Our Day In The Sun by Carole ‘Mickey’ Lambert This is Our Day In The Sun For decades our families worked below the earth Mining day after day for chunks of shiny, black diamonds. To put food on the table and a roof over their heads. Our brothers, fathers, grandfathers, uncles and cousins. Worked in […]
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On April 5, 2010 29 coal miners lost their lives at the Upper Big Branch Mine at Montcoal in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Below are two heartbreaking videos about the men that lost their lives in this tragic mine disaster. Slideshow memorial to 29 miners killed at Montcoal. [youtube https://youtu.be/6tl67Dnhl8E&w=640&h=385] A Tribute To the Miners
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HATFIELD PIONEERS By Coleman A. Hatfield Foreword by Dr. Coleman C. Hatfield (1927-2008): “My father, Coleman A. Hatfield, the son of Cap Hatfield, spent the majority of his adult life researching Hatfield and McCoy feud history. Besides being a Logan attorney, he was a gifted writer and researcher in his own right. He kept meticulous
White Addition is named after the Elijah (Eli) White family who had a farm there. He and many family members are buried at the family cemetery on the hillside. The cherry trees whereby Cherry Tree got its name were probably planted by Eli. Until the early 1950s, there were cherry trees at the lower end
Submitted by: Carla Haslam Herkner This WWII Bomber with the Logan County, West Virginia nose art was one of my Dad’s, John Haslam, cherished pictures. I cannot say for sure who the pilot was. The only definite Navy pilot I know of is Dad’s good friend, Bill Denney. However, Bill was born and raised in South Charleston,
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Submitted by: Carla Haslam Herkner I really appreciate seeing the Logan website. I was born in Logan, and I lived there for the first three years of my life. I have always counted on Logan and West Virginia, in general, as my home. I am especially grateful to my parents for being dedicated to returning to
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Submitted by: Carla Haslam Herkner I was born at Logan General Hospital in 1949. At that time and until about 1951, my parents and I lived in an apartment located in the Capital movie theater building. That is why you see pictures of me playing on a rooftop. That is the rooftop of the
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Leave a Comment Old Home Place Harts Creek, WV These are photos of my grandmother, Myrtle Adams Thompson at Harts Creek in Logan County. I’ve always loved these old photos. The first one reminds me of an old Currier and Ives American Farm scene lithograph. Looking at these old photos, one would probably think that
The more time goes by, the more it seems we try to hold onto the past. They say you can never go back but it’s nice to touch a piece of the past again. One of my fondest childhood memories is of the merry-go-round at the Justice Grade School. While visiting Logan one weekend in
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