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James Franklin Comstock (25 February 1911, Richwood, West Virginia - 22 May 1996, Huntington, West Virginia) was a West Virginia writer, newspaper publisher and humorist. He founded the weekly West Virginia Hillbilly (1957-1980) and compiled a definitive 51-volume encyclopedia of West Virginia history and culture.
The first known instances of "hillbilly" in print were in The Railroad Trainmen's Journal (vol. ix, July 1892), [2] an 1899 photograph of men and women in West Virginia labeled "Camp Hillbilly", [3] and a 1900 New York Journal article containing the definition: "a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammeled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the ...
Point Pleasant Historic District is a national historic district located at Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia.The district includes 93 contributing buildings and one contributing site in Point Pleasant's central business district and surrounding residential areas.
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Camden Park was established as a picnic spot by the Camden Interstate Railway Company in 1903, and named after former West Virginia Senator Johnson N. Camden.As steamboat traffic gave way to intercity trolleys, the park was located near the mouth of Twelvepole Creek, where riders traveling between Huntington, Ceredo, Kenova, Ashland, and Coal Grove would stop to change lines.
Nearly 70% of voters in West Virginia chose Trump in 2020. "It's isolating," said 26-year-old Faith Vance, Terra Vance's sister-in-law. "If I say anything even remotely liberal, it's an instant ...
HABS No. WV-210-35, "Malden Historic District, Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church, 4305 Salines Drive", 11 photos, 3 measured drawings, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. WV-210-36, " Malden Historic District, 4103 Salines Drive (House) ", 3 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page
State Route 29 (WV 29) Pin Oak: Potomac Academy Building: 1850 West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind Campus Romney: Amos L. Pugh Home: 1885 Northwestern Pike (U.S. Route 50) Capon Bridge: Captain David Pugh House† 1835 Cacapon River Road (CR 14) Hooks Mills: Red House (Franklin Herriot House) South Branch Potomac River: Old Red Store