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Selected Logan County, West Virginia videos found on YouTube and Facebook.
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J. B. Ellis School at Verdunville, WV
JB Ellis Memories JB Ellis . . . the name stirs up all kinds of memories for me. My mother, Virginia McCormack, taught first and second grades there for many years. Looking back, I think her tenure at JB Ellis was the happiest of her long teaching career in Logan County Schools. The teachers were
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2012 Logan County Vintage Photo Contest
Logan County, WV Vintage Photo Contest. 1st place, $300, 2nd place, $200. Contest ends December 31st, 2012.
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Carter County, KY Fire Tragedy & Ballad
Versions of Carter County Fire Ballad Compiled by Robert E. McCormack Two little Girls Come All Ye Tender Hearted The Fire Tragedy Come All You Tender Hearted Saturday February 21, 2004 My name is Robert E. McCormack. I will share 4 versions of this heart-rending ballad and introduce each one of them. For an introduction,
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Love Letters to a Coal Miner’s Daughter
Love Letters to a Coal Miner’s Daughter The Nathan Jones and the Scott Taylor families were close neighbors in the coal camp of Monitor # 3 (Wilkinson) in Logan County West Virginia. Elizabeth Taylor and Johnny Jones were childhood sweethearts. Through these letters you will notice interaction between the two families — especially between Elizabeth
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A Soldier’s Letters
World War I Letters written by Alonzo C Taylor to his sister, Elizabeth Taylor. Transcribed by Robert E. McCormack, May 26, 2006. An attempt was made to transcribe as accurately as possible and to retain Clyde’s original spelling– editing with punctuation was done when necessary to end sentences. Letters are in chronological order to give
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Cherry Tree Photo Galleries
A large photo collection of Cherry Tree Bottom and its residents from many sources. Submission of pictures is welcome – especially depicting Cherry Tree of the 1930s -1960s. The Cherry Tree Grade School was built in 1917. It was torn down when the boulevard was built in 1956. If anyone has any Cherry Tree School
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My Coal Miner Pepaw
By Pam Brennan I remember my Pepaw Brennan coming home from the mines and being black as night from head to toe except for the whites of his eyes and his teeth. I was terrified! He would flash those pearly whites at me and I would run screaming in the other direction. I was so
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Morrison’s Drive-Inn
This was originally published in 2002 on Martha Sparks’ My West Virginia Mountain website and is reprinted here with her permission and our special thanks. Note: The fancy header image is from Martha’s page also. MORRISON’S DRIVE-INN It was our first date, I was only fourteen but my parents had agreed to let me go
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Black Bottom
Ellis Addition and Deskins Addition (a.k.a. Black Bottom) Photo Gallery When this page was created for this gallery, I simply called it Black Bottom because that’s what my Dad called this area. I knew parts of it were called Ellis Addition and Deskins Addition, but I’ve never understood exactly where one stopped and the other