19 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Warren
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Appalachia, Billy Hall, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, nature, photos, Rockhouse Fork, West Virginia
Billy Hall Farm, Mouth of Rockhouse Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. 3 December 2016.
19 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Chapmanville, Logan
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Alvis Godby, Appalachia, Chapmanville, Connie Bentley, Dan Cox, Ebb Thompson, Elva Cox, Elva Godby, Eunice Scaggs, genealogy, Hartford Mounts, Henlawson, history, J.D. Price, Jim Pauley, John Addis, Lizzie Sansom, Logan, Logan County, Nelson Bentley, Phico, R.C. Phillips, Ruth Jordan, Shirl Bias, Vanzel Bentley, Vivian Johnson, Walter McNeely, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 12, 1926:
Roses on our shoulders, Slippers on our feet,
We are Phico girls, don’t you think we’re sweet?
We are having some cold weather at this writing.
Shirl Bias was calling on Miss Ruth Jordan Sunday.
Vanzel Bentley was calling on Miss Elva Cox Sunday.
Dan Cox looks very down hearted nowadays. Wonder why?
Walter McNeely of Logan was calling on Miss Connie Bentley Sunday.
M. McNeely of Henlawson was calling on Miss Elva Godby Sunday.
Nelson Bentley had quite a lot of visitors Sunday.
J.D. Price is very ill at this writing.
Ebb Thompson was calling on Miss Vivian Johnson Sunday.
Mr. Jim Pauley was calling on Miss Katie Chapman Sunday.
Wonder why Miss Elva Cox was disappointed Saturday night.
Mrs. Annie Bias was visiting Mrs. Martha Jordan Sunday.
Wonder what has become of Miss Leta Thomas? She has not been seen for some time.
A. Wright was visiting home folks Sunday.
Bobby Hale was calling on Miss Bertha Jordan Sunday.
Wonder what has become of Miss Mary Craddock? She is never seen in our town anymore.
Alvis Godby was calling on Miss Lizzie Sansons Sunday evening.
John Addis was calling on Miss Eunice Scaggs Sunday.
We were sorry to hear of R.C. Phillips losing his white mule. Cheer up, Rube. There are plenty more.
Hartford Mounts seems to enjoy wearing his hip boots.
Daily Happenings:
Ruth had her red hat. Shirl and his new shirt. Vanzel and his overcoat. Elva and her jump jacket. Dan and his new rain coat. Walter and his smiles. Connie going to Cox’s. Markyle anad his blues. Elva and her blue dress. Nelson and his new suit. J.D. and his store. Russell looking down hearted. Sallie keeping house. Wayne and his new cook. Andy and his pictures. Grace and her sweetie. Edgar and his blues. Ebb and his sweetie. Vivian and her beau. Jim and his music. Katie and her wrist watch. Elva Cocks and her curly locks. Annie and her store. Martha and her checked dress. Brook and her chickens. Leta and her hair cut. Almond and his traveling case. Bobby and his smiles. Bertha going to the office. Mary going to school. Alvis and his watch. Lizzie and her hair clasp. John Addis and his girl. Eunice and her sweetie. R.C. Phillips and his white mule.
19 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Hatfield-McCoy Feud
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Appalachia, crafts, Hardy, Hearty Artisan, Herbie Dotson, Jim Hall, Kentucky, photos, Pike County, Pike County Tourism, West Virginia, Williamson, Williamson Daily News
Before Christmas, I visited The Hearty Artisan in Hardy, Kentucky. The Hearty Artisan features locally-crafted items of superior quality. Conveniently located on Highway 319 just outside of Williamson, WV, and situated in Hatfield-McCoy Feud country, the shop is a perfect destination for tourists seeking unique gift items.
Photo submitted. Williamson Daily News, 10 November 2016.
The Hearty Artisan, located at Hardy, KY (just outside of Williamson, WV), offers locally made one-of-a-kind items for sale. For more about the store, follow this link: http://williamsondailynews.com/news/7489/the-hearty-artisan
Carvings by the renowned Jim Hall. Be sure to follow the shop’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theheartyartisan/
Tater Buddies by Jim Hall.
19 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Fourteen, Harts
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Alexander Dalton, Appalachia, Bithenia Estep, Corbin Estep, Elizabeth Dennison Elkins, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, H.H. Hardesty, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, Henry H. Hardesty, history, John Stephens, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Matilda Dalton, Nancy Elkins, Overton Elkins, Richard Elkins, Sylvanus Elkins, West Virginia, William Floyd Elkins, William Overton Elkins
From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for William Floyd Elkins, who resided at Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
Is a son of Overton and Nancy Ferguson (Estep) Elkins, who lived here at the formation of Lincoln county, and he was born in Cabell county, May 2, 1856. December 26, 1872, the Rev. John Stephens joined in wedlock, W.F. Elkins and Sarah, daughter of Alexander and Matilda Farley Dalton. Mrs. Elkins died October 15, 1875, leaving one child, Sylvanus, born October 9, 1873. In Lincoln county, July 13, 1876, Elizabeth Dennison Estep, daughter of Corbin and Bithenia Crocket (Elkins) Estep, became the wife of William Floyd Elkins, and to them one son has been given: William Overton, July 25, 1880. Elizabeth D. Elkins was born in Lawrence county, Kentucky, January 25, 1861, and came to Lincoln county with her parents in 1867. Richard Elkins, great-grandfather of William, came to the mouth of Big Hart creek, in the year 1816, and settled there, raising a large family of children, who are scattered throughout Hart Creek district. William Floyd Elkins is a farmer in this district, owning 45 acres of land on Fourteen-mile creek, 20 acres of which is cultivated. The land is well timbered and coal and iron ore abound quite largely, and there is upon the farm a lead mine, which makes the land more valuable. His post office address is Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 134.
18 Wednesday Jan 2017
Posted in Civil War, Huntington
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actress, Albert Gallatin Jenkins, Alberta Gallatin Jenkins, Appalachia, Cabell County, Columbia, Davis Theatre, Green Bottom, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, J.B. Bowlin, Joseph Jefferson, Mrs. Fiske, Nell Gwynne, Paraguay, Richard Mansfield, St. Louis, T.W. Keene, theater, Uruguay, Virginia Jenkins, West Virginia
Alberta Gallatin Jenkins (1861-1948) was a famous stage actress born at Green Bottom in present-day Cabell County, West Virginia. She was the daughter of Confederate general Albert Gallatin Jenkins. For more on her biography, follow this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Gallatin
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 17 December 1900.
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 20 December 1900. Additional information here: https://warnerssafeblog.wordpress.com/category/alberta-gallatin-1861-1948/
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, December 20, 1900.
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 21 December 1900.
18 Wednesday Jan 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Green Shoal, Huntington, Toney
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Appalachia, Arnold Barker, Bill Thompson, Chapmanville, French Butcher, G.S. Ferrell, genealogy, H.T. Butcher, Harts Creek, history, Huntington, John Sanders, Logan Banner, Logan County, Morgan Garrett, Singer Sewing Machine Company, Toney, Tucker Fry, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 5, 1926:
Arnold Barker spent time last Monday and Tuesday in Huntington on business.
We noticed quite a lot of the Harts Creek boys going down to Huntington the first of the week to see the Hon. G.W. McClintie. Some of them said they did not know just when they would get back.
If we ever incorporate this town our first police is going to be a woman. We know she can make one man be good.
G.S. Ferrell has taken over the contract for grading the lower end of the hard road.
Singing school is getting a good start. It is hard to tell who makes the ugliest faces. At present, it is about a tie between Squire Barker and Morgan Garrett.
Mrs. Mart Bryant who has been quite ill for several days is some better now.
Chin Beard Lucas was dealing in real estate here Monday.
H.T. Butcher, the prohibition man, is attending federal court in Huntington this week.
John Sanders, the truant officer, was in town Tuesday.
Tucker Fry, of Toney, W.Va., was looking after the interest of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., on Tuesday here.
French Butcher says he has decided to make some stump speeches during this campaign.
Bill Thompson has purchased himself a motorcycle.
18 Wednesday Jan 2017
Posted in Huntington
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Appalachia, George W. Atkinson, governors, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, New York Sun, political cartoons, politics, Republican Party, trusts, West Virginia
“Gov. Atkinson and the Trust Octopus,” Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 19 September 1899. For more on Gov. Atkinson, follow this link: http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/308
18 Wednesday Jan 2017
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25th Virginia Regiment, Appalachia, Bethany C. Elkins, civil war, Clarinda Elkins, Confederate Army, Corbin Estep, Darby Kelly Elkins, David J. Estep, Elizabeth D. Elkins, Elizabeth Estep, Emily Elkins, Erlery C. Elkins, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, Harvey Elkins, history, Jim Comstock, Lincoln County, Logan County, Luanna Elkins, Mary Jane Elkins, Miles Elkins, Nancy E. Elkins, Nancy Elkins, Overton Elkins, Pheobe Elkins, Richard Elkins, Shadrack Estep, Susan R. Elkins, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Union Army, Wayne County, West Virginia, William F. Elkins, William O. Estep
From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Overton Elkins, who resided at Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
Is a son of Harvey and Elizabeth D. (May) Elkins, who were living here before the organization of Lincoln county. Overton Elkins was born in what was then Logan county, Virginia, December 20, 1831, and in Wayne county, March 31, 1853, by the Rev. D.K. Elkins, he was joined in marriage with Nancy Estep. She was born in Wayne county, December 25, 1838, and her parents were Corbin and Elizabeth (Davis) Estep. To Mr. and Mrs. Elkins ten children have been given: William F., born May 2, 1856; Pheribe E., May 1, 1858; Clarinda, March 18, 1860; Mary Jane, June 29, 1862; Luanna, May 30, 1864; Nancy E., March 18, 1866; Bethany C., March 9, 1868, died February 26, 1879; Emily, September 23, 1870; Erlery C., June 25, 1872; Susan R., August 10, 1877. Miles Elkins, brother of Overton, was in the late war, and served from the commencement until the close, and came home without a scar. Shadrack Estep, brother of Mrs. Elkins, served in the Confederate ranks in the war of 1861, and David J. and William O., also her brothers, were in the Federal army, 25th Virginia Regiment. William O. died soon after the close of the war from illness brought on during the service. Richard Elkins, grandfather of Overton, built the first cabin in Hart Creek district, (now) Lincoln county, about the year 1816, when Harvey, Overton’s father, was but fifteen years of age. Darby H., brother of Harvey, at the age of nine years killed a panther with a pocket knife and the assistance of his dogs. The animal measured nearly nine feet from the nose to the tip of the tail. Mr. Elkins’ mother was born January 10, 1800, and at the date of this writing (July 25, 1883) she can walk twenty miles a day. Overton Elkins is a farmer in Hart Creek district, owning 100 acres of land on Fourteen-mile creek of Guyandotte river, 30 acres under cultivation. His farm is rich and very productive, contains coal, some lead and fine building stone.
Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 133.
13 Friday Jan 2017
Posted in Huntington
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Appalachia, Buckskin Bill, Cabell County, Crigler's Famous Cowboy Band, Harry Crigler, history, Huntington, West Virginia, Wild West Show
Buckskin Bill’s Wild West arrives in Huntington, WV!
Buckskin Bill
Source: Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 6 July 1900.
13 Friday Jan 2017
Posted in Chapmanville
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Albert Estep, Appalachia, C&O Railroad, Cabin Creek, Chapmanville, Charleston, Frank Ballard, Gordon Lilly, history, Holiness Church, J.H. Tanner, Kaylor Butcher, Ku Klux Klan, Logan Banner, Logan County, S.T. Perry, singing schools, Sons of Rest, Squire Sol Adams, Stollings, United Fuel Gas Company, Walka Talka Gas Company, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on February 26, 1926:
Squire Lowe and Squire Adams were both in town Saturday dealing out justice to all litigants that wanted to be heard.
On last Sunday evening both churches here were visited by a large delegation of Klansmen in full regalia who left a nice donation at each church for the ministers. The ministers said at each place if the Klansmen did not save the country it was gone.
Our genial C. & O. operator here sure does love the fair sex.
S.T. Perry has moved his family from this place to Charleston, his work being on Cabin Creek.
Singing school next Sunday starts at the Holiness Church. Albert Estep will be the teacher. Everybody come.
J.H. Tanner who has been field manager here for the United Fuel Gas Co., for some time has accepted a position as superintendent for the Walka Talka Gas Co., which will necessitate his moving his family to Stollings.
Frank Ballard is still working at his same job.
Kaylor Butcher has been made past Grand Chief of the Sons of Rest.
Uncle Gordon Lilly has returned to town after an absence of several days.
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