My mom, Elsie Szakal, was born October 25, 1918 at Rawl, WV and passed away on November 7, 1999 at Salem, Virginia. She lived in Cherry Tree for a good part of her life. Elsie Szakal drove Logan County School bus number 50 for 36 years beginning in 1952 and ending in 1989 when she […]
By Joe Piros, Junior Growing up in CT always felt safe for me & all the people I came in contact with were always kind to me. This started even before my family moved there because I had an Aunt and Uncle who live in upper CT across from the Bush Esso station & next
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Documents and Pictures regarding Steve Tarkany’s U. S. Army Service Submitted by his nephew, Joe Piros, Jr. November 7&8, 1943– The 94th Division moved to Camp Forrest near Tullahoma, TN for three short weeks. This is where all the troops from 1941 to 1945 trained in preparation for the D-Day invasion. This was known as the
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Selected Logan County, West Virginia videos found on YouTube and Facebook.
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JB Ellis Memories JB Ellis . . . the name stirs up all kinds of memories for me. My mother, Virginia McCormack, taught first and second grades there for many years. Looking back, I think her tenure at JB Ellis was the happiest of her long teaching career in Logan County Schools. The teachers were
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Logan County, WV Vintage Photo Contest. 1st place, $300, 2nd place, $200. Contest ends December 31st, 2012.
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Versions of Carter County Fire Ballad Compiled by Robert E. McCormack Two little Girls Come All Ye Tender Hearted The Fire Tragedy Come All You Tender Hearted Saturday February 21, 2004 My name is Robert E. McCormack. I will share 4 versions of this heart-rending ballad and introduce each one of them. For an introduction,
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Love Letters to a Coal Miner’s Daughter The Nathan Jones and the Scott Taylor families were close neighbors in the coal camp of Monitor # 3 (Wilkinson) in Logan County West Virginia. Elizabeth Taylor and Johnny Jones were childhood sweethearts. Through these letters you will notice interaction between the two families — especially between Elizabeth
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World War I Letters written by Alonzo C Taylor to his sister, Elizabeth Taylor. Transcribed by Robert E. McCormack, May 26, 2006. An attempt was made to transcribe as accurately as possible and to retain Clyde’s original spelling– editing with punctuation was done when necessary to end sentences. Letters are in chronological order to give
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The Cherry Tree Grade School was built in 1917. It was torn down when the boulevard was built in 1956. If anyone has any Cherry Tree School photos, please share them with us. A large photo collection of Cherry Tree Bottom and its residents from many sources. Submission of pictures is welcome – especially depicting
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