Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
History of Edray Community
By S. B. Moore
Continued
My father, Isaac Moore, settled in the woods where I now live. Father’s house was a hewed log house, about 16 x 20 feet; shaved shingle roof, chinked...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
HISTORY OF EDRAY COMMUNITY
By S. B. Moore
The Pocahontas Times
November 4, 1926
Edray community is bounded on the west by Stony Creek range of mountains; on the north by Elk Mountain, to the top of Slippery...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
An Old Mystery
The Pocahontas Times
October 5, 1899
One of the most extraordinary scenes ever witnessed in a courtroom took place at this court. Last spring, Enos R. Sharp testified that Scott Kelley or Scott Bowers...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
AN OLD MYSTERY
The Pocahontas Times
June 8, 1899
Continued...
About 1890, Dick Knapp disappeared from his home near Edray, and it has always been believed that he was murdered, tho the failure to find the body has...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Richard Harry "Dick" Knapp, 1847 – Dec. 1889
The Pocahontas Times
January 9, 1890
Dick Knapp very mysteriously disappeared from his home near Edray a few weeks ago, and a short time after, was reported as being...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Over 80
By Annie Cromer
Published March 1, 1973
Jennie Bell Slaven’s
stories, continued
I will give this paper that I wrote for Evelyn Lee, Oscar’s daughter, to you. It is some history of our Slaven family.
Durbin, July...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Over 80
By Annie Cromer
Published March 1, 1973
I went to see Jennie Bell Slaven about helping me write an article on the history of Durbin. She is an interesting person with a remarkably keen...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
The History of Spruce
Shared by Keith Moore
With the completion of the railroad to the top of the mountain in 1901, the number of men multiplied as the cutting and shipping of pulpwood increased.
With...