The Coalsmouth Journal



The Coalsmouth Journal

of the St. Albans Historical Society

1972 – 1985

Table of Contents

Fall 1972

• The Moving and Restoration of the Morgan Plantation Kitchen by: Hallie Turley

• Shelton College

• St. Albans Historical Society Membership – Spring 1972

Fall 1973

• Officers 1973

Hallie Turley, President

Bennett Burgess, Vice-Pres.

Norma Boone, Secretary

Barbara Bacon, Treasurer

• President's Message

• Membership Application

• Sid Morgan Memorial

• “Thanksgiving"

• Morgan Kitchen Notes

• Brief History of St.Albans

• Herb Garden

• Chilton House

• Corn Husk Dolls

• "Mad” Ann Bailey

• Folk Songs "The Orphan Girl" "Sourwood Mountain"

• Corn Recipes

• Society Constitution

• Notes from Past Minutes

• Suggested Trips

• The Potpouri Jar

• News Items

• Membership Roster

Spring 1974

• The Hudsons

• The Grant Family

• George Washington and the Kanawha Valley

• Revelations of a Minie Ball

• The Persinger Family Story

• Insights into Turkish Archaeology

Fall 1974

• Old, Old South, by Fannie Griffith

• Fort Tackett

• Reminiscences Of Coalsmouth , by Barbara Bacon: Teays, Overland Transportation Tavern House, Capehart, Map of Coalsmouth, Valcoulon, Sunnybank

• Teays Hill Cemetery, by Elizabeth Harvey

• The Methodist, First 100 years

• History of St. Mark’s Church

• Coal River Locks and Darns, by J. Mack Gamble

• Historical Society Bus Tour, Sept. 23, 1973

• Graphic Map of Historical Sites

• In The Lower Kanawha Valley, by Wm. Wintz

• Washington's Western Lands, by Roy Bird Cook

Spring 1976

• Dedication Service Honors Ancestor of St. Albans family George Lynch, by Francis Vencill

• Letter From Roswell M. Grant, Uncle of The President, to George A. Young

• Letters from S. Minisker to his brother John Minisker

• Excerpts from a 1872 View of “A Small Settlement” on the Turnpike, by C. D. Hereford

• A visit with cousin Mary Sattes Winkler, by Barbara Bacon

• Mary Sattes Winkler - Memorial Day, by Dart Ellis

• Coal River Poem, by Tom Swinburn

• Map of Locations of Early Sites in St. Albans, by Elizabeth S. Harvey

• Sharpe Family, by Albert P. Sharpe

Fall 1978

• Famous Poems to Elk River Recalled, By John Cole

• Destruction of the Fort (Tackett), by Mrs. John Young (Kiziah)

• “The Last Dollar”, by John Morgan

• The Sattes that I Remember, by Mary Cook Sheen

Spring 1980

• St. Albans Historical Society Membership – Spring 1980

• The Hudson Family, by Hobart Shrewsbury

• Rose Hill House

• Map – Coalsmouth, 1800 – 1900, by Bill Wintz

• Roselawn, by Elizabeth Harvey

• Early Families of St. Mark's Episcopal Church

• Club News

• Battle of Scary told by Albert Sidney “Sid” Morgan

• The Last Dollar (cont.), by John Morgan

• Memorials

Spring 1980

• The Beeches / Skinner House

• Visit to the Morgans, byLeslie Campbell

• The Thompson Family: Sulbria, Muckamore, Bevil, Cunningham

• Club News: Hale, O’Neal, Wentz, Gatens

Spring 1981

• History of James Ramsey Wilson's Ancestors, by James Ramsey

• My Memories of Grandma and the Old Home In Amandaviille

• Things My Mother Told Me

• History of Coalsmouth Presbyterian Church (100 Years)

• Letter To Mr. Jordon S. Hugart (Boy Scouts)

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Fall 1981

• St. Albans Historical Society Membership Roster

• Program of a Closing Exercise of Normal School, by Clara Jarrett

• A Prophecy

• History and Genealogy of Pioneers

• The Donnally Family

Spring 1982

• American Column Company

• Some West Virginia Firsts

• The Day the Wind Blew Hot and Cold in the Willows

• St. Albans Lumber Business History

• Pioneer Business Men:

• William E. Mohler

• Edward C. Colcord, Sr.

• Edward C. Colcord, Jr.

• Myron G. Campbell

• Letter to Hillbilly

• News Articles: National Register: Chilton House, St. Mark’s Episcopal

• First Presbyterian Church on Presbyterian Register

• News Items: 1939 & 1949

• Just Remembering, “163rd birthday of our Post Office”, by Dart Ellis

• Steamboats on the Kanawha River, by Roy Bird Cook

• Memorials

Fall 1982

• The Valley News

• Harold B. Leighty - “Mister Music Man”

• Leigh Line

• St. Albans Drug Store History

Spring 1984

• Valuable Sculpture in St. Albans Post Office

• Old Time Engine, by Ranson DeWitt

• From the Diary of E. C. Colcord,Sr.

• Card from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson

• St. Albans Music Appreciation Club Walking Tour

• St. Albans Historical Society·- "Snowflake Brunch and 'Open House'

Church Visitation"

• W. L. O'Neal Service Award, by Barbara Randall

• St. Albans Music Man Remembered - Harold B. Leighty

• W. Va. Federation of Women's Club - Annual Convention (1916)

• Christmas Carols - Boys Choir – 1936

Fall 1984

• Preserving Brick Streets Discussed

• Junior Dept. of the Woman's Club, 1930 Yearbook

• The Rise and Fall of the Fan

• The First Capitol Fire – 1921

• Bettie Wilson’s Album (poems) (1850-1882) (handwritten

• Bettie Wilson’s Obituary

Fall 1984 (cont.)

• Joseph H. Wilson' s Obituary

• Around Town With Tib and the Main’s Anniversary (1958) (Walter and Ester Main, Barbara Randall’s parents)

Spring 1985

• Coal River land Grants (Names, location, year, deed book)

• Life in the Chilton House

• The Mohler House

• Dr. Rogers Harshbarger Retires

• Wood Reunion

• St. Albans Class of 1924 Reunion

• Obituaries: Mary Trowbridge, Reba Barr

• 30 Years Ago

Fall 1985

• A Life for a Life in World War II

• Churches Celebrate Anniversaries: First Baptist, First Presbyterian, Highlawn Presbyterian

• More “News” from 1910

• Civil War Non-battle, Skirmish near Scary Creek

• St. Albans Once an Island

• Old Lantz Lumber Falls

• St. Albans Class of 1930 Reunion

• The Birth of St. Albans Junior High

- Charter Members, National Junior Honor

- Class of 1955 – A History

• St. Albans Men Receive Scout “Beaver” Awards (Paul Black, Dick Master)

• Deaths of Note: (Ida Bell, Wm. Zerkle, Hudson Chandler)

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