History A Healing Note from the Old White M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 15, 2026 “Keep the legs as much as possible raised on a line with the body and this is especially necessary until the bandage has been applied for a few days —” Pull up a chair and let me share a little treasure I found while sorting through the old papers from… Continue Reading
History A Dusty Debt and a Neighborly Note: A Treasure from 1873 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 21, 2026 “We Do not wish to put cost on any one But we are orderd to collect By the shortest way” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve come across a real gem in our local archives. It is a humble piece of cream-colored paper, lined and gently yellowed by the… Continue Reading
History A Helping Hand at Mouth Greenbrier M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 1, 2026 “You will confer a great favor if you will furnish it, and at Raleigh County court I will repay you, or before if I see you” Well now, pull up a chair and let me show you a little piece of our local history that just warms the heart. It’s… Continue Reading
History A Handshake in Ink: A 150-Year-Old Greeting from Laurel Creek M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “they have Paid me all rents Due & delivered the House to me in good order.” Pull up a chair, friends, and take a look at this fragile little window into the past. It is a simple note dated way back to November 24, 1872, written by a man named… Continue Reading
History A Brotherly Hand in Hard Times M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 13, 2026 You had better go as soon as you git this Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve found something special in the stacks today. It’s a small piece of paper, dated August 16, 1866, and it feels like holding a piece of a conversation that happened over a century and… Continue Reading