Letters from the Logan County Vietnam Honor Roll Postcard sent to me by Aubrey Lee Spry from Dongbathein THE 1965 LOGAN HONOR ROLL Pfc Herman R. Adkins Ronald P. Barker USS Savage A/2C Lawrence A. Bird Sp/4 Ellis R. Blevins A/1C Harvey C. Brewster Capt. R. L. Brown Sp/4 Curtis R. Browning Pfc John L. […]
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Joni Terrio designed the banner WELCOME HOME!!! THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO ALL VIETNAM VETERANS GOODBYE MY DARLIN’ HELLO VIETNAM written by: Tom T. Hall – ca 1964 Recorded by: Johnny Wright, husband of Country Music singer Kitty Wells Kiss me goodbye and write me when you can. Goodbye my darlin’, hello Vietnam. America
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MAMIE THURMAN MURDER IN LOGAN COUNTY The taking of another’s life is a monstrous act indeed. The violence of a murder has creepy vines that bind. It kills a part of everyone involved. After more than eighty years when the night winds wail, people still claim Mamie Thurman walks the hills on 22 Mountain near
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Mamie Thurman The trial of Clarence Stephenson began on Monday, September the tenth in Logan’s stately old courthouse. It was estimated that nearly one-thousand curious people crowded their way into the public gallery, the balcony, and even lined up in the hallways. Still, others waited outside hoping for a chance to get inside the door.
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Originally posted on March 23, 2011 Logan County is located on the Guyandotte River, and nestled in the Appalachian Mountains with an elevation of six-hundred and sixty-two feet. Logan County was once called “The Billion Dollar Coal Fields.” Those days have vanished just like the coal camps where we once lived. On this page, I
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May, 1958 – 24 trapped miners rescued from a flooded Logan, West Virginia mine.
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This is a story of a 1945 murder on Band Mill Hollow Road in Logan County, West Virginia.
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Submitted by: Frank Adams Source: 1952 Centennial Program Booklet, Published by the City of Logan, WV. FARMING AND HOMESTEADS By Mrs. Florence Peck Adams Beginning back in 1880, I remember Logan county as a very barren place to live. We lived some distance apart and did not visit very often. Most of the homes were
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Source: LOGAN COUNTY SURVEY BOOKS, (Books A & B, holding the oldest survey records LOGAN COUNTY COURT HOUSE LOGAN, WEST VIRGINIA Some text did not photocopy well due to the size of the books (HUGE!!!) and the size of the copier (normal) and the fact that the book was VERY thick and some of the
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“Family gives us a boost as we reach for the stars” Beth Mende Conny THE DILLON FAMILY Descendants of Samuel Dillon 1758/60-1836 with Massie connections My Dillon ancestory begins with Rebecca Dillon 1825-. Most of my Dillon information has been generously given to me by newly found cousins during my Massie research. Many thanks go
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