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I Love This Place: Hundred, WV
The landscape of Hundred, WV is popping with new happenings, yet things still feel as comfortable as a home cooked meal. Truth is, everything in Hundred is a family affair,
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Category Results: Local History
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GreeneScene of the Past: Hundred, WV
I found this old photograph in Hundred Library’s tastefully historic rest room, flanked by a framed sketch of Henry “Old Hundred” Church, the town centurion who waved at the trains as
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Greene Artifacts: Surgery in the Civil War
The American Civil War raged on from 1861 to 1865 and is sadly remembered as one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history. Tragedy, however, can often breed innovation –
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Going Greene: Folk Medicines, Cures, and Doctors
Traditionally speaking, Greene County is pure Appalachia, northern Appalachia specifically, and many of our cultural traditions strongly relate to those of some of our southern neighbors. Our dialect, mannerisms, superstitions
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I Love This Place: Along State Route 18: From Grimes Hill to Nettle Hill
The stretch of State Rt. 18 aka Golden Oaks Road between Grimes Hill and Nettle Hill rides the Warrior Trail. This 5000-year-old trade route of America’s first people runs from
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