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We update the website from time to time - and try to keep you abreast
of things happening at the Library. Visit the links below and then check out
each separate section to the left and find WHAT'S NEW!!! You'll be glad you
did!
 The 4th
Annual Eatn’, Singn’
and History Festival is May 18. Check it out!
The Weston
State Hospital,
now in the hands of new owners, has a new website. Learn what’s happening there by visiting the website.
With the
patriotic holidays of 2007 fast approaching, we are pleased to honor our United
States Veterans, particularly those
from Lewis County,
with a History of the Units who served from
the Lewis County
area from 1770 to the Present.
We appreciate the efforts of Marty Garton of the
Engineers Batallion of the West Virgnia National Guard stationed at
Weston for this work.
Follow this link to muster rolls for men of West
Augusta (now much of West
Virginia) who served in Dunmore's
war.
With the patriotic
holidays of 2007 fast approaching, we are pleased to honor our United
States Veterans, particularly those
from Lewis County,
with a History of the Units who served from
the Lewis County
area from 1770 to the Present.
We appreciate the efforts of Marty Garton of the
Engineers Batallion of the West Virgnia National Guard stationed at
Weston for this work.
One of the
most exciting genealogical "finds" of the still young Twenty-first Century is a 1672
French Bible owned in 1775 by
Randolph and Harrison
County pioneer
Joseph Louis Cheuvront!! This Bible contains the MUSTER ROLLS of the militia serving in
John Skidmore's Company at Fort
Henckel
(Hinkle) in 1775.
Pre-publication
orders are now being taken for our new veterans
book, CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA VETERANS. This new book
contains more than 500 bios and photographs submitted by families and
veterans. This book is the first of several planned volumes. You may submit
your story and pictures for the next volume. Visit the Central
West Virginia Veterans Project to learn more.
Our 26th Annual Gathering will be held August 9-12,
2007. This year's theme is "Grandma said. . . She rode off on a
White Horse. .
We are
adding photographs from various resources to our website. You will find the
links to these in our HCPD Files on the left of
this page.
On February 18,
2007, we updated the Don Norman files
on this website. If you have a problem with any of the files, please contact
our webmaster.
Planning
to travel to West Virginia?
Want to know more about us? Try West
Virginia Your Way!
The Annual
HCPD Gathering was August 11-14,
2005. Check out our photo album of
our 2005 Gathering participants. Also, you might want a look-see at some
of our activities
this year. There is no link to return to this page from those two pages. You
may have to reactivate the URL. Sorry 'bout that.
We have
updated theHacker's
Creek Journal Table of Contents
to include all Journals published
through June 2005.
HCPD is working on a project to honor the veterans
of Central West Virginia. Check it out today!
Visit our An Awhile Ago Photo Album for
some new images from by-gone times. Maybe you can identify some of these
folks for us. Also, visit the page and submit your photos for inclusion.
The Historic Weston Hospital, the
largest hand-cut blue sandstone building in North America, is a fascinating
place. Visit the website to learn more about this marvelous building!
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