In 2019, I requested my Dad’s Military Service Records from the National Archives. I received an amazing amount of information back. Some things I knew,
Author: Seletyn
Life is crazy and amazing and wonderful and humiliating and uplifting and a trainwreck. I like to write about all of it. I love pop culture. I love to read. I love studying life, the world and people. I try to write a little something for everyone. I hope you find a tidbit you like. Comments are always welcome, I love conversations.
Shirley Donnelly: A Few Written Words Travel A Long Way
Shirley Donnelly, local Fayette County (WV) historian wrote articles on a virtual cornucopia of topics. In this column he discusses a letter he received from
Shirley Donnelly: Tour Of Big Kyger Creek Plant
I live just up the river from the Kyger Creek Plant. It was a pleasant surprise to find a column from Shirley Donnelly in which
WV: Prayer Cloths
When I was a kid, my Ma would sew these little pieces of tattered cloth into the hem of a pair of pants or on
WV: Lord Dunmore
Per Wiki: The Battle of Point Pleasant — known as the Battle of Kanawha in some older accounts — was the only major action of Dunmore’s War. It was fought
WV: Okey Patteson
If you have ever gotten off of the WV Turnpike at the Mossy Exit and traveled Rt 612 past Whipple Company Store to Rt 19
