Logan County, West Virginia Photo Galleries.
The Buffalo Creek Disaster, February 26, 1972 One of worst floods in US occurred here 26 February 1972, when Buffalo Mining Co. impoundment dam for mine waste broke, releasing over 130 million gallons of black waste water: killed 125; property losses over $50 million; and thousands left homeless. Three commissions placed blame on ignored safety […]
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Submitted by Pam Brennan. Switzer Grade School Class Photos. Evangeline Salyers is 4th on the bottom from the left. Evangeline Salyers is 1st on the bottom from the left. If you can help identify anyone in these photos, please leave a comment or contact the admin. Photos get lost and destroyed for many reasons. By contributing
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White Addition is named after the Elijah (Eli) White family who had a farm there. He and many family members are buried at the family cemetery on the hillside. The cherry trees whereby Cherry Tree got its name were probably planted by Eli. Until the early 1950s, there were cherry trees at the lower end
Submitted by: Carla Haslam Herkner I was born at Logan General Hospital in 1949. At that time and until about 1951, my parents and I lived in an apartment located in the Capital movie theater building. That is why you see pictures of me playing on a rooftop. That is the rooftop of the
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Leave a Comment Old Home Place Harts Creek, WV These are photos of my grandmother, Myrtle Adams Thompson at Harts Creek in Logan County. I’ve always loved these old photos. The first one reminds me of an old Currier and Ives American Farm scene lithograph. Looking at these old photos, one would probably think that