Lundale, Logan County, WV (c.1930)
07 Wednesday Dec 2022
07 Wednesday Dec 2022
17 Thursday Feb 2022
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21 Monday Dec 2020
Posted Dunlow
in13 Friday Nov 2020
Posted Italian American History
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Appalachia, crime, Ethel, genealogy, history, Logan Banner, Logan County, murder, photos, true crime, West Virginia
10 Tuesday Nov 2020
Posted Chapmanville
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Posted Williamson
in16 Friday Oct 2020
Posted Coal
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Appalachia, barber, Barnabus, coal, history, J.A. Roberts, Logan County, Main Island Creek Coal Company, Micco, photos, West Virginia
WELCOME AWAITS ALL AT THE NEW TOWN OF MICO
Mico is growing and Mico is going to be one of West Virginia’s best and most up-to-date mining towns. There are now one hundred houses here, and another hundred are under construction. There are also two pool rooms and a motion picture theatre in which to secure entertainment and while the hours away pleasantly.
The Main Island Creek Coal company conducts in this section one of the best stores, pool rooms and barber shops on the creek; they are well lighted, sanitary, bright and new. The pool room contains three fine tables and the barber shop is equipped with two chairs and all modern appliances and conveniences. There is also a reading room where the public may go and look over the newspapers and periodicals free of charge.
J.A. Roberts, formerly of Barnabus, is now installed as manager of the poolroom and barbershop and is working diligently to provide satisfactory service for his large and growing trade.
It is true that there are no sidewalks or hard roads here at this time, but such improvements are contemplated and may be expected soon. The people of Mico are looking forward to the time when the locality will be one of the model mining camps of the entire state, and they are confident and we will enjoy having you here.
It is a pleasure to come up to the pool room and play in a nice, clean, well-managed place, get a slick shave and hair cut, and then go home and greet the family with a smile and a kiss and not go in drunk, ragged and with hair long and unkempt, growl at the little ones and the wife. Nothing like that goes here. We are trying to live happily and make the other fellow happy by smiles. Come and see us. You will enjoy your visit and we will enjoy having you here.
Source: Logan (WV) Banner, 4 May 1916.
16 Friday Oct 2020
Posted Wayne
in06 Monday Jul 2020
Posted Ferrellsburg
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Appalachia, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, Martha Mullins, photos, West Virginia
Unknown person. Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV. From the photos of Martha (Farley) Mullins.
05 Sunday Jul 2020
Posted Big Sandy Valley, Hatfield-McCoy Feud
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Appalachia, Beech Creek, Devil Anse Hatfield, genealogy, history, Mingo County, photos, Valentine Wall Hatfield, West Virginia
Valentine “Wall” Hatfield (1834-1890), a brother to Anse Hatfield, lived at Beech Creek, present-day Mingo County, WV. The family holds the original image.
28 Sunday Jun 2020
Posted Beech Creek, Big Sandy Valley
inDoc and Sarah (Hatfield) Mayhon of Beech Creek, Mingo County, WV.
24 Wednesday Jun 2020
Posted Big Sandy Valley, Wharncliffe
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Appalachia, Ben Creek, Big Sandy River, Mingo County, Norfolk and Western Railroad, photos, Tug Fork, West Virginia, Wharncliffe
The old railroad town of Wharncliffe is gone. 30 May 2020
Mouth of Ben Creek, Mingo County, WV. 30 May 2020
20 Saturday Jun 2020
Posted Big Sandy Valley, Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Music
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Appalachia, banjo, Beech Creek, Early Mahon, genealogy, history, Mingo County, music, photos, Plyant Mahon, Vicie Mahon, Wall Hatfield, West Virginia
Early Mahon (1884-1969), son of Plyant and Vicie (Hatfield) Mahon. Plyant Mahon was a participant of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. Early was the grandson of Valentine “Wall” Hatfield. The family holds the original photo.
06 Saturday Jun 2020
Posted Big Ugly Creek, John Hartford, Rector
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Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, Doska Adkins, Eunice Ferrell, genealogy, history, James Ferrell, John Hartford, Lincoln County, Mayme Ferrell, photos, Rector, West Virginia
This log cabin was built by James P. Ferrell before the Civil War. 1998
My friend Mayme Ferrell lived here. James P. Ferrell was her grandfather. 1998
One time, I visited with Eunice (Peyton) Ferrell and Doska (Duty) Adkins. 1998
29 Friday May 2020
Posted Cemeteries, Coal
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Appalachia, Brandon Ray Kirk, cemeteries, coal, Elk Creek Community Cemetery, Emmett, genealogy, history, Logan County, photos, Phyllis Kirk, Ramaco Resources, Walter Sias, West Virginia
Up this way to Elk Creek Community Cemetery… 5 February 2020
Coal is not dead! For more information, go here: https://www.ramacoresources.com/mining-complexes/elk-creek/ 5 February 2020
My parking spot. Miners helped me to find the cemetery, which was concealed by the mining operation. 5 February 2020
Up this way to the (mostly neglected) cemetery! 5 February 2020
Someone left this pretty cardinal painting here. 5 February 2020
View from the cemetery. 5 February 2020
The Sias graves. 5 February 2020
My great-great-uncle is buried here. 5 February 2020
Sias graves. 5 February 2020
Sias graves. 5 February 2020
Sias graves. 5 February 2020
This little guy found me. Made a buddy. 5 February 2020
Here goes Mom to decorate the graves. 5 February 2020
Walter F. Sias (1896-1933) was a brother to my great-grandmother, Gertie (Sias) Frye. He is buried here with two of his children. 5 February 2020
25 Saturday Apr 2020
Posted Coal, Timber, Wyoming County
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Appalachia, coal, history, Kopperston, logging, museums, Oceana, photos, Ritter, timber, timbering, West Virginia, Wyoming County, Wyoming County Museum
The Wyoming County Museum located in Oceana, WV, is one of the region’s best museums…and one of America’s greatest small town museums. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Here is a link to the museum website: https://wyomingcountymuseum.webs.com/
Top object: “Cross cut saw, 1938: This saw was used to cut the mine timber used to construct the Koppers mine in Kopperston, WV, in 1938.” Bottom object: “Antique plane, circa late 1890s to early 1900s: This plane, manufactured by the Chapin Stephens Co., was used to flatten and impact a smooth surface to a rough piece of lumber or timber.” 29 October 2019
Logging tools, including a chain dog. 29 October 2019
“Ritter railroad spike: Railroad spike from the old Ritter railroad which ran through Oceana and was used to transport timber.” 29 October 2019
29 October 2019
11 Saturday Apr 2020
Posted Battle of Blair Mountain, Coal, Huntington, Italian American History
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Appalachia, Battle of Blair Mountain, Bearwallow Branch, C&O Railroad, C.W. Campbell, Camp Branch, Charleston, coal, Dingess Run, Dingess-Rum Coal Company, Don Chafin, Ethel, Ethel Hollow, Freeze Fork, history, Huntington, James L. Caldwell, John Q. Dickinson, Logan County, Mash Branch, photos, Red Campbell, Rockcamp Branch, Rockhouse Branch, Wanda, West Virginia
In the 1890s, land speculators James L. Caldwell, a banker from Huntington, C.W. Campbell, an attorney from Huntington, and John Q. Dickinson, a banker from Charleston, acquired many acres of land on Dingess Run and Rum Creek. The trio procured some of Logan County’s finest coal lands with six accessible seams of coal. They formed the Dingess-Rum Coal Company in June of 1903 to administer their lands, which totaled over 26,000 acres. They surveyed a railroad bed up Dingess Run and laid the cross-ties, leaving only the rails to be laid by the C&O Railroad, which occurred by late 1906. From there, the railroad extended up Right Fork and Left Fork (Ethel Hollow). At the juncture of the two forks, the company town of Ethel, named for the daughter or wife of an early coal operator, was established around 1907. In 1923, the town was populated by 2000 residents.
Ethel was originally located at the mouth of Left Fork (now Ethel Hollow) of Dingess Run. Today, Ethel includes Camp Branch, Freeze Fork (town and stream), Rockcamp Branch, Rockhouse Branch (now Georges Creek), Mash Branch (formerly Wanda), and Bearwallow Branch (formerly Red Campbell). It is situated at the base of Blair Mountain.
Ethel Coal Company Supply Building, constructed about 1914 by Italian stonemasons. The building served as a staging area for Don Chafin’s defensive forces in the Battle of Blair Mountain. 1 March 2020
Remnants of Ethel No. 1 Company Store, built between 1907 and 1916. 1 March 2020
22 Sunday Mar 2020
Posted Big Sandy Valley
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Appalachia, Beech Creek, Big Sandy River, Devon, history, Kentucky, Mingo County, photos, Tug Fork, West Virginia
Here’s a beautiful old landmark. Devon, Mingo County, WV. 12 July 2019
This way to the Tug Fork. Devon, Mingo County, WV. 12 July 2019
Mouth of Beech Creek in Devon, Mingo County, WV. 12 July 2019
That’s Kentucky across the river! Devon, Mingo County, WV. 12 July 2019
17 Tuesday Mar 2020
Posted Logan
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Appalachia, genealogy, history, J.E. Peck, judge, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, photos, politics, West Virginia
Logan (WV) Banner, 24 July 1928
15 Sunday Mar 2020
Posted Spurlockville
in“Elbert on Horse,” exact location and date unknown. Part of the Adkins-Carper private collection.
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