This was originally published on Martha Sparks’ My West Virginia Mountain website and is reprinted here with her permission and our special thanks. The Doughboy Honors Heroes He was an Italian by birth and American by choice. He was born in Favaro, Italy, October 22, 1885 and came to Logan county to become a citizen. […]
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This was originally published on Martha Sparks’ My West Virginia Mountain website and is reprinted here with her permission and our special thanks. Logan High School East Stratton Street The first high school in Logan was organized August 28, 1911, in a building that was later to be known as Central Grade School. Mr. F.O.
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An article about the Battle of the Island and the death of Aracoma in 1779 at Logan, WV.
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When this page was created for this gallery, I simply called it Black Bottom because that’s what my Dad called this area. I knew parts of it were called Ellis Addition and Deskins Addition, but I’ve never understood exactly where one stopped and the other one began. When I was a kid, I assumed Black
Some of my fondest memories growing up in Logan County are of the great times spent at the Drive-Ins and Theaters. If you have any special Logan County Drive-In or Theater memories or photos you’d like to share with us here, please do so. To share a photo, please email it to the admin at loganwv.us@gmail.com.
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The Altizer Family of Man, Logan County, WV The History of West Virginia, Old and New and West Virginia Biography Volume II Biographical, Page 211 The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York Published 1923 Aaron Edson Altizer, M. D. Altizer is one of the oldest family names in the Buffalo Valley District of
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Contributed by Carla Haslam Herkner Below are photos taken in 1964 of the Logan High School Class of 1934 and 1935 at their joint reunion. Top roll, L-R, 5th John James Haslam (1917-2010), 2nd roll from top, L-R 7th (wife) Thelma Powell Haslam 1935 Logan High School Gallery
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Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. 2011 Winner of American’s Got Talent LANDAU WINS! by MICHAEL BROWNING, Staff Writer, Logan Banner September 15, 2011 Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. has gone from car wash rags to riches. Murphy, a Logan County car washer, was chosen by American TV viewers as this year’s champion of “America’s Got Talent”, as
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