Company I, 2nd Infantry, WV Army National Guard List (1912-15)

By Bob Piros This is a 1912-15 listing of Company I, 2nd Infantry, WV Army National Guard. All of this info was taken from records at familysearch.org & findagrave.com. All of these men served as guards in 1912 at Paint Creek for 3 days. Many of them fought in WW I. The link below will […]

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Logan County Courthouse 1875-1905

Courthouse photo taken in 1903 Logan Banner, Moments in History by Bob Spence. Shown at the right of today’s column is the courthouse built in Logan in the 1870s and torn down in 1905. This photograph is on loan from Ronna McClure and many thanks and appreciations are extended to her. It is remarkable for

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The Zekanys of Logan County

This article was originally published in the Fall 1991 edition of the Goldenseal Magazine. It is published here with their permission and our special thanks. Grandma and Grandpa Zekany Growing Up Hungarian in Logan County By Donna Jean Rittenhouse Donna Jean Rittenhouse grew up largely in the Logan County household of her Hungarian-born grandparents, Alexander

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U. M. W. of A. in Logan County

by Melvin Triola Published in 1952 The United Mine Workers of America attempted to organize the Logan field in 1921.  Their organizing campaign was halted on Blair Mountain at that time by the organized effort of the coal operators in Logan County, with which everyone is familiar. After being unsuccessful in this campaign, they did

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The murderous ’30s

By Dwight Williamson Some readers may recall the story of Logan Police Chief Roy Knotts being gunned down in 1930 at the Smokehouse restaurant in Logan by Enoch Scaggs, who put five bullets into the man who was on his first day of work. Despite several eyewitnesses to the killing, the plan was for Scaggs

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Recollections of old stores and “filling” stations

By Dwight Williamson There certainly was no Walmart, but there once were many stores in Logan County, some of which even doubled as what was known as “filling stations.” On a smaller scale, I suppose one could compare those stations to today’s Speedways or 7-11 stores; the difference being a mechanic usually available. Younger folks

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