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
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.
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