Photos and History of Sharples, WV
Sharples Photo Gallery
c1956 Service Station at Sharples, WV courtesy of Peggy Huff. Image 1021.
c1956 Service Station at Sharples, WV courtesy of Peggy Huff. Image 1021.
Spruce Bend Coal Company Office and Store. Before it was Sharples it was Spruce Bend. Courtesy of Debbie Lee Thompson. Image 716.
Spruce Bend Coal Company Office and Store. Before it was Sharples it was Spruce Bend. Courtesy of Debbie Lee Thompson. Image 716.
1937 sharples high school football team ..top row left to right bobby howard ...jr.burgess..harry or henrey istachie..joe burgess ..edgle ward...arlie hicks Harold browning...don Stevenson the coach..dick shoal and Arnold zirkle those last two names were hard to see..bottom row left to right ralph white ..emil ball ...james bueatly..sam turner ..paul copler ..todie mullens...douglas caldwel ...franklin castle...Clarence browning and loran ward..on the ground isleft to right also an akers boy ... pete tupis and jack mullens ...note Harold browning lived in logan for a long time with his wife imogene, Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
1937 sharples high school football team ..top row left to right bobby howard ...jr.burgess..harry or henrey istachie..joe burgess ..edgle ward...arlie hicks Harold browning...don Stevenson the coach..dick shoal and Arnold zirkle those last two names were hard to see..bottom row left to right ralph white ..emil ball ...james bueatly..sam turner ..paul copler ..todie mullens...douglas caldwel ...franklin castle...Clarence browning and loran ward..on the ground isleft to right also an akers boy ... pete tupis and jack mullens ...note Harold browning lived in logan for a long time with his wife imogene, Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Old Sharples High School (1924-1993) on the hill.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Old Sharples High School (1924-1993) on the hill.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Sharples, WV YMCA courtesy of Skip Wooten.
Sharples, WV YMCA courtesy of Skip Wooten.
Sharples about 1913. The Spruce Fork Power Company plant is shown on the right, Source: WV Geological Survey, Logan and Mingo Counties pub. 1914.
Sharples about 1913. The Spruce Fork Power Company plant is shown on the right, Source: WV Geological Survey, Logan and Mingo Counties pub. 1914.
Number 6 Camp at Sharples, WV. Courtesy of Skip Wooten.
Number 6 Camp at Sharples, WV. Courtesy of Skip Wooten.
Sharples High School 1968 courtesy of Lillian Porter-Smith.
Sharples High School 1968 courtesy of Lillian Porter-Smith.
1912 Spruce Bend near Sharples courtesy of Lillian Porter-Smith
1912 Spruce Bend near Sharples courtesy of Lillian Porter-Smith
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Sharples, WV - the big building on the left is the YMCA.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Sharples, WV - the big building on the left is the YMCA.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Club House, Sharples, WV
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Club House, Sharples, WV
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Courtesy of Emmett Ray Adkins.
Spruce Bend Coal Company, Sharples, WV circa 1906
Spruce Bend Coal Company, Sharples, WV circa 1906
Spruce Bend Coal Company, Sharples, WV circa 1906
Spruce Bend Coal Company, Sharples, WV circa 1906
Sharples around 1910-15. It says #6 Mine Sharples, WV on the back. Courtesy of Kenneth King.
Sharples around 1910-15. It says #6 Mine Sharples, WV on the back. Courtesy of Kenneth King.
Sharples High School courtesy of James W. Baldwin.
Sharples High School courtesy of James W. Baldwin.
Sharples High School (1924-1993) courtesy of James W. Baldwin.
Sharples High School (1924-1993) courtesy of James W. Baldwin.
Sharples High School (1924-1993) courtesy of James W. Baldwin.
Sharples High School (1924-1993) courtesy of James W. Baldwin.
Sharples High School courtesy of James W. Baldwin.
Sharples High School courtesy of James W. Baldwin.
Blair Mountain Road courtesy of Blair, Spruce Fork, Sharples WV Old Family Photos and History Facebook Group.
Blair Mountain Road courtesy of Blair, Spruce Fork, Sharples WV Old Family Photos and History Facebook Group.
William Sandford Browning husband of Elizabeth Mullins Browning of Blair, WV. Father of Ethel, Elma, Chris, and Jack. Chris (Doc) was a school bus driver for Sharples High School. Courtesy of Tom Muncey. 311247
William Sandford Browning husband of Elizabeth Mullins Browning of Blair, WV. Father of Ethel, Elma, Chris, and Jack. Chris (Doc) was a school bus driver for Sharples High School. Courtesy of Tom Muncey. 311247
1948 Sharples, WV - shop men build underground jeep courtesy of Becky Lee Lane. Ref. image 6850.
1948 Sharples, WV - shop men build underground jeep courtesy of Becky Lee Lane. Ref. image 6850.
Sharples, Logan County, WV Sept. 1948 - Shop men build underground jeep courtesy of Becky Lee Lane. Image 6849.
Sharples, Logan County, WV Sept. 1948 - Shop men build underground jeep courtesy of Becky Lee Lane. Image 6849.
Boy Scout camp was in Seng Camp Hollow across from Spruce Grade School and the new Sharples High School. My Father, Richard Wells, was Scoutmaster. IT was called Troop 59 as I remember being a member of it myself for a short while. Clothiers troop was #68 if memory serves me.
My dad grew up in Sharples. His name was Paul Vanover. His parents were George and Harriet Vanover
We heard stories about Vanovers many times. Everybody knew everybody else. A couple generations grew up together.
My grandfather was Roy Lee Gayhart (pictured in the photo of miners on a new coal car). My name is Roy Lee Gayhart II
Roy, do you know his history?
Quite a bit. My uncle, Tom Gayhart had a website about Sharples years ago. It has photos and stories. I see a few of the photos here. I have fond memories visiting Sharples as a kid. Heard many stories about the Burgesses, the Lanes, the Tottens, and many more. My dad, grandfather and grandmother are buried near Madison. Lots of stories about Boone County Coal, and Ethyl where my dad (Paul) and uncle were born.
Roy, your family history goes way back to the 1800s and maybe further. Your name is German, means strong and brave.
My sister traced the Gayhart-May family roots back to Germany. They originally settled in Argilite KY. My gg-grandfather was conscripted by the Kentucky Confederate Army and died a POW in Indianapolis. It was around that time that the name changed from Gearhardt to Gayhart
Thanks for the history. Now Ronnie’s grandchildren can have a visual to go with the stories he and Rex would tell me.
William Sandford Browning was my Great Grandfather, I never met him and my Grandfather Chris/Doc passed away in 1959 when I was a baby. Thank you I enjoyed seeing that picture of my Great Grandfather. I can see my father Carson Browning in his face. My name is John/Jack Browning
I am John Wells and I remember both Chris and his wife Ida, also your dad Carson and mother Helen. I am at 304-778-3260. Where are you these days? Cleveland area still?
Very interesting. Did not remember a Sharples HS even existed(sorry). Wasn’t the Boy Scout Camp right up a hollow from Sharples?!?