*This article is from the 1952 Centennial Program Booklet published by the city of Logan. By L. E. “Chief” Thompson Since the advent of the telephone 76 years ago this service has played an important part in the development and growth of every community, and so it has been with Logan. The first telephones in […]
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By Dwight Williamson The Ohio, Guyandotte, Tug, and Big Sandy rivers, as well as Indian trails, were no doubt the first avenues of travel into the lands of what was centuries ago simply known as the unsettled mountains of western Virginia. Mostly Scotch-Irish settlers hailing as protestant immigrants from Northern Ireland, who had been looked
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By Bob Piros All of the information found for this story was found at familysearch.org & other online searches. Also thanks to others who knew some of the local history. Giuseppe (Joseph) Scaramuzzino was born December 6, 1883 in Fossalto Italy. Fossalto Italy is a municipality in the Province of Campolasse in Southern Italy. Agriculture
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By Dwight Williamson The steam was still rising from the concrete porch of the company store following the downpour that came on a very humid late June afternoon at Verdunville, which like just about every other hollow in Logan County during the 1960’s, was filled with the fun-loving spirits of young people whose world consisted
By Connie Baisden Marsh Our coal mining community on Mud Fork in the county of Logan deep in the hollows of West Virginia had at least two slate dumps. Slate is a gray rock that splits into thin layers, and is separated from bituminous coal that is left piled up high as waste. One of
By Bob Piros This is a 1912-15 listing of Company I, 2nd Infantry, WV Army National Guard. All of this info was taken from records at familysearch.org & findagrave.com. All of these men served as guards in 1912 at Paint Creek for 3 days. Many of them fought in WW I. The link below will
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1949 Logan High School Yearbook Photos Courtesy of Ralph Mcneely.
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1950 Logan High School Yearbook Photos Courtesy of Ralph Mcneely.
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1943 Logan High School Guyana Courtesy of Ralph Mcneely.
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