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When I learned that Dr. Israel Maurice Kruger had passed away on March 30, 2000, it sent me rushing back in time. Anytime I think of the old Logan General Hospital he comes to mind. After all, he was our family doctor, and he delivered my first child. He delivered over five-thousand babies during his years in Logan County.
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You load sixteen tons . . . what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store – by: Merle Travis “There was an old saying around the coal mines in the Depression days. Somebody’d say,
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GEORGE & FLORENCE BROWNING BACUS-EARLY Several proud residents who once lived at Dehue placed this sign twice at the entrance to Dehue only to have it stolen. Dehue had its beginning about 1916, and was named after D.E. Hewitt who operated a large bandmill in the vicinity. In 1923, the mine became part of Youngstown
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The gradual decline of Dehue caught many of us unaware, especially those of us who had moved away. Dehue began to fade away by the early 1970′s, and now the end of the era we once knew is forever gone.
LOGAN COUNTY REVENUERS – STILL DESTRUCTION The man on the left is wearing “snake boots.” The high-top boots were protection from poisonous bites of rattle snakes and copperheads as they beat the brush down on their way up the mountainside Dogs came in handy when searching for the moonshiners and their stills. Lock . .
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The word telephone is derived from the Greek words “tele” meaning “far off” and “phonos” meaning “sound.” Alexander Graham Bell lacked the funds to develop his invention of the telephone. So, he tried to sell all rights to his telephone patent to the Western Union Telegraph Company for $100,000 in 1876. They turned him down
Dying under those grim circumstances, some have written tender, assuring words to their mothers, vowing to see them again in Heaven. Some have scribbled terse notes declaring how and where they should be buried. Others have penned short but intense love letters to their wives.
Updated March 13, 2011 On November the 15th, 2010 the Aracoma Hotel suffered heavy fire damage. On Thanksgiving Day the Cole and Main Street corner of the building collapsed. Consequently, the building was demolished about a month later. The Aracoma Hotel was built in 1917 and was a historic Logan landmark. Over the years, the
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Logan County Tidbits of History and Facts This page is a collection of short (only a paragraph or so) tidbits of facts and history about Logan County too small to post in a separate page. To contribute a bit of information or history about Logan County, please use the Contact Page or submit it via
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HATFIELD PIONEERS By Coleman A. Hatfield Foreword by Dr. Coleman C. Hatfield (1927-2008): “My father, Coleman A. Hatfield, the son of Cap Hatfield, spent the majority of his adult life researching Hatfield and McCoy feud history. Besides being a Logan attorney, he was a gifted writer and researcher in his own right. He kept meticulous