#fred b. lambert

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J.T. "Pomp" Wentz, West Virginia riverboat captain and #fiddler #Appalachia #history

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Enos Dial of #Harts #WV was a longtime educator in #LincolnCounty #Appalachia #history

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#IslandCreek #LoganCounty #WV (1902-1903) #Appalachia #logcabin #logcabins #photos #history

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Dr. W.W. Baker of Hamlin, WV

Dr. W.W. Baker of #Hamlin #LincolnCounty #WV #Appalachia #photos #genealogy #history

Dr. W.W. Baker of Hamlin, Lincoln County, WV. Photo copyright: Fred B. Lambert Papers, Special Collections Department, James E. Morrow Library, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.

Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 19 November 1898.

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Guyandot Valley Railroad (c.1900)

Guyandot Valley #Railroad, later the #C&O in the #GuyandotteValley of #WV #history #Appalachia

Virgil Bostic Section Crew, GVRR. Photo from Fred B. Lambert Papers, Special Collections Department, James E. Morrow Library, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.

“The railroad contractors have the pile driver at work above here [Barboursville] and are getting ready to construct the trestles along the line,” said the Huntington Advertiser on April 19, 1900.

“Men are working day and night on the…

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In Search of Ed Haley 182

#JohnHartford learns of Guyan Valley #loggers. #Appalachia #history

Milt Haley, by all accounts, made his living as a timber man. He was probably lured “over the mountain” from the Tug River section by the timber industry that evolved in the Guyandotte Valley following the Civil War. It certainly played a role in his…

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In Search of Ed Haley 181

#JohnHartford and #BrandonKirk discover Milt Haley's connection to the Duty family. #Appalachia #history

We next looked at Logan County census records, where Milt Haley appeared in 1870 as “T. Milton Haley,” aged 13, living with a Bill Duty on Rich Creek in the Tug Valley. Duty’s home in the Hardee District was relatively far away from the Harts area. Ten…

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U.B. Buskirk: West Virginia Timber Boss 2

U.B. Buskirk, West Virginia #timber boss, is profiled. #Appalachia #WestVirginia #history

In 1880, young U.B. Buskirk left Dr. Moss and returned to Logan County.

“I left there on July 2, 1880 and came back to Logan,” he told Fred B. Lambert, local historian and educator.

After his return to Logan, Buskirk took a teaching position at Pigeon…

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