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Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
HISTORY OF DUNMORE COMMUNITY
By Ella Pritchard
Continued
Robert Dunlap McCutchan married Elizabeth Youel Lockridge, of Goshen, Virginia, and settled on Thomas Creek in 1825. While they are not pioneers, they came to Pocahontas county soon after the organization of the...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
HISTORY OF DUNMORE
By Ella Pritchard
continued..
W. J. Cackley and B. F. McElwee built the house where J....
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Letter to the Editor
March 24, 1927
Mr. Calvin W. Price, Editor;
It was with much interest “The History of Dunmore Community,” by Miss Ella Pritchard was read.
As I grow riper in years, my heart inclines more...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Pioneering in Old Pokey
(These stories are written by Ben Blankenship, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, who decided he wouldn’t hide behind the name of Billy Hill – Hillbilly reversed.)
A Railroad Comes to Marlinton
Oh, listen to...
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 –...