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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By Emery Jeffreys On Feb. 26, 1972 memories of death, destruction, mud, muck and misery on Buffalo Creek were seared into my brain when a wall of black water killed 125 people and left 4,000 more homeless. Monday marked the 46th anniversary. It was the first big disaster I covered when I worked at The
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1979 Logan High School Yearbook Courtesy of Donna Perry.
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Courtesy of Joanne Halterman Author Unknown It was the first day of census, and all through the land; The pollster was ready … a black book in hand. He mounted his horse for a long dusty ride; His book and some quills were tucked close by his side. A long winding ride down a road
An Absolutely True Event By Ken Frye January 19th 1985 late night The snow was deep, 16 inches or more and the cold was cold, minus 10 degrees or more. Logan County West Virginia is located in the southern end of the state and usually gets some cold weather and snow during the winter but
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