1957 Logan High School
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Logan High Students from Cherry Tree
This is a photo collection of Logan High School students from Cherry Tree, White’s Addition and Fisher Bottom. Anyone wishing to submit a photo, please send it to the admin at loganwv.us@gmail.com. Logan High Students from Cherry Tree, White’s Addition and Fisher Bottom See more Cherry Tree Articles and Galleries.
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“Boots” was anything but a normal coal miner
By Dwight Williamson Thousands of men have since about 1900 risked their lives bringing coal from the mountainous hollows of Logan County. There have been hundreds of coal mine related deaths and thousands of injuries, including broken backs and lost limbs — all for the sake of producing coal. Now, with coal mining much safer,
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Cherry Tree in the news
This is a collection of newspaper clippings about Cherry Tree and some of its residents. Most are from the collection of Kayte Atkins, mother of Doris Atkins Branch and Eddie Atkins.
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1960 Logan East Junior High School
Photos courtesy of Bob Piros. Any help identifying the students and teachers in these photos will be appreciated. If you can identify someone or yourself, please state the roll number and student number of that row. 1960 Logan East Junior High School Photo Gallery
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Cherry Tree Grade School
“If my source is right, the Cherry Tree School was built about the time of the First World War (1917). One of the carpenters was Mr. L. E. (Ed) Steele. He was the father of Edna Steele who was married to Doc Erwin Hall (Hall’s Drug Store).” — Eddie Atkins My mother, Virginia Taylor, attended
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Alderson helped elevate Logan to greatness
By Dwight Williamson Some of Logan County’s most precious history has truly been buried within the bounds of Logan County. Unfortunately, along with time, and some factors beyond the common man’s reach, the great efforts of men and women of the past are not nearly as distinguished as perhaps they should be. Take, for instance,
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Uncle Charley Dingess
Submitted by Bobbie Henthorn Spiers This is the story of Charley & Nora Farmer Dingess. Charley was my great uncle and they resided in Shively. This is a story written by the niece of Charley Dingess. Charley married Nora Farmer in January of 1910. This is a sad story about the end of Nora’s life.
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Monaville, WV
Monaville was originally called Vanceville. “The name was believed to have been changed to Monaville in honor of Mona Wilkinson, the daughter of a prominent coal mining official. The Logan Mining Company operated a coal mine here and the name Mona Mine appears on a 1918 photo of the coal tipple.” — Wikipedia If you
