History Settling Scores and Shifting Soil in Union M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “pleas meet me then on the 12 day of Feb and we will fix it up right” Come on in and sit a spell. I was rummaging through the archives today and found something that feels like a whisper from our own backyard. It is a letter dated January 23,… Continue Reading
History Mountain Greenery and a Hopeful Heart: A Letter from 1887 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 13, 2026 “Now Laban please dont fail to send them as directed & if there proves to be money in the business you shall be a sharer in the Business as before stated” Come on in and pull up a chair, friends. I have found something truly special in the archives today… Continue Reading
History A Little News from Meadow Creek: A 1887 Winter Greeting M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 17, 2026 “I did them good work in that case; and if Flanagan did not notify them in time to give bond I could not help it.” Gather ’round, friends, because I’ve found something special in the archives today. It’s a humble letter written way back on a chilly February day in… Continue Reading
History A Simple Request Between Neighbors M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 7, 2026 “Will give you the Money or meal or flour for it Just which you Want” Well now, friends, have a look at this. It’s just a tiny slip of paper, but it carries the weight of a whole world that used to be. Back in the winter of 1888, a… Continue Reading
History A Lock of Hair and a Letter from Flat Fork M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 27, 2026 “when this you see remember me tho meny miles a part may be” Imagine holding a piece of 1878 right in the palm of your hand. This precious letter, penned by Mary So Gandll to her Aunt Jane, is written on yellowed, lined paper that feels like a bridge across… Continue Reading
History A Patch of Earth and a Point of Pride: A Message from 1853 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 this is to notify you not to cary out This Survy You Have made Latly as you must Know These Lands Is not Subject to Entry Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve found something special in the archives today that takes us right back to a chilly December day… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Summer Sunday in 1864: Isaac Sannan’s News from the Farm M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “my corn is good it is over my head as I plow some is silking” Come on in and sit a spell, neighbors. I’ve found something truly special tucked away in our archives—a handwritten letter from July 1864, written by a man named Isaac Sannan in Gallia County, Ohio. Holding… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Helping Hand in Hard Times: A 1864 Tale from Fayette County M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “as soon as you receive these few lines please destroy them as we dont know who our friends is these days” Well, hello there, neighbors! Come on in and sit a spell. Today, I’ve got something truly special to show you, pulled straight from the dusty corners of our local… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Letter from Algiers: Corn, Catfish, and the Longing for Home M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 7, 2026 “I hope the day is not far distant When the death blow Will bee Struck and that the rebellion Will Sunk to rise no more” Pull up a chair, friends, because I have a real treasure to share with you from our archives. It is a letter written way back… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Letter Through the Snow: Cousin Flanagan’s 1864 Dispatch M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “I hope how soon this wicked war will end so what few people the are living could get home” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve got something truly special to share with you today. It is a letter written way back on a snowy April morning in 1864 by… Continue Reading