| INDEX – ST. ALBANS HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTERS ( 1992 – PRESENT) | |
| TOPIC | NEWSLETTER DATE |
| BUSINESS | |
| Hotel Majestic | March 1992 |
| Casdorph & Curry Funeral Home | June 1992 |
| Dawson Printing Company | March 1993 |
| Businesses in St. Albans – 1917 “Charleston Leader Newspaper” | April 2000, Winter 2004, Fall 2005, Spring 2007 |
| Malden Salt Works by Wm. Wintz | Summer 2005 |
| WV Coal Development (1882) | Fall 2009 |
| Bowman Lumber Company Closes (1926) | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| Mohler Lumber Co. receipts – John Morgan | Fall 2017 |
| Hi-Lawn Theater at Ordnance Park Flyer – 1940’s | Fall 2012 |
| CEMETERIES | |
| King Family Cemetery | December 1992 |
| Deaths in Kanawha County – 1853-1899 | June 1994 |
| Vintroux Stone and Cemetery | September 1994 |
| McNeeley Cemetery | December 1994 |
| Thomas Cemetery | December 1994 |
| Gray Cemetery | December 1994 |
| Girls Scouts Visit Teay’s Hill Cemetery | April 1996 |
| WV Cemetery Information – Periods | April 1996 |
| Listing of Kanawha County Cemeteries | June 1997 |
| Protection our Cemeteries by Rachel Black | December 2001 |
| Berkley County Coroner Book Excerpts | Spring 2002 |
| Samuel Washington Gravestone at Bangor Cemetery | Fall 2008 |
| Important Persons Buried Here | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| CHURCHES | |
| Kanawha Baptist Church at Pratt, WV | June 1992 |
| CITY HISTORY | |
| Stephen Capehart – About St. Albans | June 1993 |
| Brief History of St. Albans | September 1993 |
| B-Street Map – 1912 | April 1995 |
| CITY HISTORY (cont.) | |
| Early History of Coalsmouth | December 1997 |
| “Community News”, January 1990 | Winter 2019 |
| Main Street Changes over the Years | Spring 2005 |
| St. Albans Memories by Slim Clair | Spring 2005 |
| Five Names of St. Albans | Fall 2007, Fall 2014 |
| Incorporation Dates | Fall 2016 |
| Early Town Water Works | Fall 2016 |
| Other “St. Albans” | Winter 2017 |
| Mayors from Community News, 1990 | Winter 2018-18 |
| David Kennedy – First Land Owner of St. Albans | Winter 2020 |
| Walk Thru Coalsmouth in 1833 | Winter 2013 – 14 |
| Interesting Facts of St. Albans at the turn of the Century (1900) | Winter 2020 |
| CIVIL WAR | |
| Camp Coalsmouth and Map (1861) | September 1997 |
| Confederate Civil War Soldiers buried at Teay’s Hill Cemetery | April 1998 |
| Recalling Civil War Days by Roberts Family | Spring 2004 |
| Scary Creek Stories by Wm. Wintz | Fall 2006 |
| “Tallest Confederate” (7’-7”) | Spring 2007 |
| Scary Creek Battle (Wonderful WV 1985) | Fall 2007 |
| Scary Creek Battle – Charleston Newspaper (2011) | Fall 2011 |
| Civil War and Colonel Lightburn, by Dr. Roy Cook (1962) | Fall 2011 |
| 15 – Star Confederate Flag from Battle of Phillipi at Culture Center | Winter 2013 – 14 |
| Local Civil War Confederate Soldiers | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| George S. Patton St. Albans Ties | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| The Bell the Yanks didn’t Get | Fall 2017 |
| Confederate Gen. Burkett D. Fry from St. Albans leads Pickett’s Charge | Fall 2014 |
| COAL RIVER | |
| Log Chain and Ring Dogs | June 1992 |
| Coal River Man Executed – 1858 | March 1994 |
| COAL RIVER (cont.) | |
| History of Coal River by Laidley (1911) | Winter 2003 |
| Coal River Poem by Tom Swinburn | Fall 2006 |
| Coal River Lower Falls Stories by Wm. Wintz | Fall 2007 |
| “Coal, Steamboats, Timber & Trains” book by Bill Dean | Fall 2007 |
| John Peter Salley story – “Tornado Remembers” | Fall 2017 |
| John Peter Salley story – WV Encyclopedia | Summer 2010 |
| John Peter Salley – Founder of Coal River | Winter 2020 |
| John Peter Salley – Founder of Coal River (cont.) | Spring 2021 |
| FAMILY HISTORY | |
| Stephen Teays story | June 1992 |
| Carroll Hansford story | June 1992 |
| Daisy Chambers Washington | December 1992 |
| The Thompsons of Coalsmouth | December 1992 |
| Families of St. Albans | March 1993 |
| Cameron Thompson story Uncle Billy Armstead story | December 1993 December 1993 |
| Aunt Molly Spurlock Peck story | March 1994 |
| Interview with Ensell Mercer (Caldwell) | June 1994 |
| Family History : Wood, Langley, Rain, Fanning | September 1994 |
| Browder Family history | December 1994 |
| Annie Watts story | September 1995 |
| Lucy F. Rhodes and family | September 1995 |
| Letter from Wm. Donnally to Howard Donnally | September 1996 |
| Donnally Family History | September 1996 |
| Bartlett Brothers story (1928) | September 1996 |
| Wm. A Heslep, MD story | March 1997 |
| Owen Stutler story (1928 WV History) | March 1997 |
| Ward Harshbarger. MD story | March 1997 |
| Vencill Family history | April 1998 |
| Solomon E. Dawson story | June 1999 |
| Hudson Family history | September 2000, Winter 2004 |
| FATERNAL GROUPS | |
| Fraternal Groups in 1910 | Winte 2020 |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON | |
| George Washington facts | Spring 2002 |
| George Washington Monument at Old Jr. High | Spring 2007 |
| George Washington Survey Maps in Kanawha Valley by Wm. Wintz | Spring 2008 |
| George Washington Land Acquisition | Fall 2008 |
| July 4 Celebration | Fall 2016 |
| Buried in Bangor Cemetery | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| George Washington’s Coalsmouth Survey Map | Fall 2008 |
| George Washington’s battle sword and scabbard | Spring 2020 |
| HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWS & INFO | |
| “St. Albans History” book written | December 1992 |
| Christmas Homes Tour | December 1993 December 1995 |
| St. Albans Historical Society Membership List | December 1994, June 1997, April 2000 Fall 2006 |
| St. Albans Historical Society By-laws and Constitution | April 1995 |
| St. Albans Historical Society Beginnings | Fall 2002 |
| Hal Turley Interview (Beginning of Historical Society & Morgan’s Kitchen) (1993) | Fall 2002 |
| 2002 St. Albans Historical Society Accomplishments | Winter 2002 |
| St. Albans History Hero List (2000-2006) | Fall 2006 |
| St. Albans Historical Society News (1978) | Winter 2009-2010 |
| St. Albans – Nitro Bridge Historical Grant | Fall 2012 |
| St. Albans – Nitro Bridge 1934 Bridge Plate and Historical Sign Dedication | Fall 2013 |
| HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWS & INFO (cont.) | |
| 1st Minutes of the Historical Society – November 12, 1971 | Spring 2020 |
| “Historical Society to Build Headquarters” – 1996 “Metro” | Spring 2020 |
| St. Albans Historical Books Available | Spring 2020 |
| HOMES | |
| High-Tor House | March 1992 |
| Pearson House – 8th Ave. | December 1993 |
| Observatory Drive House, 820 | April 1998 |
| Kanawha County National Register Properties | June 1999 |
| Ordnance Park story | Winter 2003 |
| Map of St. Albans Historic Properties by Barbara Bacon | Spring 2005 |
| Mohler House | Spring 2006 |
| Rosedale House | Fall 2008 |
| Moving Houses from Pt. Pleasant to Elliot and Zerkle Streets (1948) | Fall 2009 |
| Coalsmouth Map of Homes by Wm. Wintz (1800-1900) | Winter 2009-2010 |
| Bevil | Spring 2016 |
| Ordnance Park Painting by Gibson Cattlett | Fall 2011, Spring 2012 |
| MILITARY | |
| U.S. Military Files available on Internet | Fall 2007 |
| St. Albans soldier killed in Italy 1918 | Winter 2019 |
| WV Medal of Honor Winners | Spring 2012 |
| Local Civil War Soldiers | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| George S. Patton st. Albans Ties | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| Medal of Honor Winner from St. Albans – Robert E. Cox | Fall 2014 |
| The U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant History | Fall 2018 |
| MILITARY (cont.) | |
| Ordinance Park Newsletter- 1944 | Fall 2018 |
| General Birkett Fry – New Highway Marker | Winter 2017-18 |
| MISC. HISTORY & STORIES | |
| The Night the Stars Fell – 1833 | Fall 2018 |
| Ninety-one years in Kanawha County | September 1992 |
| “A Piece of the Past – 100 years Ago” | December 1992 |
| Arthur Hughes Poem to wife Jennie | September 1993 |
| Justice of the Peace – 1842 | December 1993 |
| Halloween Prank story by Albert Spurlock | March 1994 |
| Late 18th Century Medical Terms | March 1994 |
| “69 Years – For Better or Worse” by John Burgess | September 1994 |
| The Old Dutch Woman | September 1995 |
| Old Christmas story | March 1997 |
| “The Day a Hobo Visited” | April 1998 |
| Hill Country Poems by Robert Webster | September 1998 |
| Christmas Poem | December 1998 |
| Vintage Christmas Ornaments | December 1998 |
| Christmas Vintage Recipes and Cards | December 1998 |
| Christmas Tree story | December 2000 |
| Cole Porter story | December 2000 |
| Valentine Poem by Louise Fritz | December 2000 |
| Preserving Vintage Photos | September 2001 |
| WV Governor Facts | September 2001, Winter 2013 – 14 |
| History of Coal by Laidley (1911) | Spring 2002 |
| 1906 Statistics | Spring 2006 |
| The Great balloon Flight of 1835 | Spring 2005 |
| Paint Recipe 1800’s | Spring 2007 |
| 1500’s European Facts | Spring 2008 |
| St. Albans a “Rosie the Riveter” Community | Winter 2009-2010 |
| Halley’s Comet (1910) | Summer 2010 |
| Recent Donations | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| Senator Byrd – Mountain Fiddler Story | Winter 2010-11, Fall 2012 |
| Abraham Lincoln Facts | Spring 2020 |
| MISC. HISTORY & STORIES (cont.) | |
| WV State Capitol Building Facts | Winter 2010-11 |
| Some Things you did not Know about Parkersburg | Winter 2010-11 |
| Jobs in the 1860’s | Winter 2010-11 |
| Rock Lake Pool | Fall 2011 |
| The Pollyanna Sewing Club | Spring 2016 |
| The First St. Albans Library “Advertiser” 1958 | Fall 2018 |
| Alban Theater placed on the WV Historic Theater Trail | Spring 2020 |
| Other St. Albans Towns | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| “Growing up Black in St. Albans” | Fall 2019 |
| “Hoboes at the Mouth of Coal River”, By: Glenn Miller | Spring 2020 |
| “Glens Slingshot Story”,By: Glenn Miller | Spring 2020 |
| “The Marble Game on Main Street” | Spring 2020 |
| Early Proposed names for WV | Winter 2020 |
| MORGAN’S KITCHEN | |
| Morgan’s Kitchen Moving and Restoration by Hal Turley (1972) | June 2001, Summer 2005 |
| Hal Turley Interview (Beginning of Historical Society & Morgan’s Kitchen) (1993) | Fall 2002 |
| Morgan’s Kitchen History | Spring 2004 |
| Morgan’s Kitchen Moving and Restoration by Hal Turley (1972) (part 2) | Fall 2005 |
| Morgan’s Kitchen inventory before being moved in 1972 | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| A Week at the John Morgan Farm – 1895 | Winter 2017-18 |
| Christmas Tree Trimmed for the Birds at Morgan’s Kitchen | Winter 2009-2010 |
| Civil War tales from John Morgan – 1909 | Winter 2017-18 |
| Original Morgan’s Kitchen Items – 1973 | Winte 2020 |
| “Rosie the Riveter Memorial Park” | Spring 2012 |
| NATIVE AMERICANS | |
| Incident at Indian Creek | March 1992 |
| St. Albans Archaeological Site #46-KA-2 | Winter 2003 |
| St. Albans Archaeological Site by Catherine Henderson | Fall 2005 |
| PEOPLE | |
| Henry Edwards Huntington | Winter 2019 |
| Daniel Boone story | Summer 2005 |
| Gabriel Arthur story – WV Encyclopedia | Summer 2010 |
| U.S. Senator William Edwin Chilton | Spring 2020 |
| RAILROAD | |
| C&O Railroad | March 1992 |
| Wreak of the No. 1 by Dunbar | September 1994 |
| Cabin Creek Steam Engine | December 1995 |
| Coal River Railroad by Stan Cohen | September 1998 |
| Steam Train Photos in St. Albans | Fall 2006 |
| Armstrong Tunnel | Winter 2009-2010 |
| SCHOOLS | |
| School Consolation Plan – 1990 | Winter 2019 |
| Carter Woodson Jr. High School (1935-1956) | September 1992, Spring 2006 |
| Shelton College | September 1992 |
| St. Albans High School – 1915-1925 Seniors | June 1993 |
| Tackett Creek School picture (1926-27) | September 1996 |
| St. Albans High School new Building Opens story | March 1997 |
| St. Albans High School new Building Dedication | June 1997 |
| St. Albans High School 20th Commencement (“Simmerings” 1934) | Fall 2009 |
| Congressman Jennings Randolph Speaks at Commencement (1934) | Fall 2009 |
| Seniors Sneak to Upper Falls (“Simmerings” 1930) | Fall 2009 |
| St. Albans High School History (1913-1935) | Fall 2009 |
| Liggett, St. Albans Principal Retires 1965 | Spring 2012 |
| SCHOOLS (cont.) | |
| Drema the Dragon (“Simmerings” 1961) | Spring 2012 |
| “Simmerings” 1899 – reprinted 1951 | Fall 2012 |
| History of St. Albans “Red Dragon” | Fall 2012 |
| Charleston High vs St. Albans Football Game (1903 Gazette) | Fall 2013 |
| “Swamp College Times” (1899) | Fall 2013 |
| Shelton college Football Team | Spring 2016 |
| St. Albans Historical Society High School Yearbooks on File | Fall 2014 |
| Early Coalsmouth School before 1900 | Fall 2017 |
| St. Albans High School History (1936) | 2016 – 17 |
| Early Schools and Churches in Town | Winter 2020 |
| TOWN FAIR | |
| St. Albans Town Fair History | Winter 2019 |
| TRANSPORTATION | |
| Nitro Toll Bridge Memories | September 1994 |
| St. Albans – Nitro Bridge 1934 Opening Program | September 1993, April 2000 |
| St. Albans – Nitro Bridge Workers (picture) (1934) | March 1997 |
| Early Wagon Trip to Griffithsville (1900) | June 1997 |
| USS West Virginia Pilot Wheel story | Winter 2004, Fall 2011 |
| Midland Trail History | Spring 2006 |
| USS WV Battleship & the Pilot Wheel Connection to St. Albans, WV | Summer 2010 |
| St. Albans/Nitro Bridge History -2012 Const | Fall 2011 |
| Coal River Bridge / Earl Canutte history | Fall 2011 |
| St. Albans – Nitro Bridge 1934 Bridge Plate Donation | Fall 2011 |
| New Busses of Charleston Interurban | Fall 2016 |
| Trip to Wheeling 1903 – Elizabeth Harvey | Spring 2016 |
| Hughes Drive and Arthur Hughes | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| 1831 Covered Toll Bridge tolls | Winter 2016 – 17 |
| Some St. Albans Street names | Fall 2017 |
| Charleston Interurban Railroad (Streetcar) and Trestle in St. Albans | Spring 2013 |
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