History A Bit of Old-Fashioned Worry: The $419 Question M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “I am needing the money very much and Cant hold the note Much longer” Well hello there, neighbors! You wouldn’t believe the little treasure I came across in the archives today. It’s a simple, single sheet of lined paper from 1884, but it tells a story as old as the… Continue Reading
History A New Year’s Greeting from 1866: News, Crops, and a Lost Pocketbook M Gwinn, December 27, 2025May 28, 2026 “I found oald Stevn Harmons pocket Book laying in the Road a few dayes a go containing 1.76 cts he felt beter when he got it.” Gather ’round, friends, because I’ve got something special to show you from the back of the filing cabinet. It’s a letter from December 31,… Continue Reading
History A Trunk of Tales and a Date at the Greenbrier Court M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 24, 2026 “I wont that trunk of paper that is there if you can send them to me I wold be mutch obliged” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve got something special to show you today. Nestled in our archives is a letter from May 15, 1874, sent from the beautiful… Continue Reading
History A Friendly Note from the Courthouse, 1896 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025May 15, 2026 “I enclose you spa’s, in your case vs Geo Bowers.” Pull up a chair and let me share a real treasure with you. This here is a letter from August 27, 1896, and it is like a little time capsule you can hold in your hand. It is written on… Continue Reading
History A Brother’s Honor and a Winter Chill: A Letter from Elton, 1888 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025April 22, 2026 “i lifted the tecked and pledge my honor he should have it agaist Febuary coart” Pull up a chair, friends, because I have something truly special to share with you today from our local archives. It is a humble, single sheet of lined paper, yellowed by over a century of… 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 Little Slip of History from the McKendree Post Office M Gwinn, December 27, 2025May 13, 2026 “This blank is to be filled up at the mailing office and given to the person who presents the letter for registration.” Come on in and sit a spell, friends. I have stumbled upon a real treasure today that takes us right back to a warm summer morning in 1874…. Continue Reading