By Pam Brennan When I was in the 9th grade in 1977, we had a massive snowstorm that kept us out of school for most of January and February. It started off as a typical school year, just going to school day after day. It had been years since we had a snow day off […]
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Submitted by Pam Brennan. Switzer Grade School Class Photos. Evangeline Salyers is 4th on the bottom from the left. Evangeline Salyers is 1st on the bottom from the left. If you can help identify anyone in these photos, please leave a comment or contact the admin. Photos get lost and destroyed for many reasons. By contributing
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By Pam Brennan When I was about 15 and Sis was around 10 we decided to go out in my brothers boat. This is something that we were expressly forbidden to do under any circumstances. We sneaked down to the river giggling the whole way and as quietly as possible put the boat into the
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The one cemetery at Peach Creek is called the McDonald Cemetery but there’s also a McDonald Cemetery at Crooked Creek. Also at Crooked Creek is the Hainor Cemetery and the Whitman Cemetery. The Hainor Cemetery is located on the left side of Crooked Creek Road just past Casswell Pines Road. The other McDonald Cemetery is located
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Logan County Tidbits of History and Facts This page is a collection of short (only a paragraph or so) tidbits of facts and history about Logan County too small to post in a separate page. To contribute a bit of information or history about Logan County, please use the Contact Page or submit it via
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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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