24 Miners Rescued – May 1958
May, 1958 – 24 trapped miners rescued from a flooded Logan, West Virginia mine.
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Thrill-Mad Monster
This is a story of a 1945 murder on Band Mill Hollow Road in Logan County, West Virginia.
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Bluegrass Rules
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.
Times Have Changed!
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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School Daze
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
Family Tradition
It is a family tradition to love our children from the cradle to the grave. FAMILY WEDDINGS Donald and Dolores Riggs Davis – May 19, 1964 Donald and I were married in Pearisburg, Virginia at the First Methodist Church by Rev. James E. Hankins. Donald was on a ten-day leave from the Army, and we
Our Family Album and Stories
RIDING THE BLIND The Great Depression still gripped the nation on November ninth, 1936 when I was born in the mining town of Dehue, seven miles from the city of Logan, West Virginia. I slipped into the world silently, and my mother thought something was wrong with me. Dr. Fred Brammer, the company doctor who
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Snow Birds
For ten years starting in 1994, we spent our winters in Panama City Beach, Florida. Most of those years were spent at Island Breeze Hotel. In March 2004 on our way home to Ohio, we drove to Titusville on the east coast to visit our dear friends, Bob and Shirley Tomblin. We loved Pelican Point
Flood of 67
By Pam Brennan We lived in West Logan. There is an alley that dips down over the hill on the right just before the Baptist Church. We lived on the riverbank side of the alley. I can remember we had a peach tree in the back yard and I used to love to climb the
Preserving Your Family Photos
by Lena Grey One of my favorite past times is visiting antique stores. I love to admire the items there which hold memories of our past and while nostalgically recalling the ones which were used by my parents or grandparents in their every day lives. I especially love admiring old photographs. With a mixture of
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