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 […]
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
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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Logan County Bits of History and Nostalgia This is a collection of vintage photos, newspaper clippings and memorabilia that depicts some of the history and nostalgia about Logan County, West Virginia. Logan Banner, TV Guide Section, January 15 – 22, 1966 Courtesy of Herb Harvey Page 1, Sunday and Monday (pdf) Page 2, Tuesday and
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William Anderson Dingess (1806-1893) This obituary appeared in The Logan Banner Thursday, December 21, 1893. William Anderson Dingess died at the residence of his son David Dingess, in this county on last Wednesday morning, December 13th, 1893, in the 88th year of his age. This announcement brought sadness to many homes, for this was a
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Rev. W. D. “Uncle Dyke” Garrett (1841-1938) Rev. Uncle Dyke Garrett was a widely known throughout Logan County. His preaching career spanned 55 years. He was a Confederate veteran and a member of the famous Logan Wildcats serving under Capt. Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield. When Garrett became a preacher, he became renowned for baptizing “Devil
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Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902) was the first mayor of Aracoma now Logan, West Virginia. English was a doctor, a lawyer and a very prolific writer. His poem “Ben Bolt” published in 1843 was very popular. English left Logan County around 1854. He continued a political career in New Jersey where he became a Congressman. Dr. English is buried
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The History of West Virginia, Old and New and West Virginia Biography Volume II Biographical, Page 546-548 The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York Published 1923 (Public Domain) Frank Stewart Martin came into the Guyan Valley soon after the first railroad was built, and has been one of the men of real enterprise
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The History of West Virginia, Old and New and West Virginia Biography Volume II Biographical, Page 110 & 111 The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York Published 1923 (Public Domain) Floyd D. Stollings, who has been a prominent and influential figure in connection with the timber business in West Virginia and also in the
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