Thursday, February 26, 2004

John Nicholson, Revolutionary War Soldier (Part 1)

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Last week we looked at the life and service of Revolutionary War soldier, Michael Tanner, who was buried in the Old Choestoe Cemetery. Anoth...
Thursday, February 19, 2004

Private Michael Tanner, Revolutionary War Soldier

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The marker for a Revolutionary War soldier, Private Michael Tanner, stands about in the middle of the Old Choestoe Cemetery. This simple mar...
Thursday, February 12, 2004

Happenings Along the Famous Logan Turnpike

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Charles Roscoe Collins, who himself traveled with his father as a lad, and made his first solo trip on the Logan Turnpike at age 17, points ...
Thursday, February 5, 2004

The Logan Turnpike

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If you want to travel the Logan Turnpike today, you will have to walk over portions of it or use a two-wheeled vehicle. The present-day Rich...
Thursday, January 29, 2004

Blairsville Collegiate Institute

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The Blairsville Collegiate Institute held a good record for providing education for youth of the mountain region from 1905 through 1930. Its...
Thursday, January 22, 2004

The Rev. Elisha Hedden, Circuit-Riding Preacher- (Part 2)

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Rev. Elisha Hedden, Jr. Juanita Caroline Butt Hedden When Elisha Hedden, Jr. was twenty-four and his bride was seventeen, he married Juani...
Thursday, January 15, 2004

The Life and Times of a Circuit-Riding Preacher: The Rev. Elisha Hedden, Jr. (Part 1)

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It has been said of the Rev. Elisha Hedden, Jr. (2/2/1814-8/23/1900), mountain preacher of the nineteenth century, that “few, if any, men ha...