This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Raleigh's Troop 2 Pioneered State's Boy Scout Movement
Roy L Harmon's profile honors R B Holmes who led Raleigh Troop No. 2 as West Virginia's first official Boy Scout troop founder. Holmes, now 83, recalls 1915 1926 days building a log cabin HQ, earning uniforms, and guiding a generation of miners sons. He notes the bonds, later reunions, and nine children, with legacy in Beckley and statewide scouting history.
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Roy Lee Harmon
R. B. Holmes
Homes
Temple St
Beckley
West Virginia
Raleigh
Holmes
Virginian Power Co
Cabin Creek
Kanawha River
Appalachian Power Co
Raleigh Coal and Coke Co
New England
Col
Ernest Chilton
Comppany
Chilson
Greenbrier River
Greenbrier
Dennis Lowney
Oscar Smedley
Tom Crawford
Curly Nolen
Donald Muller
Wernie Durham
Sam Thomson
William Thomson
John Thomson
Robert Thomson
Ula Clay
Merritt Clay
Maurice Holmes
Albert Holmes
William D. White
Ostis Yost
Charlie Kanode
Colin McLuckey
Lauren Childress
Aubrey Mabry
Jack Underwood
Maurice C. Holmes
University of Miami
Florida
Marion
Sam Turner
Albert
Ruth
James Brown
Lincoln School
Ralph
Grace
John Whitlock
Earl
Hoopersville
Mich
Wanda
Philip Bsharah
Ava
Jack Sharp
Wheeling
Roy Quesen
Thomas Crawford
Pitzer
MacArthur
Lillybrook Mine
Lillybrook Coal Co
Lillybrook
Jack
Malcolm Turner
Turner
Greenbrier Dairy Co
Raleigh County
Raleigh Coal & Coka, Co