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Wirt County Former and Present Scholars and Educators. s.
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Newspaper Clippings
"100 Year Anniversary Roberts Store in Elizabeth," Wirt
County Journal, 1-1-1985.
"1st Court Held in Wirt April 8, 1848," Parkersburg News,
6-18-1963.
"A Sage of Burning Springs," Parkersburg News,
5-19-1968.
"Barney McGraw First Creston Settler," Parkersburg News,
6-18-1963.
"Burning Springs Locale of Story-Book Chapter..." Parkersburg
News, 3-24-1963.
"Dismantling of Old Building at Newark Recalls Pioneer..." Wirt
County Journal, 4-11- 1969.
"Doc Recalls 58 Years of Practice in Wirt County," Wirt County
Journal, 6-27- 1984.
"Elizabeth It's a Nice Place To Be," Charleston Gazette,
5-18-1988.
"Explorers, Indian Fighters First toVisit Creston Area,"
Parkersburg News, 6-23- 1963.
"Family Calls Living Museum Home," Charleston Daily Mail,
11-30-1991.
"Gas Still Jets Forth at Burning Springs," Beckley Post
Herald, 3-13-1965.
"History of Wirt County FFA Presented," Wirt County Journal,
2-29-1984.
"Keeping the Memory Alive, Treasure House," Parkersburg
Sentinel, 9-21-1996.
"Lester B. West is Compiling a History of Wirt County," Wirt
County Journal, 8-22- 1963.
"Little Wirt County Shortest on People," Beckley Post
Herald, 3-15-1960.
"Mitchell is Hired as County Historian," Wirt County
Journal, 12-1-1977.
"Pioneer History of Wirt County Series," Wirt County
Journal, 2-8,15-1984; 3-14,21- 1984; 4-4,18-1984; 8-8,15-1984;
9-4,18-1985; 10-2,9,30,-1985; 11-6,13,27-1985; 12-4-1985; 1-
5-1986; 2-26-1986; 3-5,12-1986; 6-25-1986; 5-13,18-1987; 5-18-1988;
6-1,15,22-1988.
"Story of Hotels Told When Burning Springs Boom Town,"
Parkersburg News, 4-18- 1965.
"The Legend of Bloody Hollow," Parkersburg News,
3-6-1966.
"The Legend of Bloody Hollow," Charleston Gazette,
2-27-1966.
"Tiniest Wirt County Has Lot of History," Beckley Post
Herald, 5-10-1965.
"Wirt County Booming Oil Center in 1859," Parkersburg News,
6-18-1963.
"Wirt County Wasn't Always Peaceful," Beckley Post Herald,
2-19-1968.
"Wirt County Man is Author," Parkersburg News,
9-29-1968.
"Wirt's Civic Spirit a Financial Resource," Charleston Daily
Mail, 6-10-1981.
"Woody Wilson Reports on Past 80 Years," Wirt County
Journal, 4-1-1987.
"Woody Traces 80 Years of Newspapering in Wirt," Wirt County
Journal, 4-8- 1987.