Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821 - 2021

Thursday, January 17, 1901 A man fell into the water tank last week and was hurt. He was at work...

Thursday, January 10, 1901 A new variety of bread is being introduced by our Hebrew housekeeper at Marlinton. It is...

Thursday, January 3, 1901 HIS THEORY Sometimes children show an instinctive sense of the finer relations of moral obligations that...

Thursday, December 28, 1900 Price Brothers, Editors Editors sometimes get into trouble when no trouble is dreamed of, as did...

Thursday, December 13, 1900 Snowden Hogsett, one of the Golden’s clerks has smallpox and is in the quarantine where he...

Thursday, December 7, 1900 There is no need of any panic about the smallpox. It does not amount to much...

Thursday, November 29, 1900 Dr. Ligon awoke Tuesday morning and found himself famous so far as to be President of...

Thursday, November 29, 1900 THE FLOOD OF 1900 Rainfall at Marlinton 4.88 inches. All move to the second story. An...

Thursday, November 15, 1900 LOCAL MENTION The election storm occurred last week, and Elk Mountain was covered with frost and...

Thursday, November 8, 1900 The Pocahontas Times has put in an 1,800-pound job press of the Chandler & Price make....

Thursday, November 1, 1900 FETE DAY IN MARLINTON While no special committee had been appointed to consult with the weather...

Thursday, October 25, 1900 GRAND RALLY! First Train in Marlinton, Barbecue, Polo Tournament, Football, Coronation and Tournament Ball – October...

Thursday, October 18, 1900 The demand for workmen and teams to haul ties cannot be supplied. No idle or unemployed...

Thursday, October 11, 1900 Charles Nicholas, who was indicted for shooting Porter Mann in August, threw himself on the mercy...

Thursday, October 4, 1900 A five-year-old child of Eliza Campbell, staying at J. R. Apperson’s was kicked in the face...

Thursday, September 27, 1900 The drought was ended by gracious rains last Saturday. - - - Steps are being taken...

Thursday, September 13, 1900 It has been reported that the West Virginia Fish Hat-chery will be located on Stony Creek...

Thursday, September 13, 1900 We have a whiskey ring that should be looked after. The dealer of the poison claims...

Thursday, September 6, 1900 Major Carter, of Washington, who spent his vacation at Marlinton, is the President’s physician. He said...

Thursday, August 30, 1900 While Mr. Baxter’s team was coming from Millboro Thursday, they came across two large rattlesnakes on...