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Holden, WV

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Vintage photos taken at Holden, WV.

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Logan County WV, photo showing City View, Black Bottom and the Backbone

City View

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Photos of City View, Logan County, WV.

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Black Bottom

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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

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Drive-Ins and Theaters

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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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Altizer Family of Man

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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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Logan High School Class of 1934 and 1935

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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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The Island, Logan WV

Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.

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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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Mt. Gay Elementary School

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Mt. Gay Elementary School, Logan County, WV Class Photos

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Danny M. Greene Memorial Bridge

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Logan Blvd Bridge named in Honor of Danny M. Greene When I read in the Banner that they were replacing the Logan Boulevard Bridge that runs over Cherry Tree and Mount Gay, I immediately thought of my friend Danny Greene. Danny was killed in Vietnam near Khe Sanh on May 9, 1967 alone with 23 others

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Battle of Blair Mountain

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Battle of Blair Mountain – The Biggest Battle of the Mine Wars The Battle of Blair Mountain in Logan County, WV was one of the largest civil uprisings in United States history and the largest armed rebellion since the American Civil War. For five days in late August and early September 1921, in Logan County,

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