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1951 – Logan teacher sells $50,000 of War Bonds, wins contest

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This post was originally published at www.AppalachianHistory.net and is reprinted here with permission and our special thanks. Logan teacher sells $50,000 of War Bonds, wins contest Posted by Dave Tabler | October 13, 2011 In October of 1951, 27 year-old Marjorie Ramsey of Logan, WV won a statewide US Defense Department Bond Selling Contest for schoolteachers. During […]

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Henlawson, WV

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Henlawson, Logan County, WV Henlawson is rumored to have been named for Henry Lawson (see comment) who owned lots of land in the area. The Henlawson post office was established May 24, 1910. Merrill Coal Mines opened its Merrill Mine here in 1921 and built approximately 84 homes to house its miners. Its company store

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History of Cherry Tree

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Cherry Tree – The Early Years and Beyond By Eddie Atkins 3/12/2003 My Dad, Edward L. Atkins, Sr, was one of the first land owners in Cherry Tree when in about the year 1905 he, along with a land developer from Wise County Virginia named W P Henritze came to Logan by way of the

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Monitor, WV

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Monitor, WV (Post Office, Wilkinson, WV) The Monitor Coal and Coke company was opened by 1906 according to the displayed letter for Roscoe Thornbury. Company offices were at Monitor # 1 in a large stone building beside the railroad track.   The other two Monitor company mines were number two (2) and number three (3).

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Genealogy of Robert McCormack

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Pocahontas, my most treasured ancestor (Matoaka) 1595-1614 Daughter of Chief Powhatan Wife of John W Rolf Mother of Thomas Bolling   Robert McCormack’s Pedigree Chart More links about my family: A Soldier’s Letters Carter County, KY Fire Tragedy & Ballad Love Letters to a Coal Miner’s Daughter Monitor, WV My Genealogy Photo Gallery

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Cherry Tree Gallery

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You can help preserve a bit of our Cherry Tree memories by sharing your vintage photos with us. To share a photo, please email it to the admin at loganwv.us@gmail.com. Please note that you must own the photo you are submitting or ensure that no one has a copyright claim on it. If a photo

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Holden, WV

Always Home, West Virginia

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By Judi Clark (2003) In the year of 1952, while working in the coalmines of Logan County, West Virginia, Bill Clark made what he later referred to as a monumental decision that would change the paths he and his young family would take. Concerned for the future of his sons if he remained in Holden

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Coal Branch

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This is a collection of photos of the community of Coal Branch located in Logan County, West Virginia. You can help preserve a bit of the history of Coal Branch by sharing your vintage photos of with this gallery.  To share a photo here, send it to the admin at loganwv.us@gmail.com. Please note that you

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