#History for the Logan-Boone Highway connecting #Charleston and #Logan #WV #Appalachia #history

From West Virginians, published by the West Virginia Biographical Association in 1928, comes this profile of the Lincoln-Boone Highway in southwestern West Virginia: Boone County, south of Kanawha, has been opened up by a hard road from Marmet, across the Kanawha from the Midland Trail. A second connection with Charleston is offered by a highway on the south side of the Kanawha. The county was…

Aracoma, a Native American in #Logan #WV is profiled #Appalachia #history #NativeAmericans

Doris Miller (1903-1993), a longtime educator, historian, writer, and poet operating in the area of Huntington, West Virginia, composed this biography of Aracoma, a well-known Native American figure who lived in present-day Logan, West Virginia. This is Part 4 of her composition. One other detail of the legend, not generally known but occasionally heard, is the story that Aracoma was Cornstalk’s…

History for #Aracoma , a #NativeAmerican leader in #Logan #WV #Appalachia #history #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanhistory

Doris Miller (1903-1993), a longtime educator, historian, writer, and poet operating in the area of Huntington, West Virginia, composed this biography of Aracoma, a well-known Native American figure who lived in present-day Logan, West Virginia. This is Part 3 of her composition. Aracoma has been described as an Indian maiden of exceptional grace and beauty. Perhaps the Virginians she impressed…

Doris Miller (1903-1993), a longtime educator, historian, writer, and poet operating in the area of Huntington, West Virginia, composed this biography of Aracoma, a well-known Native American figure who lived in present-day Logan, West Virginia. This is Part 2 of her composition. The father whose death was mentioned by Aracoma was the noted Shawnee sachem, Cornstalk, leader at the Battle of…

Doris Miller (1903-1993), a longtime educator, historian, writer, and poet operating in the area of Huntington, West Virginia, composed this biography of Aracoma, a well-known Native American figure who lived in present-day Logan, West Virginia. This is Part 1 of her composition. West Virginians can lay claim to one of America’s most romantic legends, the story of Aracoma which has grown in…

Map for Oak Hill Addition in #Logan #WV (1906) #Appalachia #history

Elias Hatfield Oath of Office as Aracoma Councilman (1889)

Oath of Office (1889), Aracoma Town Council. Oath of Office (1889), Aracoma Town Council.