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West Virginia History on
April 29-May 4
llowing events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read
morb, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Agil 28, 1914: An explosion at
the .vccles No. 5 mine in Raleigh
Couiity killed 174 men. The mine
conriécted with Eccles No. 6,
operating in another coal seam, and
nineffmen in No. 6 died of injuries
and ‘Of afterdamp, the deadly gas
left after a mine explosion.
April 28, 1920: The Monongahela
Natibnal Forest was created by
presidential proclamation. It is
the gnly national forest that is
compjetely within the boundaries
of Wigst Virginia.
Apjil 28, 1924: An explosion
ripped through the Benwood coal
minesouth of Wheeling, killing 119
miners.
April 28, 1948: Watt Powell
Park opened in Charleston. About
8,000, people, including Governor
Okey,. L. Patteson, attended the
city’s, inaugural game in the Class
A Central League. Watt Powell
Park ,was replaced by the city’s new
Appalachian Power Park after the
April 29, 1863: Confederate General
William E. “Grumble” Jones waged
a battle at Fairmont that involved a
force of 500 regulars, home guards,
and volunteers.
The Confederates prevailed,
burning the personal library of
Francis Pierpont, governor of the
Restored Government of Virginia,
and exploding an iron railroad
bridge across the Monongahela
Riverl
April 30, 1871: Coach Fielding
Harris “Hurry-Up” Yost as born in
Marion County. He wasa tackle on
West Virginia University’s football
team in 1895 1896, While
earning a law degree. In 1901, ,
Yost’s first season as coach
at University of . Michigan, the
Wolverines compiled an 11-0
record, including the 49-0 defeat of
Stanford in the first Rose Bowl.
April 29, 1863: Confederate
General William E. “Grumble”
Jones waged a battle at Fairmont
that involved a force of 500 regulars,
home guards, ‘and volunteers. The
Confederates prevailed, burning
the personal library of Francis
Pierpont, governor of the Restored
Government of Virginia, and
exploding an iron railroad bridge
across the Monongahela River.
April 30, 1871: Coach Fielding
Harris “Hurry-Up” Yost was born
in Marion County. He was a tackle
on West Virginia University’s
football team in 1895 and 1896,
while earning a law degree.
In 1901, Yost’s first season as
coach at University of Michigan,
the Wolverines compiled an 11-0
record, including the 49-0 defeat of
Stanford in the first Rose Bowl.
May 2, 1900: State founder
Waitman Willey died in
Morgantown. Willey is remembered
for the Willey Amendment, which
provided for the emancipation of
slaves as a precondition for the
creation of West Virginia.
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Two-can live as cheap as one if one don’t eat.
—Southern Saying
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The first hemispherical sundialw
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scribed in about the third
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May 2, 1925: Flying saucer
investigator Gray Barker was born
in Riffle, Braxton County.
Barker became interested
in unidentified flying objects in
the 1950s after investigating the
sightings of the Flatwoods Monster.
May 3, 1843: US. Postmaster
General William Lyne Wilson
was born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County. Wilson joined President
Cleveland’s cabinet as postmaster
general in 1895. In the following
year, he introduced Rural Free
Delivery in Jefferson County, an
experiment which was quickly
instituted nationwide.
May 3, 1917: Fire destroyed the
West Virginia Preparatory School
in Keyser. The school was rebuilt,
and it evolved into the institution
now known as Potomac State
College.
May 4, 1896: The Children’s
Home Society was formed by a
group of Charleston ministers at
the YMCA.
Their goal was to place orphaned
and neglected children with caring
families rather than crowd them
into county poorhouses.
e-WV: The West Virginia
Encyclopedia is a project of the West
Virginia Humanities Council. For
more information contact the West
Virginia Humanities Council, 1310
Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston,
WV 25301; (304) 346—8500; or visit
e-WV at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
NARCONON
Narconon reminds families that
abuse of addictive pharmaceutical
drugs is on the rise. Learn to
recognize the signs of drug abuse
and get your loved ones help if the
are at risk. Call Narconon for a free
brochure on the signs of addiction
for all types of drugs. Narconon also
offers free screenings and referrals.
800—431-1754 or Prescription-
abuse .org.
ADDICTION COUNSELING
Narconon can help you take steps
to overcome addition in your family.
Call today..fur,»free screenings?» in the department of Geology and
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The compass plant is called that
because its lower leaves tend to
line up in a north-south direc-
tion.
Greenbrier Historical
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The modern violin has been around for roug
designed in the 1500s,
maker.
Society
hly 500 years. It was
some say by Andrea Amati, an Italian lute
Hosts
Barnwood Builders, Tree Dating Team at
Written and submitted by Toni Ogden
Lewisburg’s iconic log building
on the corner of Randolph Street
and Seneca Trail is to be featured
for a third time on the popular DIY
network series, Barnwood Builders.
GHS board member Karen
Fankhauser invited Mark Bowe,
the star of the show and founder of
Antique Cabins and Barns, LLC, to
observe the dendrochronology study
being conducted at the Barracks
by Kristin de Graauw, PhD
Candidate of Geography at West
Virginia University, and Shawn
Cockrel, laboratory manager of
the Montane Forest Dynamics Lab
3 sites in Pocalidntas and
Kristen de Graauw is the director
of WVU’s Historic Timbers Project
whose mission is “to provide tree-
ring dating of historic log structures
throughout southeastern WV to
enhance the historical significance
of the structures and frontier
settlement of the region.”
De Graauw and Cockrel have
made several trips to our area to
take core samples from historic
structures including another of
the Greenbrier Historical Society’s
structures, the John North House,
and the privately owned Cook’s
Mill in Monroe County.
’ They have» investigate
‘ , ‘to premiere on "DYI network on
Counties and have plans to take
samples from the McCoy Fort at
Williamsburg, WV. The team was
very excited to take samples from
the Barracks. Because tree rings
provide cutting dates and therefore
probable construction dates, their
samples will represent the first
hard scientific data that will reveal
a more accurate idea of the age of
that building and the stages of its
construction.
Mark Bowe’s interview with De
Graauw and Cockrel will be part of
an upcoming show in season three
of “Barnwood Builders, scheduled
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Summers County ARH Hospital and ARH Summers County Clinic
welcome nurse practitioner Robyn Adkins. Robyn is a Family Nurse
Practitioner providing healthcare services to patients of all ages.
Robyn is a graduate of Mountain State University and has worked in
BeckIey, Princeton and Hinton as a Nurse Practitioner and as an ER
and Telemetry RN.
She will be practicing family medicine including: cold and flu treatment,
diabetic management, health maintenance, osteoporosis screening
and treatment, school, work and yearly exams, and women’s health.
Robyn Adkins, APRN, FNP—BC is accepting new patients, call today for
on appointment.
ARH Summers County Clinic
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Hinton, WV 2595l
304.466.29l 8
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