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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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
