03 Monday Apr 2017
Posted in Civil War, Logan, Native American History, Wyoming County
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Appalachia, Aracoma, archaeology, civil war, G.W. Lawson, history, Julia Altizer, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan County Banner, Logan Court House, Mouth of Sycamore, Native American History, Native Americans, Oceana, Stone Coal, West Virginia, Wyoming County
Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 10 August 1893. At the time of this story, Logan was known as Aracoma or Logan Court House.
01 Saturday Apr 2017
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Appalachia, Arthur Evans, Bradyville, Branchland, C.C. McCoy, C.L. Wilson, Ena McCoy, genealogy, Hardin Marcum, Harold Ray Smith, Harts, Herman McCoy, history, Hubball, Jennings Smith, Jim Fulks, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan Banner, Luther Midkiff, Midkiff, Ollie Saunders, Oma Estep, Ora Clay, poetry, Ranger, Ray Fulks, Troy Adkins, West Logan, West Virginia, Williamson
An unknown local correspondent from Ranger in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on May 21, 1926:
Luther Midkiff and family of Branchland were seen out car riding Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Evans and families of Hubball were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. McCoy.
Hardin Marcum was seen out car riding Sunday. We think he was on his way to Bradyville.
Jennings Smith was seen walking the lonesome road Sunday evening. We wonder where Maggie was?
Mrs. Jim Fulks left Friday evening for Williamson where she will spend a few days with relatives.
Rev. C.C. McCoy and little son Herman attended preaching at Camp Branch Sunday.
Ora Clay was seen out car riding Sunday. We wonder where the widow was?
Sunday is our regular church meeting at this place. Everybody come.
Troy Adkins and family of Midkiff were seen in our little town Sunday evening.
We wonder when Ray Fulks will accept his position back as driving taxi from Logan to Williamson?
Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Saunders of West Logan were visiting relatives here one day last week.
Wonder what has become of Harts?
Miss Oma Estep of Hubball is visiting her sister here this week.
Pearl Hargis, who received a serious burn by starting a fire in the cooking stove with kerosene, is reported much worse, we are sorry to say.
Miss Ena McCoy who has been ill for some time is much better we are glad to say.
Ora Clay was visiting home folks at Hubball Sunday.
He met her in the meadow
When the sun was low.
They strolled along together
In the twilight after glow.
She patiently waited until
He lowered all the bars.
And her soft bright eyes
Beamed upon him as
Radiant as the stars.
Yet she neither smiled nor thanked him
For she knew not how
For he was only a farmer
And she was a jersey cow.
NOTE: I dedicate this entry to my late friend, Harold Ray Smith of Ranger.
01 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Logan
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50 Years A Mountain-Country Doctor, Appalachia, Aracoma, Chloe Ann Lawson, genealogy, George W. Lawson, history, Lebanon, Lebanon Medical College, Logan, Logan County Banner, medicine, merchant, Mouth of Sycamore, Ohio, physician, Sidney B. Lawson, West Virginia
Dr. Sidney B. Lawson, son of Dr. George W. and Chloe Ann (Robertson) Lawson. Dr. Lawson (1867-1953) began practicing medicine in Aracoma (Logan) in 1894. For more information about his life, read his autobiography: Fifty Years A Mountain-Country Doctor (self-published, Logan, WV: 1941).
Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 18 September 1890.
Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 18 December 1890.
01 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted in Big Creek, Chapmanville, Hamlin, Logan
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Appalachia, Archie Chapman, Big Creek, Big Creek Depot, Big Creek School, Bill Haze, Chapmanville District, Christine Kitchen, education, F.W. Saltsman, farming, genealogy, Hamlin, Helen Shriver, history, Lizzie Barker, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mae Lucas, Marie Kitchen, Myrtle Mobley, Nannie Thomas, Princess Butcher, singing schools, Virginia Lilly, Ward Lucas, Ward Shriver, West Virginia, William G. Lucas
An unknown local correspondent from Big Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 16, 1926:
Here we come with more of the Big Creek news.
We are having some rain which has caused much delay in farm work.
W.G. Lucas who has been sick for quite a while was seen in his garden Saturday afternoon. We wish him much success and good health this season and his wife also.
The Big Creek school is progressing nicely. We have the best school in Chapmanville District this year and the best that has been known in Big Creek. We have the honor of being the First Standardized school in Chapmanville district. Other schools may be progressive but they can’t beat us. Miss Richardson says we are fine workers and we consider that a nice compliment. We were the first to finish the pupils Reading Circle work in the district. We also had the nicest social and the best programs and intend to have an excellent good time the 23rd of this month. What will we do when Miss Richardson and Miss Cottle leave? We know there will never be a better school taught in Big Creek.
Mr. F.W. Saltsman has had the depot cleaned. It sure does look nice.
The Pied Pipers of Hamlin are coming to Big Creek rather often. They don’t want to take away the rats, but it’s the pretty girls they want.
Mr. Midkiff sure has a good horse. I would like to take a horseback ride, wouldn’t you, Princess?
Archie Chapman got very wet while on a business errand Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Ward Shriver and Miss Mae Lucas were married at Ward Lucas’ home Saturday evening, April 10. We wish them much success.
Miss Lizzie Barker was a Saturday night guest of Miss Princess Butcher.
Miss Nannie Thomas was in Logan Monday.
Misses Marie Kitchen, Helen Shriver, Virginia Lilly, and Chrystine Kitchen took the Diploma test. Wonder why Julia didn’t take it? Have some more self-confidence, Julia.
Wonder who is going to be married next? Ikey and Bobbie, I hope.
Miss Myrtle Mobley seems to be all smiles. Wonder why?
We hope that all the people of Chapmanville will enjoy themselves at their singing school.
We expect to start a Sunday school the 1st Sunday in May.
Combinations: Bill Haze coming to Big Creek; Mae and her husband; Miss Richardson passing compliments on her good pupils; Myrtle and her smile; Ollie and her long hair; Jessie and his truck; John and his Dodge; Don and his long pants; Ottie and her new slippers; Ikey and Bobbie going to the show.
Good by old Banner.
31 Friday Mar 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Appalachia, genealogy, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, Henry Clay Ragland, history, Logan, Logan County, Logan County Banner, Smokehouse Fork, Stephen Hart, West Virginia
Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 8 April 1896.
31 Friday Mar 2017
Posted in Banco, Big Creek, Estep, Logan, Stone Branch
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Adlia Barker, Albert Thomas, Appalachia, Banco, Big Creek, Charles Varney, East End, Ellis Fork, Enoch Workman, Ephraim Varney, Estep, Ethel Ferrell, farming, Frank Chapman, Gartner Baisden, genealogy, history, J.W. Thomas, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Louis Pauley, Mary Thomas, Maxie Madeline Small, measles, Minnie Queen, Needmore, oil, Ola Adkins, Otis Varney, South Penn Oil and Gas Company, Stone Branch, Thomas' Circle, Turtle Creek, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Banco in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 20, 1926:
The population of our town is steadily increasing. Mr. Enoch Workman of Stone Branch moved into East End last Friday.
Mrs. Ethel Ferrell of Estep and Mrs. Minnie Queen of Needmore were on a shopping tour in Banco and Big Creek one day last week.
The folks at this place are very busy at present caring for the sick, gardening, and farming. All the patients who have had measles are improving, we are glad to say.
Wonder why Frank Chapman spends every Sunday afternoon in the East End? We imagine there is some game up there. It must be “Dears.”
Miss Mary Thomas of this place left for Turtle Creek one day last week where she will spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Adlia Barker.
We are informed that Mr. and Mrs. Ola Adkins have moved back into the little town of Needmore. Mrs. Adkins’ work will consist mostly of farming for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Thomas of Estep were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thomas, also of Estep, last Sunday afternoon.
Master Otis Varney, son of Ephraim Varney (deceased) of Thomas Circle, is reported to be very ill of measles this week.
Maxie Madeline Small, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Varney of Thomas Circle, is ill with measles this week, we are informed.
The South Penn Oil and Gas Company is making fine progress drilling for oil and gas at the head of Ellis Fork near this place.
Mr. Gartner Baisden and one of his girlfriends of Ellis Fork were out horseback riding last Saturday afternoon. Wonder if his girl at Logan will care?
J.W. Thomas of this place was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pauley of East End last Sunday afternoon.
Frank Chapman of Estep was a business visitor in Logan last Monday.
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.
28 Tuesday Mar 2017
Posted in Guyandotte River, Logan, Timber, Wyoming County
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Appalachia, Guyandotte River, Guyandotte Valley, history, Island Creek, Little Kanawha Lumber Company, Logan, Logan County, logging, Ohio, Parkersburg, Pigeon Creek, Portsmouth, Rockhouse Fork, timber, timbering, Upper Pigeon, West Virginia, Wyoming County
The Little Kanawha Lumber Company of Portsmouth, Ohio, operated in the Guyandotte Valley of Logan County, WV. The Logan County Banner newspaper regularly updated readers of its activity.
Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 6 August 1891.
28 Tuesday Mar 2017
Posted in Chapmanville, Logan
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A.J. Thomas, Appalachia, Carlie Compton, Chapmanville, Charlie Hale, Clifford Griffin, Ernest Compton, farming, genealogy, Gordon Lilly, history, Hughie Ellis, James Dingess, Jim Hardwick, Johnnie Webb, Katie Chapman, Kitchen, Lizzie Wagner, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lola Shackelford, Martha Roberts, measles, Okey Bryant, P.M. Toney, Route 10, Von Browning, Wallie Kestler, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 26, 1926:
We are having some fine weather after such a cold winter.
What will the boys of Chapmanville do now the works are just about shut down?
Miss Katie Chapman of Logan was seen in our little town once more.
Miss Lola Shackelford of Logan was the all night guest of her aunt Saturday.
P.M. Toney and A.J. Thomas were calling on friends in the lower end of the city Sunday.
What made you look so blue, Ace? She will stay longer next time.
Calling on Mrs. Martha Roberts Sunday were the following: Mr. Von Browning and family, Clifford Griffin, Lizzie Wagner, Mrs. Charlie Hale, and Miss Carmicle.
There sure was a turn out at Chapmanville Sunday to inspect the new road.
Miss Carlie Compton and sweetie and Ernest Compton were out walking Sunday.
Wallie Kestler has been on the sick list for a few days but is better at this writing.
The measles are getting bad around here. Mr. Toney’s family and Hughie Elllis’ family has them.
Uncle Gord Lilly is visiting Garland Adams the past week.
Jim Hardwick and Johnnie Webb were out walking Sunday.
Quite a number of people from Kitchen were in Chapmanville Saturday. Squire Lowe was in the bunch, also James Dingess.
Okey Bryant and wife seem to enjoy themselves.
Winter must be over. People are planting gardens here.
27 Monday Mar 2017
Posted in Banco, Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Logan
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Appalachia, Banco, Banco School, Berthold Thomas, Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Braxton County, Curry, Daisy School, E.C. Varney, Elijah Pauley, Ella Gillenwater, Elm Street, Estep, Ethel Gullett, Etta Thomas, genealogy, H.F. Lucas, Hawaii, Hazel Thomas, Henlawson, Henley Hager, history, Ida Thomas, J.A. Stone, Jesse Justice, John Q. Adams, Joseph Varney, Joseph Vickers, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Louisa Pardue, Manila, measles, Minerva Vannatter, Nola Drake, Okey Justice, Pumpkin Center, R.L. Lucas, Robert Gullett, Ted Hager, Thomas' Circle, W.H. Vickers, Walton Garrett, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Banco in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 16, 1926:
The wedding vows were solemnized between Mr. Okey Justice of Banco and Miss Nola Drake of Manila last Sunday evening. Rev. Elijah Pauley officiating.
Rev. White of Henlawson was the pleasant guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Varney of Thomas’ Circle last Saturday night and Sunday. Everyone was expecting a good meeting at Thomas’ Circle last Sunday. On account of the epidemic of measles.
We wonder why the Sheik was walking the streets Sunday and Monday wearing the snappy tailored suit.
Mrs. Etta Thomas and daughter Hazel of Thomas Circle were visiting the former’s father Mr. Joseph Vickers last Sunday and Monday, who is very ill at this writing. Mr. Vickers is making his home at present with his daughter, Mrs. Walton Garrett of Curry.
Mrs. R.L. Lucas and children of Pumpkin Center were the pleasant guests of friends and relatives on Elm Street last Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
Miss Ida Thomas of Maubar was the Sunday guest of Mrs. Ella Gillenwater.
Rev. Hugh Duty of Coal River was visiting his aged mother Friday who is seriously ill at the home of his brother, Charles Duty, of Spring Dale.
Miss Gay Pettit of Braxton county, former teacher of Banco schools, but who is teaching in the Daisy school, was shopping in Logan last Saturday.
Master Berthold Thomas of Estep is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Stone, of this place this week.
Mr. Robert Gullett, Misses Luoesa Pardue, and Ethel Gullett were out joy riding last Sunday.
E.C. Varney and Jesse Justice of Manbar were calling on homefolks near here Sunday.
Mrs. J.Q. Adams of Big Creek was the all night guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henley Hager, at Manila last Monday.
Miss Minerva Vannatter of this place left for her home on Big Ugly last Tuesday.
Wonder why W.H. Vickers never visits the Banco school anymore? Call again, Willie. You’re always welcome.
H.F. Lucas of Elm street entertained some of the young folks last Friday night in Banco, with a lot of interesting quaint and picturesque views of Hawaii’s fields of rice, pineapples and bananas, and many other interesting scenes of Hawaii.
Wonder why Ted Hager went to meet the down train last Sunday morning? We imagine it was to meet his affinity.
24 Friday Mar 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Civil War
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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Abbotts Branch, Appalachia, Barney Carter, civil war, Confederate Army, constable, deputy sheriff, genealogy, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, history, John B. Floyd, John C. Chapman, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan County, Patton Thompson, Smokehouse Fork, West Virginia
Patton Thompson military record, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Company D), 1862-1863. Patton Thompson, a resident of Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV, is my great-great-great-grandfather.
Patton Thompson later lived at the Baisden farm on Guyandotte River just above Abbotts Branch.
During the early 1880s, Patton Thompson was a Lincoln County deputy sheriff and a constable in Harts Creek District.
22 Wednesday Mar 2017
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Appalachia, Banco, Basil Duty, Bertha Lake, Big Creek, C.E. Justice, Charles Robert Justice, Charlotte Chapman, D.H. Harmon, Dollie, Earl Justice, Edward Ferrell, Ernest Fugate, Estep, Fowler Cemetery, genealogy, George Ferrell, H.F. Lucas, Hazel Barker, history, Holt, J.A. Stone, J.B. Lucas, J.V. Thomas, Jesse Justice, Journey Ferrell, L.A. Ellis, Levi Duty, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, M.P. Barker, Martha Sanders, Minerva Vannatter, Nola Justice, Norma Barker, oil, Peter Pinder, R.S. Pardue, Sadie Ball, Samuel Pardue, saw mill, Spring Dale, Squirrel Branch, Taylor Stone, timbering, Verdunville, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Banco in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 2, 1926:
Banco is a flourishing little town at present. The hucksters are now going through twice a week. Lumber wagons and oil rigs. If anyone is looking for excitement, this is the place.
Mrs. C.E. Justice of Elm street is tending to her incubator and the mister is getting ready to run a truck farm this summer.
D.H. Harmon’s saw mill at Spring Dale is running nicely and putting out good lumber under the management of M.P. Barker.
Basil Duty is up with the Lark every morning, ready for his job hauling lumber from Spring Dale to Big Creek. The Banco girls may stay with ‘em “Pal O’ Mine.”
Peter Pinder, the great entertainer, was gently rapping at the front entrance of a private home in Banco one day last week. The lady of the house answered the call. The gentleman said: “Pardon me, please, but I want to read your Banner a few moments while in town.”
Some of the occupants of the Justice apartments on Elm street have moved out and gone to other points.
Earl Justice of Elm street was the all night guest of his cousin, Levi Duty of Squirrel Branch, last Saturday. This place has the same name as of old, but not the same game as of old.
The local sheik of our town was all smiles last Sunday afternoon. Wonder why?
Mrs. C.E. Justice and his son Charles Robert of this place left for Verdunville last Sunday evening where she will visit with her parents for a few days.
Mrs. Sadie Ball and children of Hewett are the guests of Mrs. Ball’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pardue of Banco, this week.
H.F. Lucas was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Lucas last Sunday.
Mrs. R.L. Barker was calling on Mrs. Martha Sanders last Monday evening.
Wonder why S.S.L. was so lonely last Sunday? Cheer up, Seybert. Lucille will be home soon.
Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Lucas and H.F. Lucas, Misses Norma and Hazel Barker and Bertha Lake were calling on Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Thomas last Sunday afternoon.
Jesse Justice of Elm street left for Earling last Sunday where he will work for a few weeks.
We all expect to hear the chimes of wedding bells at Banco addition soon.
Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Pardue and children were the Saturday night guests of Mr. Pardue’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pardue.
Journey Ferrell of this place attended the funeral at the Fowler cemetery last Sunday.
Mrs. Taylor Stone and children of Estep were the weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Stone.
Miss Minerva Vannatter of Dollie was calling in Banco last Saturday evening.
Wonder why George and Edward Ferrell never call around Banco anymore? Call again, boys. Your sweetie is still here.
Ernest Fugate of Holt was calling on his sister Mrs. Nola Justice last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Ellis of Logan were the supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. D.H. Harmon at this place last Tuesday.
Miss Charlotte Chapman passed through Banco last week enroute to Big Creek.
20 Monday Mar 2017
Posted in Lincoln County Feud, Logan
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Brandon Kirk, genealogy, Hatfield Island, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan, Logan Area Public Library, Logan County, Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society, Pelican Publishing Company, West Virginia
I am VERY excited to be speaking about the Lincoln County Feud on Monday, March 20, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. in the Logan Area Public Library situated on Historic Hatfield Island in Logan, WV. Many thanks to the Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society for hosting me. If you are local, please attend. I would love to see you! http://logan.lib.wv.us/
15 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Halcyon
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Appalachia, cemeteries, Chloe Mullins, Floyd S. Gore, genealogy, Harvey Gore, history, John Gore, John Gore Family Cemetery, Joseph Gore, Leander Gore, Logan, Logan County, Logan County Banner, Margaret Gore, Martha Gore, Martha Lawson, Mary Ann Lawson, Nancy Jane Toney, photos, Rebecca McDonald, surveyor, West Fork, West Virginia
John Gore (1816-1895), son of Joseph and Martha (Pine) Gore. Husband to Margaret “Peggy” Dingess. Settled on the West Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV.
John Gore Land Grant (1848), Logan County, (West) Virginia.
John Gore obituary, Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 9 October 1895.
John Gore grave, West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. 5 June 2015.
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.
14 Tuesday Mar 2017
Posted in Logan
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 9 October 1899.
13 Monday Mar 2017
Posted in Culture of Honor
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Appalachia, crime, feuds, Hall, history, Logan, Logan County Banner, McDowell County, Steele, West Virginia
Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 21 May 1891.
05 Sunday Mar 2017
Posted in Logan
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Appalachia, C. Russell Christian, history, Logan, Logan County, poems, poetry, Rambling Rhymes, The Loganite, West Virginia, writing
C. Russell Christian, a poor country teacher and poet who died at the age of twenty-nine years, authored 151 poems, mostly about his native Logan County, West Virginia. This poem, titled “The Loganite,” was published as part of Mr. Christian’s Rambling Rhymes in 1888.
To live devoid of want and fear;
To dress in jeans when winter comes;
To labor just three months a year,
And spend the nine around our homes.
To sleep two feather beds between,
Whose oaken stead adorns the scene;
If I’ve surveyed the scenes aright,
This is to be a Loganite!
To shoulder up the gun at morn,
And start in quest of deer or bear;
To hunt at night through the fields of corn
To find the ‘coons and ‘possums there;
To chase the boar thru many a ‘scald’
Where long and loud the sengers called–
If I’ve surveyed the scenes aright,
This is to be a Loganite.
To have our friends around the door,
When Sabbath brings the welcome day;
To have no knowledge of the poor
Whom Sunday brings no Sabbath day!
To feast, and laugh, and sing, and chat
And talk of This, and hint at That–
This is the way we took delight,
When I myself a Loganite!
The pawpaws in the wooded dell.
The chestnuts on the mountain top;
The huckleberries, loved so well;
The various fruits–a various crop.
This land is rich in nature’s store,
And fruits that nature always bore,
And all who will, may share the sights.
Presented to the Loganites.
I know there are impressions made
Against the genius of this land;
The homely manners, oft arrayed,
Speak-horror to the great and grand;
But Logan lives at home, the same,
Unmindful of the voice of Fame,
And shares her pleasures and delights,
With her own sons–the Loganites!
The day will come, nor far remote,
When palaces shall take the place
Of hovels that offend the sight,
And lend a proverb to the race;
A glorious future now appears.
The fruit of all our hopes and fears;
And prophecy reveals the sight
Of many a cultured Loganite!
And thou, Guyan! — clear, placid stream,
When future Bards thy beauties sing,
O let them think, as in a dream,
My humble Muse there tried her wing!
I ask no glory but to stand,
In memory of my native land,
And be, when Logan’s name is bright,
Remembered as a Loganite!
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.
28 Tuesday Feb 2017
Posted in Logan
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Appalachia, baseball, history, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, photos, Sports, West Virginia
Logan Banner, 9 April 1926.
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