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Four Pole Creek freezes over at Ritter Park.
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Four Pole Creek freezes over at Ritter Park.
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Four Pole Creek freezes over at Ritter Park.
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Four Pole Creek freezes over at Ritter Park.
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Four Pole Creek freezes over at Ritter Park.
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This smoke stack is the remains of the Buffington Mill, located on what is now 101 Buffington St., Guyandotte, according to Larry L. Legge. It was demolished when an apartment complex was built there several decades ago. It was constructed in 1856 and burned by Union forces on Nov. 11, 1861. A co-owner of the mill was Thomas Jefferson Jenkins of Greenbottom, a brother of Albert Gallatin Jenkins. Huntington resident Joe Geiger Jr. in his book "Civil War in Cabell County, West Virginia 1861-1865," describes the mill as being the largest mill on the Ohio River between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. He writes "Wheat was unloaded from steamboats and converted to flour. The flour was then placed in barrels and usually shipped south. The mill was a three-story building with an overhead runway which ran over Front Street and down to the Ohio River."
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Marshall University's Old Main. (At the time, it was still Marshall College.)
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The Governor Cabell Hotel (now the Morris Building) at 9th Street and 4th Avenue.
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The central portion of the Cabell County Courthouse got under construction in the 1880s, but they ran out of money, with the result that the structure was not finished and occupied until 1904. The west wing was added in 1923. The east wing was later built in 1940 as a Works Progress Administration project. Thanks to Dick Bolen, James Casto and Ken Reffeitt for the information.
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The central portion of the Cabell County Courthouse got under construction in the 1880s, but they ran out of money, with the result that the structure was not finished and occupied until 1904. The west wing was added in 1923. The east wing was later built in 1940 as a Works Progress Administration project. Thanks to Dick Bolen, James Casto and Ken Reffeitt for the information.
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The central portion of the Cabell County Courthouse got under construction in the 1880s, but they ran out of money, with the result that the structure was not finished and occupied until 1904. The west wing was added in 1923. The east wing was later built in 1940 as a Works Progress Administration project. Thanks to Dick Bolen, James Casto and Ken Reffeitt for the information.
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The central portion of the Cabell County Courthouse got under construction in the 1880s, but they ran out of money, with the result that the structure was not finished and occupied until 1904. The west wing was added in 1923. The east wing was later built in 1940 as a Works Progress Administration project. Thanks to Dick Bolen, James Casto and Ken Reffeitt for the information.
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The inner workings of the clock tower at the Cabell County Courthouse.
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The inner workings of the clock tower at the Cabell County Courthouse.
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The original Cabell County Jail (pictured) was built in 1896, according to Cabell County Courthouses, a brief history written by Judge George S. Wallace. That was even before the main part of the Cabell County Courthouse was completed in 1901. The original jail was used from 1896 to 1940. In 1938, a contract was awarded for construction of the courthouses east wing and a new jail. Sometime between 1938 to 1940, the original jail was moved to the corner of 7th Street and 5th Avenue (shown here). It was enclosed in a wire fence and kept in use while the new jail was being erected. The new jail was completed March 16, 1940, and dedicated March 23, 1940. Sometime after that, the original jail was demolished. The new Cabell County Jail was used for more than 60 years, from 1940 until the Western Regional Jail was dedicated Nov. 20, 2003, in Barboursville. Inmates were moved from the courthouse jail to the new Western Regional Jail in November and December 2003. The courthouse jail is still in use as a short-term holding facility for inmates.
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The original Cabell County Jail was built in 1896, according to Cabell County Courthouses, a brief history written by Judge George S. Wallace. That was even before the main part of the Cabell County Courthouse was completed in 1901. The original jail was used from 1896 to 1940. In 1938, a contract was awarded for construction of the courthouses east wing and a new jail. Sometime between 1938 to 1940, the original jail was moved to the corner of 7th Street and 5th Avenue. It was enclosed in a wire fence and kept in use while the new jail was being erected. The new jail was completed March 16, 1940, and dedicated March 23, 1940. Sometime after that, the original jail was demolished (shown here). The new Cabell County Jail was used for more than 60 years, from 1940 until the Western Regional Jail was dedicated Nov. 20, 2003, in Barboursville. Inmates were moved from the courthouse jail to the new Western Regional Jail in November and December 2003. The courthouse jail is still in use as a short-term holding facility for inmates.
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The original Cabell County Jail was built in 1896, according to Cabell County Courthouses, a brief history written by Judge George S. Wallace. That was even before the main part of the Cabell County Courthouse was completed in 1901. The original jail was used from 1896 to 1940. In 1938, a contract was awarded for construction of the courthouses east wing and a new jail. Sometime between 1938 to 1940, the original jail was moved to the corner of 7th Street and 5th Avenue. It was enclosed in a wire fence and kept in use while the new jail was being erected. The new jail was completed March 16, 1940, and dedicated March 23, 1940. Sometime after that, the original jail was demolished (shown here). The new Cabell County Jail was used for more than 60 years, from 1940 until the Western Regional Jail was dedicated Nov. 20, 2003, in Barboursville. Inmates were moved from the courthouse jail to the new Western Regional Jail in November and December 2003. The courthouse jail is still in use as a short-term holding facility for inmates.
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The original Cabell County Jail was built in 1896, according to Cabell County Courthouses, a brief history written by Judge George S. Wallace. That was even before the main part of the Cabell County Courthouse was completed in 1901. The original jail was used from 1896 to 1940. In 1938, a contract was awarded for construction of the courthouses east wing and a new jail. Sometime between 1938 to 1940, the original jail was moved to the corner of 7th Street and 5th Avenue. It was enclosed in a wire fence and kept in use while the new jail was being erected. The new jail (shown here) was completed March 16, 1940, and dedicated March 23, 1940. Sometime after that, the original jail was demolished. The new Cabell County Jail was used for more than 60 years, from 1940 until the Western Regional Jail was dedicated Nov. 20, 2003, in Barboursville. Inmates were moved from the courthouse jail to the new Western Regional Jail in November and December 2003. The courthouse jail is still in use as a short-term holding facility for inmates.
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Ashland Chief of Police Charles F. Howard stands outside the Ashland City Building probably in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Thanks to Ashland Mayor Tom Kelley (a retired chief of police) for the information.
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William D. Birke began work with The Herald-Dispatch in 1939. In 1950, he became publisher. He died May 30, 1963, at age 52.
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Borge Rosing was a native of Denmark who came the United States in 1924 and Huntington in 1948. He was a retired vice president of sales for West Virginia Steel and Manufacturing Co. in Huntington and also served as sales manager for the Pittsburgh and Birmingham, Ala., branches. He also was a vice president of the former Huntington Trust and Savings Bank. He died Oct. 14, 1987, at age 87.
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Borge Rosing was a native of Denmark who came the United States in 1924 and Huntington in 1948. He was a retired vice president of sales for West Virginia Steel and Manufacturing Co. in Huntington and also served as sales manager for the Pittsburgh and Birmingham, Ala., branches. He also was a vice president of the former Huntington Trust and Savings Bank. He died Oct. 14, 1987, at age 87.
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Borge Rosing was a native of Denmark who came the United States in 1924 and Huntington in 1948. He was a retired vice president of sales for West Virginia Steel and Manufacturing Co. in Huntington and also served as sales manager for the Pittsburgh and Birmingham, Ala., branches. He also was a vice president of the former Huntington Trust and Savings Bank. He died Oct. 14, 1987, at age 87.
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H.R. "Punk" Pinckard worked at The Herald-Advertiser and The Herald-Dispatch from 1922 until his death Jan. 2, 1972, at the age of 74. In the late 1930s and 1940s, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism at Marshall University. He had worked practically every job in the newsroom, according to his obituary. His last stint was as editorial page editor.
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Douglas C. Tomkies was mayor of Huntington from 1947-48. Before that, he had served in China as a combat officer during World War II.
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Douglas C. Tomkies was mayor of Huntington from 1947-48. Before that, he had served in China as a combat officer during World War II.
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