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Growing up with the Company Store

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By Dwight Williamson Island Creek Coal Company’s No. 16 store was located where D&S Machine Shop is now just above the Verdunville Post Office. The center of a coal camp, company stores  were busy except on Sunday’s when they were closed. It is believed that this photo was taken on a Sunday since there are no vehicles or customers. There was a time not that long ago when nearly every Logan County community had its own version of today’s Walmart. […]

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Mountain Woman

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Mountain Woman: Reflections on Life in the Appalachian Coalfields by Matt Browning at mattbrowningbooks.com Earlier this year, I was invited by Voices of Appalachia to write a piece about Appalachian culture. I chose to interview my mother about her experiences growing up, getting married, raising a family and retiring in the coalfields of Logan County,

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Development of Education

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Development of Education By J. A. Vickers This article was originally published in the 1952 Centennial Program Booklet published by the City of Logan, WV. The history of Logan County dates back to the French and Indian War. The settlers were all uneducated me setting out into a strange country as pioneers, courage and a

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My Memories of Logan

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My memories of Logan – More Than Feudin’ and Fightin’ By Elizabeth Thurmond Witschey This article was originally published in the Spring 2000 edition of the Goldenseal Magazine. It is published here with their permission and our special thanks. Back when I was a child, there was more going on in Logan than feudin’ and

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Sept. 1938. Maidsville, WV

Coal Miners – The Heroes of Appalachia

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Coal Miners – The Heroes of Appalachia Coal mining is woven into the very identity of Logan County and much of Appalachia—a story of hard work, sacrifice, and resilience passed down through generations. For decades, men descended deep underground each day, facing constant danger to provide for their families and power a growing nation. From the

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Early Life In Logan County

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Early Life In Logan County Described by K. F. Deskins Pioneer Citizen Has Clear Recollection of Sixty Years Ago When There Were But Eight to Ten Houses Here The Logan Banner, Nov. 12, 1937 By Stan Tobin Sixty years ago, which is comparatively a short time in the ordinary span of things canoes and flatboats

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High Iron In The Hills

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Copyright, 1955, by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. Magazines and newspapers may reprint any of the material in this publication providing proper credit is given to ‘Tracks − C&O Rwy. Magazine.’ It’s steam, steel and coal at Peach Creek. Late in a chill February afternoon, the sun, growing old, bounces a coppery reflection off the

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Logan Wildcats

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The Logan Wildcats of Logan County Confederate veterans, the “Logan Wildcats” 1900 Reunion at Camp Straton, Chapmanville, WV. Second from the left is Ed Garrett. Sitting is Alex Burton and behind him is Uncle Dyke Garrett, On Uncle Dyke’s left is Henry Clay Ragland. Photo credit: Harlan Justice 430 Fifth Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia. Courtesy

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1934 Logan County

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1934 Logan and Mingo County Living Conditions In the Fall of 1933, Federal Emergency Relief Administration director Harry Hopkins sent sixteen reporters to investigate social and economic conditions around the country. “I don’t want statistics from you,” the journalist Lorena Hickok remembers him saying. ” I don’t want the social-worker angle. I just want your

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Harris Funeral Home

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Harris Funeral Home – 1952 Forty-Three Years of Service By Bruce Harris, Harris Funeral Home, 1952 I have seen the county of Logan grow and change over a period of forty-odd years. My profession has grown and changed also, from the time when I would ride horseback up and down the creeks of Logan county.

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