History A Handshake Across Time: Mr. Plumley’s Lesson in Paw Paw M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “tel Tham to git Some one to Show Tham how to splite The Staves as i dont Want Any timber Wasted” Well hello there, neighbors. Pull up a chair, because I have stumbled across a little piece of our history that feels just like a firm handshake from the past…. Continue Reading
History A Measuring Square and a Business Letter from Old Paw Paw M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 10, 2026 “I dont want not any more such Stone When can be helped of as the dont pay fright to market” Well now, pull up a chair and let me tell you about a little piece of Paw Paw history that found its way to my desk. Back in March of… Continue Reading
History The Busy Road to Sun Flower: A 1876 Tale of Staves and Speed M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 3, 2026 “I would like to git 5 m or Six thousand staves on inside of 2 weeks as there is a man who i have a contract with is he is going a way about that time and if the staves is on the Road he will take the staves and… Continue Reading
History Family Ties and Flooded Fields: A Letter from the Centennial Summer M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 13, 2026 “Now I would like to acomodate you I have Binn dividing My meens with The Chilldren & have None to Spear at this time But need all that I Can Collect” Pull up a chair, friends, and let me share a little treasure I found in the archives. It is… Continue Reading
History Hopes and Heartaches from Oak Hill M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “I would like to know if you and the others wish to employ me” Come pull up a chair, neighbors, because I’ve come across a little treasure in the stacks that I just had to share with you. It’s a letter dated October 5, 1877, from right here in Oak… Continue Reading
History A Muddy Mix-Up in the Timber Yard M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “And we are the more disappointed because the large timber which we needed so badly was not loaded first, as we instructed all parties to do.” Pull up a chair, neighbors, because I have found a real treasure in the archives today. This letter, dated March 4th, 1878, comes from… Continue Reading
History Dreams of Gold and the Dust of Flat Fork: A Letter from 1878 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “i dont like to bound up so close if i can get a place i will move up in your Country this fall and wea will find that gold” Come on in and sit a spell, neighbors. I have got something special to show you today from our archives. It… Continue Reading
History Whispers of Gold and Old West Virginia Hills M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 29, 2026 “he stats that him and his partners hid a large a mount of gold from the indians and it is in your country undoubtedly” Come on in and sit a spell, neighbors. I’ve been sorting through the archives and found a real gem that’ll take you straight back to a… Continue Reading
History A Little Blue Scrap of Love and Consent M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 4, 2026 “This is to ceertify that we are willing for Labin Gunn to Mary our Sister Jane Birdett” Hello there, neighbors! Come on in and gather ’round the archival table. Today, I’ve got something truly special to show you, a tiny piece of history that feels as personal as a whispered… Continue Reading
History A Patch of Road and a Place to Call Home M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “The road down through the mountain is going to be a good one.” Now, pull up a chair and let me show you something special I found tucked away in the archives. It is a letter dated August 27, 1946, written by a fellow named Maxwell Hylton to Mr. L…. Continue Reading