History A Quick Note from Paw Paw: The Friendship of W.P. Phillips M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “hope you Will not think hard of me” Pull up a chair, friends. I’ve found a little scrap of paper that’s traveled over a hundred years just to tell us a simple story. It’s a single sheet of lined paper, now turned a warm, buttery yellow with age. You can… Continue Reading
History A Winter Wish for the Guinn Children M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “if they have Books I think I can advance them this Winter further than they have been yet” Pull up a chair, friends, and take a look at this little treasure from the archives. It is a humble note written back in December of 1873 by a teacher named S…. Continue Reading
History A Handshake Across Time: Mr. Mason’s Lost Horse M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “You may let me know your expenses and I will send you the money please deliver hous at once and oblige” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve come across a real little treasure from our own backyard. It is a letter dated April 9th, 1875, written right here in… Continue Reading
History A Hand-Delivered Promise from Kanawha Falls M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “I hope you will not get out of patience with me, do you still want any goods if so please let me know” Pull up a chair and gather ’round, friends, because I’ve found something truly special tucked away in the archives. It’s a modest little scrap of history from… Continue Reading
History A Helping Hand from Blue Sulphur Springs M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 19, 2026 “you had better not buy anny as they have gon down to a low figure and I cant buy any more” There is something truly special about holding a piece of history in your hands, like this little note from Blue Sulphur Springs dated October 23, 1875. This handwritten treasure,… Continue Reading
History A Treasury from Blue Sulphur Springs: A Hand-Written Promise from 1875 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 29, 2026 “pleas attend to the matter an have the dee Readdy by the March cort so that I can get them when I com out” Well hello there, neighbors. Pull up a chair while I share a little piece of our local history that just landed on my desk. It is… Continue Reading
History A Stained Scrap of Paper and a Big Decision in Blue Sulphur Springs M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “I have all but yours now but they all have to have the money that their lots bring pleas send it rite away and oblige” Pull up a chair, friends, because I have found a real treasure tucked away from our local past. It is a letter from October 1874,… Continue Reading
History A Christmas Eve Note from Blue Sulphur Springs M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 14, 2026 Mr Labin Gwin Sir you will pleas meet Me at fayett Cort Hous on the 28th of the Preasent Month Well now, pull up a chair and let me tell you about a little piece of our history that just came across my desk. It is a humble letter written… Continue Reading
History A Penny Saved and a Word from the Women: A Lesson from 1874 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “the first payment two heave for our purse & another our women folkes think that it is two mutch out of the way” Step back in time with me for a moment to a spring day in May of 1874. I was just looking through some old papers from Alderson… Continue Reading
History A Sack of Flour and a Saturday Visit M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “Ma if you have any small hams could you Spare us one we have no ham meat and I suppose we will have company Sunday” Now, pull up a chair and let me tell you about a little treasure I found tucked away in our archives. It is a simple… Continue Reading