Logan Blvd Bridge named in Honor of Danny M. Greene When I read in the Banner that they were replacing the Logan Boulevard Bridge that runs over Cherry Tree and Mount Gay, I immediately thought of my friend Danny Greene. Danny was killed in Vietnam near Khe Sanh on May 9, 1967 alone with 23 others […]
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Battle of Blair Mountain – The Biggest Battle of the Mine Wars The Battle of Blair Mountain in Logan County, WV was one of the largest civil uprisings in United States history and the largest armed rebellion since the American Civil War. For five days in late August and early September 1921, in Logan County,
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Letters from the Logan County Vietnam Honor Roll Postcard sent to me by Aubrey Lee Spry from Dongbathein THE 1965 LOGAN HONOR ROLL Pfc Herman R. Adkins Ronald P. Barker USS Savage A/2C Lawrence A. Bird Sp/4 Ellis R. Blevins A/1C Harvey C. Brewster Capt. R. L. Brown Sp/4 Curtis R. Browning Pfc John L.
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Joni Terrio designed the banner WELCOME HOME!!! THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO ALL VIETNAM VETERANS GOODBYE MY DARLIN’ HELLO VIETNAM written by: Tom T. Hall – ca 1964 Recorded by: Johnny Wright, husband of Country Music singer Kitty Wells Kiss me goodbye and write me when you can. Goodbye my darlin’, hello Vietnam. America
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Originally posted on March 23, 2011 Logan County is located on the Guyandotte River, and nestled in the Appalachian Mountains with an elevation of six-hundred and sixty-two feet. Logan County was once called “The Billion Dollar Coal Fields.” Those days have vanished just like the coal camps where we once lived. On this page, I
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May, 1958 – 24 trapped miners rescued from a flooded Logan, West Virginia mine.
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This is a story of a 1945 murder on Band Mill Hollow Road in Logan County, West Virginia.
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That’s me sitting on the beach in Panama City Beach with my cd player on my knee listening to bluegrass music photo by: Jean McPeak BLUEGRASS RULES by: Dolores Riggs Davis Bluegrass music is often considered “hillbilly music.” However, it is a music close to my heart. I consider it a part of my roots.
At age five, I remember huddling around a Philco floor model radio with my parents listening to President Roosevelt’s chilling words, “This is a date that will live in infamy.” I knew by the grip of Mother’s hand something terrible had happened. While Japanese diplomats talked peace in Washington their planes bombed Pearl Harbor. Four
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GRADE FOUR 1946 – 1947 If you can identify any of the students please e-mail me. Row one: teacher: Evelyn Lewis, Donald Hughes, Dolores Riggs, Billy Joe Molnar, Johnnie Fleming, Lowell Reynolds, ?, Riley Fleming, Mary Ellen Hatton Row two: Jerry Vaughn, Ginger McNeely, Bobby Wagner, unidentified, Ruth Ann Lester, Billy Roberts Row three: Joyce