Logan High School almost missed being on the island

By Dwight Williamson One doesn’t have to be in downtown Logan to understand that the past is something that should not only be understood, but also appreciated for what transpired decades ago that could have changed all of what we identify with today. Sound confusing? Allow me to simplify the statement in an example. What […]

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Chauncey

This is a collection of photos of Chauncey, WV. You can help preserve a bit of Logan County history by sharing your vintage photos with us. To share a photo, please send 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

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Early Logan County was a ‘mess’

By Dwight Williamson The July 23rd 1929 edition of The Logan Banner proclaimed that 10,000 or more people had attended the third annual reunion of the Devil Anse Hatfield clan near the old home place on upper Island Creek. The Banner reported that “Hatfield’s, their kinsmen, neighbors and friends” all gathered in a great celebration.

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Life was more free when tram roads crossed the mountains

By Dwight Williamson I was just a young kid who sometimes rode on a Trailways bus to town with my mother, but I can recall the lines of people waiting to get into movie theaters. And I remember vividly the fish tanks in the back of the “dime store,” as well as the humongous pair

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Logan Court House Elm

Court House Elm is Slowly Dying Logan Banner, 14 April 1922 The old elm that has stood on the western end of the court house plaza has given evidence that it is about ready to give up the ghost and pass away. Efforts have been made this week to water the roots and otherwise assist

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The murder of Mamie Thurman remains a mystery

By Dwight Williamson “Let he who is without sin be the one to cast the first stone.” Those were the words of Jesus of Nazareth, according to the Bible, and those also were practically the only words delivered by Rev. B.C. Gamble during the 1932 church services of Mamie Thurman at Nighbert Memorial Church in

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Obituary For Ronald Charles McCormick

Ronald Charles McCormick of Steger, Illinois, born July 10, 1933 at Monitor WV, transcended this life on May 12, 2021. Ronald was the son of  the late Clovis and Virginia McCormack of Cherry Tree.  Celebration of Life for Ronald to be held in meeting room at the Chief Logan Lodge on July 16 at 10:00. 

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Cherry Tree Golden Gloves Boy

A celebration of the life of Ronald Charles McCormick July 10, 1933 – May 2, 2021. From the perspective of his brother. The beginning? Well, a young coal miner from KY by the name of Clovis had taken a job with the Monitor Coal and Coke Company. Boarding at the company clubhouse, he would frequently

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