brandonraykirk · 2 years ago
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Logan-Boone Highway in WV (1928)
#History for the Logan-Boone Highway connecting #Charleston and #Logan #WV #Appalachia #history
From West Virginians, published by the West Virginia Biographical Association in 1928, comes this profile of the Lincoln-Boone Highway in southwestern West Virginia: Boone County, south of Kanawha, has been opened up by a hard road from Marmet, across the Kanawha from the Midland Trail. A second connection with Charleston is offered by a highway on the south side of the Kanawha. The county was…
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brandonraykirk · 3 years ago
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Aracoma Hotel in Logan, WV (1933)
History for the #Aracoma Hotel in #Logan #WV (1933) #Appalachia #history #hotels
From the Logan Banner comes this bit of history for the Aracoma Hotel dated March 17, 1933: Arters Brothers Lease Aracoma Hotel Property Starting April 1st W.L. Davis and Dick Arters, of this city, and E.D. Arters of Huntington will operate the Aracoma Hotel. They have leased the hotel from the Ghiz estate, Mike Ghiz having been manager for the past six months. Dick Arters has been Mr. Ghiz’…
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brandonraykirk · 4 years ago
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Aracoma Hotel (1923)
S.A. Ammar property at Coal and Main streets in Logan, WV (1923), Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.
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brandonraykirk · 6 years ago
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Aracoma Hotel in #Logan #WV (1922) #Appalachia #history
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brandonraykirk · 6 years ago
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State v. Edgar Combs (1923): Statement of Frank R. Remlinger, No. 9
State v. Edgar Combs (1923): Statement of Frank R. Remlinger, No. 9 #MineWars #WVMineWars #Appalachia #history #coal #WV #Logan #LoganCounty
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Mr. Remlinger was a native of New York. He appears in the 1920 census for Logan County, WV.
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brandonraykirk · 5 years ago
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From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, come the stories of rats in the city, printed in 1923-1924:
Oh, Rats!
The Chamber of Commerce has collected quite a few rat tails since its announcement some days ago of the contest which ends on July 15th with a grand prize to the person having collected the greatest number from rats killed. The tails are delivered to Mr. McGuire each Saturday morning at the…
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brandonraykirk · 6 years ago
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Aracoma Memorial in Logan, WV (1936)
Aracoma Memorial in #Logan #WV (1936) #Appalachia #history #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericans
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Aracoma Memorial at the Logan Courthouse, Logan, WV. 18 May 2017.
Princess Aracoma Memorial Given to the Public by D.A.R. Chapter is Formally Unveiled and Dedicated
The monument to Princess Aracoma was dedicated yesterday afternoon by the local chapter of the D.A.R. which bears her name, with a brief ceremony in which the romantic history of the chief of the first tribe known to have settled in…
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brandonraykirk · 7 years ago
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Buskirk Hotel in #Logan #WV Burns (1913) #Appalachia #history
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brandonraykirk · 7 years ago
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Mrs. Henry Clay Ragland's Obituary (1914)
Widow of Henry Ragland, #obituary #LoganBanner #LoganCounty #WV (1914) #Appalachia #genealogy
From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, we find the following story dated April 17, 1914:
“GRANDMA” RAGLAND PASSES TO THE BEYOND
MATE OF MAJOR HENRY CLAY RAGLAND, EDITOR OF THE LOGAN BANNER FOR MANY YEARS, PLACED BESIDE HIM EASTER SUNDAY
Mrs. Lou Ragland, mother of the Buskirk family, of this region died last Friday a.m. at the home of her son, Robert W. Buskirk, in the Urias Hotel at Matewan, Mingo…
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