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Logan Court House, Logan (WV) Banner, 8 October 1926.
31 Monday Jul 2017
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Logan Court House, Logan (WV) Banner, 8 October 1926.
31 Monday Jul 2017
Posted Logan
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The Logan Banner, formerly the Logan County Banner, is the primary newspaper serving Logan County, West Virginia, and surrounding areas. The first issue of the Banner appeared in 1889 under the editorship of Henry Clay Ragland. Its history serves as an item of interest.
Logan Banner, 26 June 1914
Every name on the combined Banner and Republican lists–paid and not paid–will receive a copy of this week’s “25th-year Souvenir Edition,” also some sample copies are mailed. This is our last invitation, and your last chance to get Dean’s Logan Banner at $1 a year; it goes up to $1.50 a year in advance next issue, and will never come down while the present owner edits it. A blank coupon for remittance will be found below; better send your name and a dollar NOW. All subscribers in arrears will be cut off July 3rd, the date of next issue.
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Logan Banner, 14 August 1914
Incorporated
A certificate of incorporation has been issued to The Logan Banner Co., to conduct a publishing business at Logan. It has an authorized capital of $10,000, and its incorporators are E.T. England, Ira P. Hager, O.J. Deegan, John M. Perry, Naaman Jackson, W.C. Lawrence, Jr., and J.C. Smith, all of Logan.
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Logan Banner, 14 August 1914
To the Public:
The Logan Banner has lately changed hands. The new editor will have charge in a few days. The future policy of this newspaper will then be stated. Suffice it to say that the paper will advocate all that pertains to civic righteousness and civic betterment.
The owners believe, as every one should believe, who lives within the confines of Logan county, that progress is the result of the acts of a progressive people, and that Logan county is made up of people who believe that to progress is to succeed, hence the unparalleled development of our county.
The Logan Banner will do all that lies in its power to foster each and everything that has a tendency to develop and uplift the county. In short, the ultimate object will be a greater Logan, city and county.
O.J. Deegan
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Logan Banner, 21 August 1914
A Word to Our Readers
The Logan Banner, under new auspices, will be published as usual at the same place and at the old subscription price of one dollar per year. It is the ultimate object of the publishers to make The Banner purely a local newspaper, and with this aim in view, will welcome news from every part of the city and county.
We believe that the merchants of Logan will realize the value of The Banner since it is going into every nook and corner of Logan county, and will use it as a medium through which to express themselves to their many customers. While we do not see at this time the name of many local firms among our advertising customers, we believe that such condition will not long exist, especially so since there is not a merchant in the city of Logan who does not greatly appreciate each and every one of his patrons regardless of those patrons’ party affiliations.
There are among the readers of The Banner many from every party represented in the county. There is not an institution in Logan that is not patronized by people affiliated with every party here; therefore we lay claim to the fact that The Logan Banner is entitled to much of the advertising in which the merchants of Logan county participate, and by merit alone do we expect to prove our assertions. We will also please you with our job work; we will allow no alternative to this latter.
Come in and see us; you are welcome.
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Logan Banner, 4 September 1914 (originally published in the McDowell Recorder)
Changed Hands
The Logan Banner has again changed hands. For two weeks it has had the same salutatory, but we guess it is only gathering wind for its sails.
We certainly wish the new management abundant success, and that with sledge-hammer blows it will smash up the old bourbon democracy of that county.
If the new management cannot install a linotype, it should, by all means, employ a boy who can each week set at least a column or two of real live matter. Don’t catch the grouch that affected Brother Dean.
21 Friday Jul 2017
Posted Logan
inLogan (WV) Banner, 5 October 1926.
21 Friday Jul 2017
Posted Atenville, Big Creek, Chapmanville, Hamlin, Harts, Huntington, Logan, Whirlwind
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An unknown correspondent from Harts in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on January 14, 1927:
After all the sadness and sorrow Harts has mingled back again.
Mrs. Ward Brumfield met the county court in Hamlin Monday to be appointed Ward Brumfield’s administrator.
Mrs. Charles Brumfield is looking after business matters in Logan this week.
Miss Cora Adkins spent Saturday in Huntington.
Herbert Adkins was a business caller in Huntington Monday.
Mrs. Hollena Ferguson spent several days in Logan visiting friends.
Hawkins Perry is our new operator here this week.
Mrs. Toney Johnson from New Orleans is here visiting her mother, Mrs. Chas. Brumfield.
Wonder why Dr. Ferrell of Chapmanville is so interested in Harts now?
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas McComas spent Saturday and Sunday in Huntington.
Mrs. Beatrice Adkins from West Fork was in Harts Saturday.
Miss Jessie Brumfield is progressing nicely with her school at Atenville now.
Bill Adkins will leave here soon for Valparaiso, Indiana where he will be engaged in school for some time.
Mrs. Jeff Mullins of Big Creek spent Saturday visiting relatives here.
Robert Dingess of Whirlwind was a business caller in this town Monday.
Robert and Joe Brumfield are looking after business matters in Logan this week.
Fisher B. Adkins was in Hamlin Monday looking after his contest which will come off the March term of court.
Mrs. Herbert Adkins has purchased a fine radio.
Tom Brumfield seems to be very much pleased these days. Wonder why? Guess the wedding bells will ring soon.
Bill Adkins from Coal Branch City was in town Monday.
20 Thursday Jul 2017
Posted Big Harts Creek, Halcyon
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Appalachia, crime, Doc Workman, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, photos, true crime, West Virginia, Workman Fork
Doc Workman (1893-1956) lived and died here on Workman Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV.
19 Wednesday Jul 2017
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This entry compiles information relating to the Battle or Skirmish at Curry Farm, which occurred as part of the War Between the States in May of 1864 at Hamlin in present-day Lincoln County, WV. It is a working entry and will be updated based on the discovery of new information.
On May 29, 1864, Confederates commanded by Captain John L. Chapman of Company B, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, attacked a detachment of the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry, Company G, commanded by 1st Lt. John W. Harshbarger at Curry Farm near Hamlin in present-day Lincoln County. H.H. Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia, compiled in c.1883, provides the only known account of the battle: “The Federals had marched from Hurricane Bridge and were proceeding up Mud river when they were fired upon by the Confederates, who were concealed on the opposite side of the river. The Federal commander at once ordered a charge and the Confederates retreated without loss. The Federals had one killed, a man named Mathias Kayler from Raleigh county, and two wounded — one being Isaac Jackson, who was shot through the left arm; and another, a member of Company K” (98-99).
Prior to the battle, on May 10, 1864, Capt. John Chapman had been sent with a detachment of dismounted men from the area of Russell County, Virginia, into Cabell and Logan counties “to gather up absentees and deserters from the 34th Battalion” (Cole, 80). Capt. Chapman had been wounded in action at Brandy Station, Virginia, on August 14, 1863 and at Blountsville, Tennessee, on March 10, 1864 (Cole, 147).
Isaac Jackson, one of the two Union soldiers wounded at Curry Farm, was a private in Company G, 3rd WV Cavalry, formerly commanded by Captain John S. Witcher (who had been promoted to major in April 1864). Hardesty cites Mr. Jackson as “wounded in action at Currys Farm, May 29, 1864” (98). Following the battle, on July 6, 1864, 1st Lt. Harshbarger was promoted to captain of Company G. On December 7, 1864, an Adjutant General’s Report shows Company G, 3rd WV Cavalry, stationed near Winchester, VA. The muster roll shows 108 names, citing Private Isaac Jackson as “Wounded in skirmish, May 5, 1864. In hospital since this date.” (Note how this record provides a different date of his wounding from the date provided by Hardesty, who compiled his history about 1881.) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvwayne/roster3G.htm
Curry Farm, according to Hardesty, was located 1/4 mile above Hamlin (Hardesty, 90, 98).
The West Virginia Division of Culture and History has recently erected this historical marker on Curry Farm. 12 November 2017. Photo by Mom.
Capt. John Chapman left Cabell and Logan counties and rejoined the 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry in the vicinity of Pound Gap, Virginia, by the end of June 1864 (Cole, 82).
Capt. John W. Harshbarger (1836-1909) is buried here: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35761174
Selected Sources:
Scott C. Cole, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1993) 80, 82, 121, 147.
Michael Graham, The Coal River Valley in the Civil War (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2014) 150-151.
Some modern writers have misunderstood the Battle of Curry Farm as occurring at the Curry farm located four miles north of Hamlin on Big Buffalo Creek, near Hamlin Chapel (later Curry Chapel). Hamlin Chapel is important for the role it played in the creation of Lincoln County in 1867. “The first meeting of the Board of Supervisors was held on the 11th day of March, 1867, in what was known as Hamlin chapel, an old church which stood on the Curry farm, about one-fourth of a mile above the present county seat. There were present: William C. Mahone, of Carroll District; John Scites, of Sheridan, and William A. Holstein, of Duval. W. C. Mahone was made president, and Benjamin F. Curry, clerk, the latter giving bond in the penalty of $2000, with James A. Holly and Jeremiah Witcher as his securities. It was then ordered that the Board of Supervisors have the White Hall, a Southern Methodist church one-fourth of a mile below where the county seat now stands arranged for holding the courts until the proper buildings could be erected, George A. Holton and a majority of the trustees consenting thereto” (Hardesty, 90-91). Curry Chapel no longer stands but its former location can be found near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 3/11 above the mouth of Straight Fork of Big Buffalo Creek.
Curry Chapel Cemetery, 18 July 2017. The battle did not occur here.
Granville Curry grave, 18 July 2017. Photo by Mom. The battle did not occur here.
Curry Chapel Cemetery, north of Hamlin. The battle did not occur here. Instead, it occurred just to the left of the [3] in the above map.
19 Wednesday Jul 2017
Posted Culture of Honor, Logan
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Logan (WV) Banner, 30 October 1914.
19 Wednesday Jul 2017
Posted Big Harts Creek, Holden, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, Charles Curry, cholera, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Holden, Isaac Fry, Joe Blaine, John Workman, Logan Banner, Logan County, Luke Curry, McCloud School, miller, Rum Creek, Sol Riddle, Vinson Collins, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Will Farley
An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on December 18, 1914:
We are glad to note that our people are busy, happy and peaceful in these parts.
Will Farley has added a new industry to our town, a gasoline grist mill.
Our drummer, Sol Riddle, has just returned from a trip through his territory.
Revs. Adams and Fry preached at Head of Heart last Sunday.
Mrs. Vinson Collins is very ill at this writing.
Joe Blaine has moved from this place to Holden.
Forest fires are very frequent here of late.
Rev. Charley Curry was elected pastor of the church at McCloud school house recently.
Revs. Border and Vance will preach at McCloud school house the second Sunday.
Luke Curry has returned home from Rum, where he has been working for some time.
Cholera has been raging among the hogs in this vicinity. Several people have lost hogs.
John Workman will move back to his farm in the spring, he says.
Good luck to The Banner and a happy Xmas to its readers.
17 Monday Jul 2017
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Logan (WV) Banner, 26 June 1914.
17 Monday Jul 2017
Posted Big Harts Creek, Dingess, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, baseball, Bible school, Breeden, Buck Fork, Bulwark, Burlie Riddle, Charles Curry, Charleston, croup, David Tomblin, Dora Workman, Earsel Farley, Ethel Chafin, gambling, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Jacob Alperin, James Baisden, James Mullins, John M. Adams, Julia Mullins, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mamie Adkins, McCloud School, merchant, Mingo County, Mose Tomblin Jr., Naaman Borders, Roxie Mullins, Thomas Carter, Tom Smith, W.J. Bachtel, Wayne, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Will Farley
An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 14, 1914:
Forest fires have done considerable damage in this section recently.
Drs. Carter and Ratcliff were Whirlwind visitors one day the first of the week.
Mrs. James Baisden of Dingess died at her home Thursday, November 12th.
Miss Burlie Riddle was shopping at this place on Tuesday last.
Misses Julia and Roxie Mullins were Whirlwind visitors one day this week.
Miss Mamie Adkins was visiting at Uncle Tom Smith’s Friday.
W.J. Bachtel transacted business in Mingo county the first of the week.
T.J. Carter is on the sick list at this writing.
Mrs. David Tomblin of Buck Fork was here Wednesday.
J.M. Adams transacted business at Whirlwind Friday of last week.
Mose Tomblin, Jr., made a business trip to Bulwark Friday.
Jacob Alperin of Charleston was here on business one day recently.
Rev. N. Barber returned Sunday from a business trip to Mingo county.
Miss Ethel Chaffin of Wayne is visiting Naaman Borders at this place.
Little Earsel, the five-year-old child of Will Farley, took the croup last Saturday and died in a few hours. The bereaved ones have our sympathy.
Miss Dora Workman of this place visited relatives at Breeding last week.
The schools of this place taught by Mr. and Mrs. Borders are progressing nicely.
James Mullins, our prominent merchant, bought a fine span of mules recently.
Revs. Vance, Curry, and Border preached at McCloud school house Sunday.
The folks on Buck Fork have organized a Bible school, which all the folks are invited to take a part. That begins to look like the good people of that place are moving in the right way. If all our neighbors would do the same, our young men would find it even more interesting that the disgraceful card table or Sunday baseball. And I am sure it would do more to elevate our country. People are going to engage in something on Sunday, if it is things that are sinful. So let us interest them in something that is elevating and has a wholesome moral uplift. Where we have a Bible school or Sunday school we have a sort of round table in which all may have a say in the subject. There are a thousand and one things that are intensely interesting in the Good Old Book that many educated people are wholly ignorant of, and I am surprised to see so few school teachers that take such little interest in these things. How long will things be thus?
Now that the election is over and the lucky ones are happy and the unlucky ones have bid their loved ones at home goodbye and are on their way up the hated Salt River we wish the dear fellows all a safe voyage.
‘Lasses makin’ is over and the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
15 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted Logan
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Fred B. Lambert Papers, Special Collections Department, James E. Morrow Library, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
Logan (WV) Banner, 25 September 1903.
Logan (WV) Banner, 25 September 1903.
15 Saturday Jul 2017
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Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902) was a Pennsylvania-born writer who lived briefly in present-day Logan, WV, before the Civil War. At one time, many Loganites believed he wrote his famous work titled “Ben Bolt” while a resident of Logan, then called Aracoma. For more information about his biography, follow this link: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2205
The following story appeared in the Logan Banner on November 23, 1926:
“Logan gains quite a bit of notoriety from the fact that the song ‘Ben Bolt’ was written here,” said G.T. Swain in his short history of Logan county, published in 1916. Dr. English wrote “Ben Bolt” for the New York Mirror about 10 years before he ever came to Logan. So here explodeth another nice literary myth–if a myth concerning “Ben Bolt” may be called a literary one. They even tell how Dr. English laid aside his law and medicine practice, his novel writing, and his duties as assistant postmaster and politician and dreamily to go to the shades of certain elm trees overlooking the Guyandotte and there wrote the poem to a sweetheart of other days. The truth is that English wrote the poem while in the east at the request of “The Mirror” and while trying to compose a sea song he suddenly hit upon the sentimental mood and dashed it off, tacking the first four lines of the sea song-in-the-making onto the one in question. He sent it to the editor and told him the story and remarked that if it was not worth using to burn it. It was always a matter of chagrin to Dr. English that it was the best received piece he ever wrote and his prestige in congress was largely due to his fame from the song.
“For information relating to Dr. English we are indebted to Mrs. Vicie Nighbert, who gave us the information as told to her by her mother, and to Mr. Bryan [who] was personally acquainted [with English, now in his] 80th year and living at present in Straton street,” said Mr. Swain. “Mr. Bryan was personally acquainted with Dr. English, having at one time been postmaster of the town and employed Dr. English as assistant postmaster.”
English was mayor of Logan, according to Swain, in 1852. Mr. Swain said that Dr. English suddenly disappeared while living in Logan and showed up again with a woman and two children. Dr. English announced at the time that he had married a widow but rumors around the Logan chimney corners had it that the versatile gentleman had added that of wife stealing to his accomplishments. He did not permit the woman to visit or receive but a few friends “and she always carried a look of apprehension.” It is known that English, by act of the general assembly, had the names of the children changed to his own.
Although the whole thing is not worth refuting or proving, English did not write his “Ben Bolt” as told in Logan county. Mrs. Nighbert told the author of this historical sketch that “Dr. English used to often visit the large elm trees that stood by the bank of the Guyandotte near the woman’s residence. It was beneath the shade of the elm that stands today by the railroad bridge that he composed the song ‘Ben Bolt.'” Dr. English was a frequent visitor to the home of the Lawson’s, but the story to the effect that this song was dedicated to Alice Lawson is only imaginary for there was at that time none of the Lawson children bearing the name of Alice, nor were any of the girls at that time large enough to attract the attention of Dr. English.
The “Ben Bolt” myth is comparable to the story around Charleston that Poe wrote some of his works at St. Albans. Poe was never at St. Albans. It is like that pet tradition of the Huntington D.A.R. that George Washington surveyed lands in the Savage grant, the first grants involving the present site of Huntington.
Dr. English wrote a thousand rimes and jingles and couplets but no poems. “Ben Bolt” is a spurt of sentimentality of which the author was ashamed. Its popularity began when the German air was adapted to it, and has lived only on the strength of the music which is a sort the folk will not forget.
BEN BOLT
Don’t you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt…
Sweet Alice whose hair was so brown.
Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile.
And trembled with fear at your frown?
In the old churchyard in the valley, Ben Bolt.
In a corner obscure and alone,
They have fitted a slab of the granite so grey,
And Alice lies under the stone.
And so forth. English was at a loss how to open the verses when he hit upon the idea of tacking the first four lines of a sea song he was trying to compose for Willis, editor of “The Mirror,” and his last lines reflect the influence of the idea:
Your presence a blessing, your friendship a truth.
Ben Bolt, of the salt sea gale.
English wrote “Rafting on the Guyandotte” and two other “poems” while waiting on the return of a friend he was visiting, taking about an hour to [write] the poem. The opening to his poem is:
Who at danger never laughed,
Let him ride upon a raft
Down Guyan, when from the drains
Pours the flood from many rains,
And a stream no plummet gauges
In a furious freshet rages
With a strange and rapturous fear
Rushing water he will hear;
Woods and cliffsides darting by,
These shall terribly glad his eye.
He shall find his life blood leaping
Feel his brain with frenzy swell;
Faster with the current’s sweeping;
Hear his voice in sudden yell…
And so on for a 100 lines or more he describes the thrills of rafting. It would be interesting to have the collectors of West Virginia verse to rise up [illegible] now and tell exactly their reaction to this “beautiful verse” and why they like it, or why they attach importance to the scribbling pastimes of Dr. English, politician, physician, and lawyer.
Although he went to congress on “Ben Bolt,” there is no legitimate claims to list him as a West Virginia poet. Karl Myers writes much better verse than English ever achieved. A sixth grade pupil of native brightness a notch or two above his classmates can write pages of rhymes as good as the rafting poem. It is the sort of rhyme that is easier to do than not to do, once you establish the swing of it. Youngsters have been known to turn in history examination papers done in rhyme as good as this. But West Virginia is so anxious to claim some poets. Why this should worry the state is a mystery, for European critics say that the whole of America has produced but a poet and a half… Edgar Allan Poe the poet and Walt Whitman the half poet. So why should we feel sensitive about it?
Source: Charleston Gazette via the Logan Banner, 23 November 1926.
15 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted Logan
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Logan Banner, 19 October 1926.
15 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted Big Harts Creek, Dingess, Queens Ridge, Whirlwind
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Alice McCloud, Appalachia, Carl Adams, Charley Mullins, Dingess, Florence Adams, genealogy, George McCloud Jr., Gillis Adams, history, Hoover Fork, Howard Adams, Ireland Mullins, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lucy McCloud, Mason Adams, May Robinson, Mollie Robinson, Queens Ridge, timber, timbering, West Virginia, Whirlwind
An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 26, 1926:
All the boys and girls of Hoover attended the spelling match at the Hoover school Friday and all reported a nice time.
Ireland Mullins was calling on friends at Mollie Robinson’s Saturday evening.
Mason Adams was the guest of Florence Adams Saturday.
Lucy McCloud was visiting her grandmother at Queen’s Ridge Wednesday.
Alice McCloud was looking sad Friday. Cheer up, Alice. I hope Si won’t forsake you.
Wonder who the three good-looking boys were leaving the left fork of Hoover late Sunday evening.
Look out, boys. Gillis Adams is coming back to Hoover Saturday.
Charley Mullins and George McCloud, Jr. were hauling lumber from Dingess Saturday. Boys, are you going again next Saturday?
May Robinson looked so sad Sunday. Cheer up, May. Winter sure is here.
Howard Adams is looking lonely since his girl went to Twelve Pole to spend a few weeks.
Carl Adams is right on his job this week. Stay right with it, Carl. Sunday comes but once a week.
Daily happenings: Carl and his chewing gum; Burl and his tie; Howard and his shoes; Hays and his milk; Burnett and his ring.
08 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted Ferrellsburg, Hamlin, Lincoln County Feud
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Albert Adkins, Appalachia, Bob Adkins, Brooke Adkins, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, Hamlin, history, Lincoln County, oil, photos, West Virginia, West Virginia Oil and Gas Man of the Year
Robert Henderson “Bob” Adkins (1903-1999), son of Albert G. and Mary “Brooke” (Dingess) Adkins. Bob, born in my hometown of Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV, spent most of his life in Hamlin where he operated a lucrative gas business. In 1984, he was chosen West Virginia Oil and Gas Man of the Year. I first met Bob in March of 1995. I really miss him.
08 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, Charley Mullins, Clinton Adams, genealogy, Gillis Adams, Grover Adams, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Fork, Ivy Baisden, James Baisden, Joe Kirk, Joe Martin, John Carter, Jonas Branch, Liza McKenzie, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mollie Robinson, Randolph Baisden, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Wilburn Mullins
An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 19, 1926:
Grover Adams was seen out getting his peddling load. We all wish him good luck.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Baisden, a fine girl, November 11th, named Ivy.
Joe Martin and Joe Kirk were business visitors at Mollie Robinson’s Thursday night.
Wilburn Mullins was the early bird on Hoover Saturday. Come again, Wilburn. But not so early.
All the people will live on Hoover for a while as John Carter has beef for sale.
Clinton Adams seemed to be all smiles Sunday. Surely, Clinton, Liza is on Jonas Branch yet.
Gillis, come back. The girls are all hungry to see the new Willys Knight.
Charley Mullins wore a nice grin on his face Sunday night. Look out, everybody. Something is going to happen.
Ezra, come back. We hope you won’t have bad luck all the time.
Wonder if Randolph Baisden got all the chicken he wanted Thursday night?
Wonder who the youngsters are that visit the left fork of Hoover so often.
Some Combinations: Pearl and her blue dress; Charley and his wooden chain; Lucy and her beech nuts; Alice and her shoes; Grover and his dogs; May and her apple butter.
06 Thursday Jul 2017
Posted Coal, Culture of Honor, Turner-Howard Feud
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Appalachia, crime, feud, feuds, Harlan, Harlan County, history, Kentucky, photos, Turner-Howard Feud
Harlan, Kentucky. 1928. Population, 1910: 657. Population, 1920: 2647. Population, 1930: 4327. Population today (2010): 1745.
06 Thursday Jul 2017
Posted Big Harts Creek, Coal, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, Carl Adams, coal, Daniel McCloud, genealogy, Gillis Adams, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Fork, J.I. Mullins, Jane Adams, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lucy McCloud, Mildred Adams, Mollie Robinson, Pearl McCloud, Peter Mullins, Ruth McCloud, Sallie Bunn, Si Tomblin, Twelve Pole Creek, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Wilburn Mullins
An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 16, 1926:
We are having some nice weather at this writing.
Mrs. Peter Mullins is very ill, we are sorry to say.
Wilburn Mullins was the guest of Daniel McCloud Saturday.
Mrs. Jane Adams was calling on friends at Mollie Robinson’s Sunday.
Miss Mildred Adams was shopping in Whirlwind Thursday.
We are all wondering who put the stone in Gillis Adams’ path up the left fork of Hoover.
Lucy McCloud was the guest of Mrs. Sallie Bunn Sunday morning.
Si Tomblin was calling on friends at Mollie Robinson’s Monday.
Daniel McCloud was seen shopping in Whirlwind Monday.
Pearl and Ruth McCloud made a flying trip up Hoover Monday.
Carl Adams is the coal digger of Hoover. Stay with it, Carl. Winter will soon be here.
Mildred, cheer up and don’t look so blue. J.I. Mullins has just gone to Twelve Pole.
Wonder if Carl Adams saw the girl he was looking for Sunday?
Sad news was ringing on Hoover Saturday. Mollie Robinson’s dog died.
Some combinations: Clinton and his flash light; Garfield and his potatoes; Carl and his coal; Mildred and her blues; Fred and his baby; Lucy and her smiles; Wilburn and his pumpkin; Rush going to Sunday School.
04 Tuesday Jul 2017
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Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk | Filed under Big Sandy Valley
04 Tuesday Jul 2017
Posted Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind
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Albert Gore, Alice McCloud, Appalachia, Bernie Adams, Clinton Adams, Daniel McCloud, Eddie Adams, Edgar McCloud, Fred Adams, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Church, Hoover Fork, Hoover School, Howard Adams, Ireland Mullins, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lucy McCloud, Mattie Robinson, Micco, Norman Adams, teacher, Tilda Carter, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Wilburn Mullins
An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 2, 1926:
We are having plenty of rain at present.
Albert Gore was the evening guest of Mattie Robinson Friday.
Mrs. Eddie Adams is ill at this writing, we are sorry to say.
Lucy McCloud was calling at the post office Saturday. Did he forget to write this time, Lucy?
Fred Adams don’t visit the Left Fork of Hoover any more. Cheer up, Fred. Sallie is at home yet.
Norman Adams was the guest of his mother Friday night.
Wilburn Mullins visits Daniel McCloud’s often these days. Wonder why? Ask Frank. He knows.
Clinton Adams never visits the Left Fork of Hoover no more. Come on back, Clinton. The sun is shining now.
Ireland Mullins was visiting on Hoover Thursday. He must have been wanting some fried chicken.
Alice McCloud is back on Hoover after a few weeks of absence.
Edgar McCloud, Fred Adams, and Bernie Adams attended church on Hoover Saturday night.
Ireland Mullins wore a ten cent smile Thursday night. Wonder what seemed to be the cause? Ask Lucy. She knows.
Wonder why Frank Adams doesn’t enjoy walking up the road any more?
Bernie Adams looks so sad since Tilda Carter left Hoover to spend a few weeks in Micco with her sister.
Howard Adams seems to enjoy teaching school in Hoover.
Daily Happenings: Wilburn going to Daniel’s; May going up the road; Lucy and her slippers; Mildred and her bobbed hair; Carl and his chestnuts.
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