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

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Logan Court House Elm

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Sharples, WV

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The murder of Mamie Thurman remains a mystery

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Stirrat

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Obituary For Ronald Charles McCormick

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Cherry Tree Golden Gloves Boy

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1952 Logan, WV

Midelburg Island

By Robert McCormack Long before many of us experienced attending the new high school on Midelburg Island beginning in 1957, the island served as Logan’s playground: Ballfields, carnivals, circuses, site of the outdoor drama, “The Aracoma Story,” horseback riding, and tent revivals. I’m reminded of three Logan Junior High Band members from Cherry Tree who

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The Ammar Brothers

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