Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821 - 2021

Thursday, December 8, 1898 Old man Lawson has a pet mud turtle, which got froze stiff as a board last...

Thursday, December 1, 1898 In November, Paris Hammond, second son of Jesse Hammond, of Williams River, killed three large bears...

Thursday, November 24, 1898 The Marlinton football team showed great pluck in riding to Frost, 19 miles, in a blinding...

Thursday, November 16, 1899 Marlinton to Incorporate Marlinton has of two evils chosen the less and decided to incorporate. It...

Thursday, November 10, 1898 One of the most statesmanlike and judicious speeches made during the campaign just closed was delivered...

Thursday, November 3, 1898 George W. McClintic, of Charleston, arrived last Thursday and visited his mother. He arranged a hunting...

Thursday, October 27, 1898 THE FORKS OF CRANBERRY The county of Nicholas has secured an injunction against the county line...

Thursday, October 20, 1898 Lost: At the merry-go-round in Marlinton, Saturday night, September 14, a small purse containing $40 in...

Thursday, October 13, 1898 George D. Saxton, brother-in-law of President McKinley, was shot and killed on the streets of Canton...

Thursday, October 8, 1898 Colonel Teddy Roosevelt has been nominated for Governor of New York by the Republicans. Colonel Gruber...

Thursday, September 29, 1898 There are two extremes, into one or the other of which many mothers fall – that...

Thursday, September 22, 1898 H. H. McClintic left Monday with 400 lambs for the Philadelphia market. 232 of them were...

Thursday, September 15, 1898 Sunday evening, a Philadelphia grocer went into a cellar that ignited the fumes of gasoline whereupon...

Thursday, September 9, 1898 The Marlinton people are sorry to lose old man Andy Kincaid from this part of the...

Thursday, September 2, 1898 The financial showing of the United States after the 114 days war is something unique in...

Thursday, August 26, 1898 A LONG WAY ROUND According to a paragraph in the New York Sun, there is a...

Thursday, August 19, 1898 LETTER From Lieut. Robert D. Kerr, U. S. A. July 1, 1898 MY DEAR SISTER: I...

Thursday, August 12, 1898 A cattle buyer went to a farmhouse in the Swago neighborhood and helloed for the good...

Thursday, August 5, 1898 Certain parties are getting in some bloody work on Patterson Poage’s sheep. Two have been found...

Thursday, July 29, 1898 Amos Barlow has some prehistoric corn growing that is now ten feet in height and seems...