By Bob Piros The Ammar brothers started their business in the early 1900s as peddlers. They would carry their entire inventory on their backs, walking every step of the way as they traveled a route that would take them from Alabama to Michigan and back again. The brothers would split up to cover their route […]
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By Dwight Williamson Whether or not you are a history buff, people – especially in Logan and Mingo counties – should know that Mingo County was formed from Logan County in 1895. However, I’d bet very few people know that an old mountain moonshiner is credited with being the “daddy” of the project that led
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GROWING UP IN A COAL CAMP The Dime Store Lunch Counter By: Connie Baisden Marsh Many of us shopped at G.C. Murphy’s in Logan. Here is a story I wrote about shopping with my mother in the 1960s. “What are these little sticks for?” I asked my mother when I was about eight years old.
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By Dwight Williamson Ferdinand Midelburg. The name almost sounds like royalty. And in many ways, perhaps the former Logan millionaire was the ‘king” of the theater business – at least in Logan County. There is the community of Midelburg in the town of Logan that is located across the Guyandotte River near Stollings. And there
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By Dwight Williamson It was the summer of 1972 and the almost unbearable scorching heat was taking its toll on the “boys of summer” — better known as the “Porch Sitters.” Most of us who had spent nearly our entire lifetimes congregating every day and night on the concrete porch of Island Creek Coal Company’s
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Lorado, Logan County, WV Photos The Lorado name is an acronym derived from the name of the Lorain Coal and Dock Company that had mining operations there. (Wikipedia) This is a collection of photos of Lorado, WV. You can help preserve our Logan County history and memories by sharing your vintage photos with us. To
Lundale, Logan County, WV Miner Saved; Five Die in Logan County Morgantown Post, West Virginia February 13, 1958 Logan, W. Va. (UP) — Coal miner Glenn Burchett was recovering in a hospital today from injuries suffered when he was trapped six hours Wednesday night under a huge roof fall that killed five of his fellow
These are excerpts from my autobiography. By Johnny Walker Sixteen Hill When I was about three years old, my grandparents, Dorthy and Riley Curry agreed to take care of their first grandchild. Sixteen Hill at Mud Fork became my world until I was six years old. Approximately a dozen houses of varying shapes and sizes
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POST OFFICES – LOGAN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA A DIGEST OF U.S. POSTAL DAILY BULLETINS OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTARY Did you know there is a Logan County in 10 different states in this country? Did you know there are 25 towns named Logan in this country? Recently, I began doing some research as to when the railroads
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The 1963 flood of Logan County was the biggest on record. The Guyandotte River in Logan crested at 34.98 feet on March 12, 1963. Historic Crests of the Guyandotte River in Logan (1) 34.98 ft on 03/12/1963 (2) 31.65 ft on 03/07/1967 (3) 30.76 ft on 01/11/1974 (4) 30.55 ft on 04/05/1977 (5) 28.23 ft