Gay Coal and Coke Company

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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The Island, Logan WV

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Monitor, WV

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).

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Henry Clay Ragland

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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The Development of Medicine In Logan County

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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Genealogy of Robert McCormack

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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Don Chafin

The History of West Virginia, Old and New and West Virginia Biography Volume II Biographical, Page 579 The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York Published 1923 DON CHAFIN. Logan County’s best-known citizen is Don Chafin, businessman and public official. His abilities have given him an unusual sphere of usefulness from early boyhood. He has taught school,

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Cherry Tree Gallery

Leave a Comment You can help preserve a bit of our Cherry Tree memories by sharing your vintage photos with us. To share a photo, please email it to the admin at loganwv.us@gmail.com. Please note that you must own the photo you are submitting or ensure that no one has a copyright claim on it.

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1964 Logan High School

School Photos and Yearbooks

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Holden, WV

Always Home, West Virginia

By Judi Clark (2003) In the year of 1952, while working in the coalmines of Logan County, West Virginia, Bill Clark made what he later referred to as a monumental decision that would change the paths he and his young family would take. Concerned for the future of his sons if he remained in Holden

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