By Renea Bennett The Hinchmans where very sweet down to earth people, Mrs. Hinchman used to have a Hat Shop and made hats and Mr. Hinchman was Feather Weight Golden Glove Boxer when he was young and he had a small photo of himself as a boxer on the mantel in the Family room (common room) […]
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This post was originally published at www.AppalachianHistory.net and is reprinted here with permission and our special thanks. Logan teacher sells $50,000 of War Bonds, wins contest Posted by Dave Tabler | October 13, 2011 In October of 1951, 27 year-old Marjorie Ramsey of Logan, WV won a statewide US Defense Department Bond Selling Contest for schoolteachers. During
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Henlawson, Logan County, WV Henlawson is rumored to have been named for Henry Lawson (see comment) who owned lots of land in the area. The Henlawson post office was established May 24, 1910. Merrill Coal Mines opened its Merrill Mine here in 1921 and built approximately 84 homes to house its miners. Its company store
Cherry Tree – The Early Years and Beyond By Eddie Atkins 3/12/2003 My Dad, Edward L. Atkins, Sr, was one of the first land owners in Cherry Tree when in about the year 1905 he, along with a land developer from Wise County Virginia named W P Henritze came to Logan by way of the
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Gay Coal & Coke Company History of West Virginia, Old and New and West Virginia Biography Volume II Biographical, Page 236-37 The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York Published 1923 (Public Domain) HARRY S. GAY, Jr. Some of the most extensive operations in the Logan County field are conducted by the Gay Coal
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By Pam Brennan We were the first group of girls to play Miss Softball America in Logan, County. We were able to play because of the tireless efforts of Bea Orr to bring sports to the girls who lived in Logan. Every year she would hold a meeting with us to see if we still
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Monitor, WV (Post Office, Wilkinson, WV) The Monitor Coal and Coke company was opened by 1906 according to the displayed letter for Roscoe Thornbury. Company offices were at Monitor # 1 in a large stone building beside the railroad track. The other two Monitor company mines were number two (2) and number three (3).
Henry Clay Ragland (May 7, 1844 – May 1, 1911) was the founder and first editor of the Logan Banner. He transported his printing press equipment up the Guyandotte River on flatboat and published the first edition of the Banner on March 7, 1888. Ragland was also a Civil War Veteran. He served in the Confederate
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Source: 1952 Centennial Program Booklet – Page 80 & 81, Published by the City of Logan, WV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE IN LOGAN COUNTY By Dr. H. H. Farley and Dr. L. E. Steele The history of medicine in Logan county can be classified in three divisions—the home remedy, the first doctors and the first
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Pocahontas, my most treasured ancestor (Matoaka) 1595-1614 Daughter of Chief Powhatan Wife of John W Rolf Mother of Thomas Bolling Robert McCormack’s Pedigree Chart More links about my family: A Soldier’s Letters Carter County, KY Fire Tragedy & Ballad Love Letters to a Coal Miner’s Daughter Monitor, WV My Genealogy Photo Gallery
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