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West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,051. [1] Its county seat is Clay. [2] The county was founded in 1858 and named in honor of Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. [3]
Clay is centrally located within Clay County at (38.462855, -81.080024), [13] along the Elk River [14] and West Virginia Route 16 at an elevation of 708 feet (216 m). [6] West Virginia Route 4 overlaps with Route 16 in the north of Clay. There is not much bottom land in Clay, as the river cuts a deep gorge through the city, limiting growth.
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Founded as the Wheeling Intelligencer in August 1852 by Eli B. Swearingen and Oliver Taylor, The Intelligencer is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the state of West Virginia. The paper was initially established as a means to promote Winfield Scott and the Whig Party in the 1852 United States presidential election .
The Telegram was founded in 1861 as a weekly and went daily in 1902.The Exponent was founded as the News in 1910. It changed its name to The Exponent in 1920. The two papers came under common ownership and became daily morning and afternoon newspapers, respectively (with a combined Sunday edition), in 1927, Virgil Highland, one of the owners of The Telegram, was instrumental in the merger of ...
Thomas Thomas covered a variety of subjects at the New York Times as a reporter, though he gained particular attention for his obituaries. [1] More than thirty of his obituaries were published in the 1997 anthology The Last Word. [3] After his death, a larger collection of Thomas' obituaries was published in 2001 as 52 McGs.: The Best ...
Procious is an unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States. Procious is located on the Elk River and West Virginia Route 4, 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Clay. Procious has a post office with ZIP code 25164. [2] Adam Procious, an early postmaster, gave the community his name. [3]