History A Little Yellow Receipt from the Hills of Prince M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “A penalty of $300 is fixed by law for using this card for other than official business.” Now, step back in time with me for a moment to the tail end of the nineteenth century. We’ve come across a sturdy little orange-yellow card that tells a simple but important story… Continue Reading
History A Friendly Note from the Courthouse, 1896 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “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 Little Mistake and a Lot of Heart: A 1895 Sheriff’s Note M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 12, 2026 “The Clerk will put it back on the books for 1895 & then you can pay for both years – There will be no cost or interest on it” Step back in time with me for a moment to a quiet morning in June of 1895. I was just looking… 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 Little Note from the Sheriff’s Desk: A Glimpse into 1891 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 21, 2026 “My demands are such that it is a matter of necessity not a matter of choice.” Come on in and sit a spell, neighbors. I’ve got something special to show you today—a little scrap of paper that’s traveled over a hundred and thirty years just to tell us a story…. Continue Reading
History A Handshake from Hinton: A 137-Year-Old Promise M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “Have it properly signed up and notify me and I will bring you down the money and take up the deed -“ Gather ’round, neighbors! I’ve stumbled upon a real treasure from our local past—a handwritten note from a cold January day back in 1887. In this little piece of… Continue Reading
History A Brotherly Debt from the Winter of 1886 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “Your Brother Breckenridge Gwinn has paid me 1/2 ($3.72) of the fee bill of $7.45 which I hold against you – He says you must pay the other half -“ Come on in and sit a spell, because I have a little treasure to show you. It is a letter… Continue Reading
History A Neighborly Warning from the Old Depot M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 5, 2026 “I will Expect you to pay the rest of your tax at the July Court which is the first Tuesday in July.” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve found a little piece of our past that feels like it’s still whispering today. Imagine holding a sheet of cream-colored paper,… 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 Gentle Reminder from Hinton’s General Store M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 20, 2026 “I am needing the money Very much, please accommodate me with it right away and much oblige” Well now, pull up a chair and let me share a little piece of our history with you. I was looking through the archives and found this lovely letter from May 8, 1884,… Continue Reading