While combing through old books in the genealogy room at the Point Pleasant library, I came across an old photo album containing news clippings that
Month: March 2020
Research: Mason County WV Library (Point Pleasant)
I made my way over to the Point Pleasant branch of the Mason County (WV) Public Library to see what they have as far as
WV: Oak Hill High School (1928-29)
This will be a massively long blog. I have found the first Acorn published from the “new building” of Oak Hill High School (Fayette County,
Women’s History Month: Mae C Jemison, Astronaut
Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison (née Green). Her father was
WV: The 1932 Murder of Mamie Thurman, The Appalachian Dahlia
They say her ghost walks the roads where her body was found, restless, waiting for justice. Was an innocent man convicted to cover up a
Women’s History Month: Army Auxiliary Corps
Link for info below: https://www.army.mil/women/history/wac.html With war looming, U.S. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts introduced a bill for the creation of the Women’s Army
Thoughts and Ponderances 