27 Thursday Apr 2017
Posted in Huntington, Music
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5 Whirlwinds, Appalachia, Big Minstrel Festival, Billy Kersands, Cabell County, Dan Avery, Davis Theater, Harry Fidler, Hassan Ben All, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, James Crosby, minstrels, music, Richards and Pringles, Rusco and Hollands, West Virginia
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 26 October 1898. Billy Kersands was the most popular black comedian of his day. For more about Mr. Kersands, follow this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Kersands
19 Wednesday Apr 2017
Posted in Big Creek, Huntington, Logan
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Andrew Thomas, Appalachia, Big Creek, Bob Hale, Christine Kitchen, Earl Gill, Fred Kitchen, genealogy, George Chaffin, history, Howard McComas, Huntington, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Madge Toney, Martha Neal, Myrtle Mobley, Pearl Sanders, Sally Kitchen, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Big Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 20, 1926:
Here we come again with a bit of news. Hope the waste basket’s back is turned.
Mrs. Andrew Thomas and daughter are spending a few days in Huntington.
Mrs. Howard McComas and Madge Toney made a brief trip to Logan last week.
If you want to see Myrtle Mobley and Christine Kitchen, come to the drug store any time.
Dr. Ferrell was a visitor in Big Creek Thursday.
Mr. Heckles was calling on Bob Hale Thursday night.
Mrs. Earl Gill who has been on the sick list is improving.
Miss Pearl Sanders visits the drug store every evening.
Mr. George Chaffin was in Big Creek Friday.
Miss Martha Neal was visiting Miss Sally Kitchen Sunday.
Fred Kitchen was seen letting the train by Saturday.
Combinations: Mr. Saltsman and his dirty hands; Allie and her route; Fred looking for the girls; Mr. Kennedy and his mustache; Myrtle and her No. 8; Christine and her hat; Dicy watching for Howard; Georgia going to Huntington; Nannie curling her hair; Marie crying over Kennedy; Jum and his dogs; Bill and his smiles; Fred and his freckles.
31 Friday Mar 2017
Posted in Coal, Dingess, Huntington
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Appalachia, Cabell County, Camp Branch Mines, coal, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, Mingo County, Mundy and Company, West Virginia
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 19 October 1897.
30 Thursday Mar 2017
Posted in Civil War, Huntington, Logan
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Appalachia, Camp Garnett, Camp Patton, civil war, Confederate Army, genealogy, history, Hugh Toney, Huntington, James A. Nighbert, James D. Sedinger, L.D. Chambers, Logan, Logan County, Logan County Banner, United Confederate Veterans, West Virginia
Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 9 January 1890.
29 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in Hamlin, Huntington
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Appalachia, Fred B. Lambert, genealogy, Hamlin, history, Huntington, life, Lincoln County, Marshall University, McMaster's Hospital, medicine, Morrow Library, physician, W.W. Baker, West Virginia, Wheeling, William Ward Baker
Dr. W.W. Baker (1841-1920) of Hamlin, Lincoln County, WV. Photo copyright: Fred B. Lambert Papers, Special Collections Department, James E. Morrow Library, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47399295
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 19 November 1898.
23 Thursday Mar 2017
Posted in Huntington, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, author, authors, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Brandon Kirk, Cabell County, Collis P. Huntington, history, Huntington, Pelican Publishing Company, The Red Caboose Regional Artisan Center, West Virginia
“Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy” is available for purchase at The Red Caboose Regional Artisan Center in Huntington, WV. http://www.wvvisit.org/the-red-caboose
The Red Caboose offers a variety of regional crafts for sale. Check it out!
22 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in Huntington
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Appalachia, Cabell County, education, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, Marshall College, Marshall University, photos, West Virginia
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 16 August 1897.
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 23 December 1897.
22 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Huntington, Wharncliffe
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Appalachia, Bob Hatfield, Cabell County, Edward S. Doolittle, Elias Hatfield, genealogy, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, Kentucky, Mingo County, Pike County, W.O. Walton, West Virginia
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 22 September 1899.
15 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in Banco, Big Creek, Chapmanville, Huntington, Logan, Ranger
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A.J. Thomas, Appalachia, Archie Chapman, Banco, Big Creek, Bill Vance, Chapmanville, Dicie Thomas, genealogy, Hardin Marcum, history, Huntington, J.B. Hager, J.H. Midkiff, J.J. Boothe, Jesse Harmon, Jesse Toney, Lester Taylor, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mabel Toney, Madison, Marie Kitchen, Martha Roberts, Mary Butcher, Mont Mullins, Oron Mobley, P.D. Bradbury, Ranger, Sallie Kitchen, Sid Ferrell, Star Theatre, West Virginia, Yawkey
An unknown local correspondent from Big Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 9, 1926:
Mr. Lester Taylor of Logan spent Saturday and Sunday visiting Miss Sallie Kitchen.
J.H. Midkiff spent the weekend with his family at Yawkey.
Mrs. Martha Roberts of Chapmanville spent Sunday with friends here.
Mrs. Sid Ferrell spent Saturday at Logan.
Mrs. A.J. Thomas was visiting her mother at Banco Sunday.
J.J. Boothe of Huntington was calling on Miss Dicie Thomas Friday.
Jesse Toney made a business trip to Logan Monday.
Miss Mabel Toney of Logan was seen here Sunday.
Mrs. J.B. Hager of Madison was called here on the account of the death of her sister, Mrs. P.D. Bradbury.
Bill Vance was visiting his mother Sunday.
A.J. Thomas made a flying trip to Logan Monday.
Miss Marie Kitchen and Mr. Kennedy were out walking Sunday.
Hardin Marcum of Ranger was seen on our streets Saturday evening.
Miss Mary Butcher and Archie Chapman were seen at the Star theatre Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Oron Mobley were shoppers in Logan Saturday.
Mont Mullins was here Monday.
Jesse Harmon has been visiting his mother.
Well, as news is scarce around Big Creek this week, will try again next time and see if there can’t be more.
13 Monday Mar 2017
Posted in French-Eversole Feud
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Appalachia, feud, feuds, French-Eversole Feud, genealogy, Georgia May, Hindman, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, Kentucky, Knott County, Perry County, Robert Samuel May, West Virginia
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 21 October 1896. You can find more about this couple here: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104436409
07 Tuesday Mar 2017
Posted in Chapmanville, Music
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Appalachia, Bill Bachtel, Birdie Cox, Bob Dingess, Chapmanville, Connie Bentley, Everett Fowler, genealogy, George McClintic, H.T. Butcher, history, Huntington, J.W. Barker, Lee Dingess, Logan Banner, Logan County, Ruth Jordan, singing schools, Victor Toney, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 19, 1926:
Let’s all meet the Board of Education on the 27th and arrange the bond election to build the high school building.
Connie Bentley, Birdie Cox, and Ruth Jordan were transacting business at the post office here Tuesday.
Victor Toney is very sick at this writing.
Come to the singing school next Sunday and hear the new tenor. You may never have this opportunity again.
We understand Judge McClintic appointed us a new prohibition officer at the present term of his court at Huntington.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Fowler a baby. Mother, baby, and Everett are doing fine.
The Loblolly band will play at the Barker restaurant on next Saturday night. An enjoyable time is anticipated.
Robert Dingess swears he never will any more.
What has become of the old fashioned school teacher that actually taught the children something practical, for instance like Bill Bachtel?
H.T. Butcher is all smiles these days. Wonder what the good news is?
There will be a clash of legal talent before Squire Lowe next Saturday when Lee A. Dingess and J.W. Barker oppose each other.
05 Sunday Mar 2017
Posted in Huntington
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Appalachia, Cabell County, crime, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, Huntington Detective Agency, J.A. Rau, J.W. Valentine, Scott Turner, T.S. Scanlon, West Virginia, William Bowden
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 8 February 1898.
05 Sunday Mar 2017
Posted in Barboursville, Guyandotte River
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Appalachia, Barboursville, C&O Railroad, Cabell County, Fred B. Lambert, Guyandot Valley Railroad, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, Marshall University, Virgil Bostic, West Virginia
Virgil Bostic Section Crew, GVRR. Photo from Fred B. Lambert Papers, Special Collections Department, James E. Morrow Library, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
“The railroad contractors have the pile driver at work above here [Barboursville] and are getting ready to construct the trestles along the line,” said the Huntington Advertiser on April 19, 1900.
“Men are working day and night on the river above here [Barboursville] putting in coffer dams for the railroad bridge,” said the Huntington Advertiser on April 21, 1900.
“Contractor Allen has put on a night force above here where the foundation for the piers for the Guyandot Valley Railway bridge are being constructed,” said the Huntington Advertiser on May 9, 1900. “One of the river abutments will be completed tomorrow.” On May 16, it added this: “Work on the trestle over the ‘Big Gut’ just above here [Barboursville] will commence this week. This is the first trestle on the line of the Guyandot Valley requires considerable timber.”
02 Thursday Mar 2017
Posted in Huntington
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antiques, Appalachia, architecture, Cabell County, Central City, history, Huntington, photos, West Virginia
Central City Historic Antique District in Huntington, WV. April 2016. For more information, follow this link: http://www.oldcentralcity.org/
01 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in Huntington, West Hamlin
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Appalachia, Charleston, Cora Adkins, Dr. Ferrell, Ed Brumfield, Ed Zane Adkins, Enos Dial, Fed Adkins, genealogy, Hardin Marcum, Harts, Herb Adkins, history, Huntington, Inez Adkins, Lincoln County, Logan, Marshall College, measles, Robert Black, Robert Powers, Ward Brumfield, Watson Adkins, West Hamlin, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Harts in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 20, 1926:
Harts is on a splash again.
Everybody in Harts is planning for the big show at Huntington the 27th.
Measles are raging very bad at this place.
Wonder why Dr. Ferrell is going to Fred Adkins so often?
Ward Brumfield is transacting business in Charleston this week.
Edward Adkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Adkins, is very ill at present with the measles.
Robert Powers is awful well pleased since he got to be section foreman on the railroad. Oh, gee, Miss Sadie can wear fine kid gloves now.
Wonder why Hardin Marcum is hanging around the Thomas hotel so much?
Mrs. Gibson and little daughter of Maubar were calling on Mrs. Robert Powers at Harts Sunday evening.
Enos Dials is still squeezing the Big Creek kids.
All the teachers here are planning for the summer term in Marshall College.
Robert Black of Logan was seen in Harts Sunday.
Herbert Adkins is a business caller in Logan this week.
Miss Jewell Elizabeth and Ed Brumfield are very busy these days, reading Educational News.
Cora Adkins seems to be enjoying herself these days.
The ocean is wide, the sea is deep. It takes a railroad boy to make a fool out of me.
There were six made 8th grade diplomas in the diploma test here.
Quite a lot of the West Hamlin boys were seen in Harts Sunday.
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
Posted in African American History, Barboursville
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Appalachia, Barboursville, Cabell County, Clarence Dean, genealogy, Gertrude Dean, Harvey Dean, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, Patsy Dean, slavery, West Virginia
Patsy Dean Obituary, Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 29 March 1899. According to the 1870 Cabell County Census, Patsy was born about 1837. The census enumerator identified her as a mulatto. Based on the 1880 Cabell County Census, Patsy was born about 1840 and was the mother of three children: Harvey Dean (born about 1873), Gertrude Dean (born about 1875), and Clarence Dean (born about 1878). The census enumerator identified her as black.
18 Saturday Feb 2017
Posted in Cemeteries, Huntington, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Cabell County, Hamlin, history, Huntington, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Milt Haley, Spring Hill Cemetery, Thomas H. Harvey, West Virginia
Judge Thomas H. Harvey grave at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, WV. 16 January 2017.
Judge Harvey, who oversaw legal matters for the 8th Judicial Circuit from 1889 until 1897, presided over the Haley-McCoy murder trial in August of 1890. 16 January 2017.
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
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