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This Week in West Virginia History

This Week in West Virginia History

March 13, 2002: Herbalist and folk doctor Catfish Gray died in Huntington. Gray was known for his vast knowledge of traditional plant lore and for his quaint and engaging personality. At the height of the folklore revival of the 1970s, Gray was a frequent newspaper and television interview subject. March...

Turner’s Tidbits

Turner’s Tidbits

This is a photo of the Tannery of Parsons. The card was printed in Germany sometime before 1915. Notice that the plant is fenced in, and the railroad tracks run into the plant. The tannery suffered damage during the Big Flood of October 1954. At the time there were 85...

Momma Said 3-6-24

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Stupid is a very harsh word but when you see people doing things that you just can’t explain what else explains it?  I just can’t get over the newest generation of people that have no common sense. Why can’t they just stop what they...

Turner’s Tidbits

Turner’s Tidbits

This is a sawmill of unknown origins. It could be in Tucker County or the Horton, Whitmer area of Randolph County. There was 164 feet in this poplar board.  It was sawed March 9, 1954. That is a large board, and the tree must have been very old and huge....

Momma Said 2-28-254

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I was listening to the radio on my way to work and the DJ announced a song from l993 and it got me to thinking.  That was 31 years ago, how did that happen?  It was 1993 only a few years ago, right?  WRONG!!! ...

Letter to the Editor

Editor, Did you notice that Corridor H Authority Chairman Robbie Morris’s recent column in The Inter-Mountain never mentioned the separate Truck Route?  The Truck Route may be DOH’s best kept secret. It gets very little publicity, and when I bring it up to people in our community, I often get...

This Week in West Virginia History

This Week in West Virginia History

Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Feb. 28, 1831: Fayette County was formed by the General Assembly of Virginia from parts of Kanawha, Nicholas, Greenbrier and Logan counties. The county...

Turner’s Tidbits

Turner’s Tidbits

This is a photo of Parsons High School (previously known as Black Fork District High School). This building was opened to high school students on January 5, 1914. Prior to moving into this building, the high school and grade school occupied the school on Water Street. The grade school on...

Momma Said 2-21-24

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate For all you West Virginia Snowbirds that travel south for the winter don’t plan on traveling back any time soon.  It was 55 degrees earlier in the week and now this weekend is calling for anywhere from 1 to 8 inches of snow.  I...

Letter to the Editor

Editor, It was certainly a pleasure to be a part of the Christmas Home Tour this past year!  It was a wonderful experience and the PRO On Trac group was so kind and generous.  We were honored and enjoyed socializing with the towns people.  The tour was an experience we...

This Week in West Virginia History

This Week in West Virginia History

e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Feb. 21, 1895: Bluefield Colored Institute was established by the legislature to prepare Black West Virginians for the teaching profession. After several name changes, the school became Bluefield State College in 1943 and achieved university status in 2022. Dr. Donald Rasmussen Feb. 21,...

This Week in West Virginia History

This Week in West Virginia History

Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Feb. 14, 1866: Grant County was created and named for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who later became the nation’s 18th president. Feb. 15, 1898:...

Momma Said 2-14-24

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate You never know what you have until it is gone.  We here in Parsons are finding that out the hard way.  As most of you know our local grocery store caught on fire this past week.  It did significant damage but the store will...

Turner’s Tidbits

Turner’s Tidbits

This is letterhead for Floyd McDonald (1873-1938), Justice of the Peace, Harman, Randolph County. He ordered office supplies on December 2, 1898, from The Globe Printing and Bindery of Clarksburg, WV.  Floyd was the son of Peter and Mary Helmick McDonald: he was married to Jemima Cooper.  Jemima was the...

Momma Said 2-7-24

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate From our recent snow melt and rain there is a mud puddle out front of the office and there must have been 25 black birds in it taking a bath.  You can tell spring is coming even the birds are cleaning up.  I once...

This Week in West Virginia History

This Week in West Virginia History

Charles Town OperaHouse Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Feb. 7, 1867: West Virginia University was established by an act of the West Virginia legislature. The college, originally called the...

Momma Said 1-31-24

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate West Virginia finally received a good ole fashion snow storm this past week.  I woke up on Monday, Jan. 22 and the temperature was -9 degrees and Thursday, Jan. 25 rolled around and the temperature was 55 degrees. And people say global warming is...

Turner’s Tidbits

Turner’s Tidbits

This is a Davis and Elkins College Program from Saturday, October 16, 1948. The game was played at Wimer Stadium against West Virginia Tech. As mentioned before, some guys from Tucker County could be found on the football roster. The representative from Tucker County for this year is Denver Close...

Letter to the Editor

It's not something we think about every day, but unwanted sexual contact (also called sexual abuse) by a spouse, which is often violent, is not a criminal offense in West Virginia.   Sexually abusive behavior involving non-spouses or strangers is definitely a crime.    While spousal sexual abuse is a...

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