These vintage advertisements appeared in a 1916 Railroad Men’s Annual Time Book. Below are a few Logan, West Virginia excerpts. The Jefferson Hotel — Sample Rooms were used by traveling salesmen to display their wares. Below are more vintage advertisments for the 1916 Railroad Men’s Annual Time Book. Click on any of the thumbnails to […]
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By Pam Brennan (1962-2015) In my distant memory I can remember my pepaw telling one of my uncles to “go run the TV line.” My mom told me that her brother, Bud, used to have to “run the line” as well. Here is what that means. Back in the 50’s and 60’s and even the
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By Pam Brennan That’s what my Pepaw, Floyd Farley, said to my Granny, Anna Saunders, the first time he ever saw her. She was living with her brother, Sherman Saunders, and his family in 1938. It was winter and she had no where else to go. My granny and her 4 siblings had been orphaned
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By Pam Brennan We were going camping when I was about 5 years old and we stopped by my grandparents house on the way. It was always great to stop because I was pepaw’s “pick of the litter” and of course my granny was “Aunt Bea” personified. We got out of the car and I
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By Pam Brennan When I was a kid there used to be swinging bridges all over Southern West Virginia. Most of them were in disrepair from nonuse and have since been torn down. The few that are left are mostly preserved as a part of our history. I used to love to visit my cousin’s
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By Pam Brennan When I was in the 9th grade in 1977, we had a massive snowstorm that kept us out of school for most of January and February. It started off as a typical school year, just going to school day after day. It had been years since we had a snow day off
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By Pam Brennan When I was about 15 and Sis was around 10 we decided to go out in my brothers boat. This is something that we were expressly forbidden to do under any circumstances. We sneaked down to the river giggling the whole way and as quietly as possible put the boat into the
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Our Day In The Sun by Carole ‘Mickey’ Lambert This is Our Day In The Sun For decades our families worked below the earth Mining day after day for chunks of shiny, black diamonds. To put food on the table and a roof over their heads. Our brothers, fathers, grandfathers, uncles and cousins. Worked in
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On April 5, 2010 29 coal miners lost their lives at the Upper Big Branch Mine at Montcoal in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Below are two heartbreaking videos about the men that lost their lives in this tragic mine disaster. Slideshow memorial to 29 miners killed at Montcoal. A Tribute To the Miners and Their
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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