Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821 - 2021

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...

Thursday, August 23, 1900 O. A. Veasy, the engineer who laid out the town in 1891, was here and laid...

Thursday, August 16, 1900 As descriptive of a small place, this proverbial expression is often used: “There is not room...

Thursday, August 9, 1900 The rise in the river moved O’Connell’s log drive from Stony Bottom to about opposite Mill...

Thursday, August 2, 1900 THE COURTS It becomes our younger men, who are about to get control of the voting...

Thursday, July 26, 1900 We now come to the beginning of the 20th century, but to fully understand the events...

Thursday, July 19, 1900 From an interesting letter written by Mrs. Caroline Tallman, of Boone, Iowa, we learn that she...

Thursday, July 12, 1900 STAND UP The staunchest trait of American character has never been pictured in bolder relief than...

Thursday, July 5, 1900 The oldest inhabitants fail to remember any display of electrical phenomena surpassing what occurred in view...

Thursday, June 28, 1900 MARRIED Frank Tolbert Sharp, of Slaty Fork, and Miss Emma S. Doyle, of Clover Creek, were...

Thursday, June 21, 1900 Bank of Marlinton Building The contract for a bank building was let by the Bank of...

Thursday, June 14, 1900 DUNMORE Fine weather. The hop, skip and jump Saturday in town was only tolerable. A little...

Coriandrum sativum is a plant that gives us two distinct herbs. The fast growing green leaves are called cilantro while...

Thursday, June 7, 1900 The Danger of Euphuism “Can I tell you the meaning of euphuism,” asked an older man...