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By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I hope everyone had a very enjoyable and safe 4th of July.  Mine was...

This is from a postcard dated June 6, 1910, from Jenningston. The chute is bringing boards out and there are...

Editor,   On June 15th, 2023 an employee of TC EMS was given permission from the Interim EMS Director to...

Editor,   On June 15, 2023 an employee of TC EMS was given permission from the Interim EMS Director to...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate What is going on with our country?  We have the son of a sitting...

Contact: Stan Bumgardner bumgardner@wvhumanities.org  304-346-8500 June 21, 2023 Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West...

I am writing this letter to let you and the people of Tucker Co know what I observed on the...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Stopped in Walmart on my way to work this morning and I have been...

Photo credit: Teri Cayton Workers stringing steel for on Corridor H Bridge along US219 South of Parsons near Moore.

This is a photo of the Bayard Cleaning Plant dated October 28, 1948.  I doubt there are any miners still...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Summer is upon us once again and I am glad to see some sunshine...

This is an advertisement for P. H. Shaffer, Jeweler of Hendricks. “Pat” was a native of Maryland, living on a...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I am so glad the forecast is calling for rain because this smoke from...

By Joseph W. Dumire Tucker County Historical Society IN THE BEGINNING:   Close your eyes. Imagine the early beginnings of the...

This is a photo from Thomas of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and The Central School Building. I don’t know...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Well summer has surpassed spring with a vengeance.  The temperature has been in the...

Mr. H. B. Cottrill worked in the mines as a tipple man and quickly was promoted to mine boss in...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I was very disheartened today when I heard my favorite female singer of all...

This is a summons for I. C. Bennett requiring him to appear at the Court House on June 12, 1900,...

By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I think I am going to live through this crap that is going around. ...