History A Winter Word from Sewell Depot M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “Please so arrange as to let me have the amount due Wm Cook for timber at that time.” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve found a real treasure tucked away in the archives. It’s a humble little letter, dated January 22, 1883, sent from Sewell Depot, West Virginia. A… Continue Reading
History A Neighborly Note from 1895: When Taxes Told a Story M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 7, 2026 “Last year you Paid your Personal Tax and 4.18 on the Fayetteville Dist land and I carried it over for you.” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve found something special tucked away in the archives today. It’s a simple slip of lined paper from June 19th, 1895, but it… Continue Reading
History A Valentine’s Note from the Hotel Perkins M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 5, 2026 “I wish very much you would send to me the balance on your note.” Well, hello there, neighbors! Come on in and pull up a chair. Today, I’ve got something special to show you from our local history chest. It’s a little slip of paper dated February 14th, 1894—Valentine’s Day—but… Continue Reading
History A Glimpse into the Timber Woods of 1892 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 19, 2026 “Hoping you will be able to make a promp sale to a good advantage” Step back in time with me for a moment to April of 1892. I’ve been holding a little piece of our local history in my hands today, and it is just remarkable how much life is… Continue Reading
History A Cold January Resolve: A Letter from Old Ronceverte M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 8, 2026 Either buy my interest, or let us auction the whole off to the highest bidder. Pull up a chair and let me share a little piece of our shared past that I found tucked away in the archives. It is a humble thing, really—just a single sheet of yellowed, lined… Continue Reading
History A Helping Hand for a Neighbor in Need M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 15, 2026 “I have tryed every way to be as easey on the boys as I could and have waited over three years for them to pay off their account, & I cannot wait any longer,” Come sit a spell and look at this treasure I found in the stacks. It is… Continue Reading
History A Helping Hand at Prince’s Station M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “Which we trust you will find correct and that you will give the same your earliest attention and settle same as we are very much in need of the money” Come pull up a chair and take a look at this little piece of West Virginia history I found tucked… Continue Reading
History A Heartfelt Handover at the Knob M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “I am Ready to Give up the Possession of the Knob to you before that time” Imagine holding a piece of history so fragile it feels like a dried leaf in your palm. That is exactly what it is like to look at this little slip of paper from way… Continue Reading
History A Firm Hand and a Heavy Heart from Prince Station M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 4, 2026 “If not settled by that time we will have to sue you something we regret very much to do” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve found a real treasure in the archives that brings the year 1885 right to our doorstep. This little piece of history is a handwritten… Continue Reading