Upshur County Bicentennial Treasure Book Preview
Betty Calloway and the Bicentennial Committee of Upshur County edit a holiday treasure book preserving local history and folklore. The volumes mix recipes kitchen hints home remedies and folklore with notes on weather and household tips aimed at spanning two centuries of community life and progress.
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Upshur County
Betty Calloway
Ginghrman
Ember of Commerce
Betty
Special award honors Burlington Northern for land reclamation efforts
The Burlington Northern Railway won the Keep America Beautiful top industry award for reclaiming more than 1,000 acres of surface mined rangeland in Montana and other sites between 1924 and 1958. The three year project cost about $650 per acre and used erosion control, flooding, and fertilization techniques learned from managing grazing land.
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York
Keepraeriva Beautiful
Burlington Northern Ke
St. Paul
Minn
Montana
de Crompany
Wo Powers
RAK
Movida
Upshur jury returns nine indictments in Gilmer
Indictments were returned by the Upshur County grand jury for nine defendants from Gilmer Gladewater Longview Bossier City and local towns. Cases include assault theft forgery and marijuana possession with one case remaining unnamed pending arrest. The new panel includes residents from Gilmer Big Sandy Ore City and nearby areas.
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Gilmer
Upshur County
James Albert Franklin
Victor
John Bono
Lake O’ the Pines
Davy Pickett
Linda Pierce
Jerry Bass
Virgil E. Mulana
Billy Ray Green
Sara Presnell
Frankie Lindsey
Oscar Hale
Taylor F. Turman
Gaddis M. Lindsey
Willie D. Finch
Roy Lee Buie
Troy Maberry
Big Sandy
Earl Faulk
Martha Sanders
Alfred Hiles
Ore City
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Naomi O'Connor
James Arthur
Espy
Rudy Fisher
James Micheale Stuart
Bossier City
Michael D. McDonald
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Harold Whitlock