The city of Logan is the county seat. Logan was first established as Lawnsville in 1827. The town was first incorporated in

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Lost In Chief Logan State Park

By Pam Brennan When I was a senior at Logan High School (1980), my friend Jessica and I decided to go hiking at our local park after school one day. The trails are clearly marked so we didn’t see a problem. We met after school and started up the “Backbone Trail”, which just happens to be the longest and

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Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster in Logan County, WV killed 125 people on Feb. 26, 1972

Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster – First Hand Account

By Pam Brennan (1962-2015) Steve Thompson Witnessed the Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster First Hand. He lives in my building. We have had a couple of conversations since he moved in and that is how I found out he was from Logan, more specifically, Man, West Virginia.  Today is the 40th anniversary of the dam bursting which

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