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Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Pioneering in Old Pokey
By Billy Hill
Round-Up Time and
Cattle Drives
Like the story of wagon trains, round-ups and cattle drives are associated with the ‘Old West,” but before the advent of the railroad up the...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Pioneering in Old Pokey
By Billy Hill
Ice Break-up and Log Drive
It was about 1897 or ’98 that the writer went to stay with “Uncle George and Aunt Lou” Clendenen, who acted as my foster parents....
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
A GRUELING FOOT RACE
By Si Sharp
History of Pocahontas County ~ 1981
From about 1885 until 1914, there was an English settlement between Mingo and Linwood. These cultured, educated and good clean sport-minded families played soccer...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County ~1901
By William T. Price
Among the prosperous citizens of Pocahontas County in its early development, Christopher Herold deserves recognition of a special character. He was of pure German parentage –...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County ~ 1901
By William T. Price
BIOGRAPHIC
WILLIAM AULDRIDGE
William Auldridge, Senior, the ancestor and founder of the family relationship of that name in our county, was a native of England. His mother,...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
HILLSBORO COMMUNITY
History of Pocahontas County ~ 1981
Hillsboro, located in a rich and beautiful upland valley, is named for Richard Hill, the pioneer from North Carolina, who built his home on a good farm in...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County ~ 1901
By William T. Price
BIOGRAPHIC
JOSEPH BROWN
The Brown relationship trace their ancestry to Joseph Brown, whose wife was Hannah M’Afferty. They lived a few years in Bath County, on the...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
We had a request for a copy of the following article from the August 17, 1905 edition of The Pocahontas Times. This story has been told and retold through the years, so we offer...