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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A large photo collection of Cherry Tree Bottom and its residents from many sources. Submission of pictures is welcome – especially depicting Cherry Tree of the 1930s -1960s. 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
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By Pam Brennan (1962-2015) Steve Thompson Witnessed the Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster First Hand. He lives in my building. We have had a couple of conversations since he moved in and that is how I found out he was from Logan, more specifically, Man, West Virginia. Today is the 40th anniversary of the dam bursting which
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By Pam Brennan I remember my Pepaw Brennan coming home from the mines and being black as night from head to toe except for the whites of his eyes and his teeth. I was terrified! He would flash those pearly whites at me and I would run screaming in the other direction. I was so
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Photos of the headstones at the Mounts Cemetery at Mud Fork in Logan County, West Virginia.
The Historic Old City Cemetery The old City Cemetery on High Street is the most historic cemetery in Logan County. Henry Clay Ragland and many other of the town’s early prominent citizens are buried here. No one knows who and when the first person was buried here. So it’s hard to determine its age but
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By Dave Holland Benjamin Otto Holland and his younger brother, Bruce Leonard Holland were prominent businessmen & politicians from Aracoma (now Logan – changed in 19071) in the 1890’s and early 1900’s. Benjamin Otto Holland (B.O. Holland) was born 9 Mar 1867 in Monongalia County, WV to William S. & Agnes Jane Selby Holland. On
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