Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-10-12


History and Progress oil The County
Of Marion Huntington. 1850: His
tory Of Preston County" Wiley. 1882
Brooke County; Being Record Of
Prominent Events in Brooke County. :
Jacob, 1882; History OF Randolph
County, Maxwell. 1896; History Of
Monongalia County Wiley, 1883;
aThe Annals Of Augusta County
towering Central West virginia.
Waddsl. 1882 History CT Tucker
County, Maxwell. 1884. History Of
Martinsburg and Berkeley County, /"
Aler, 1888; History or Hampshire
County. Maxwell and SwisAer. 1891;
History of Wetzel County" McEl-
downey, 1901: History OF Wheeling
City and Ohio County Z Cramer, 1902;
History of Barbour County, Max
wen, 1899; and Historical Sketches
of Pocahontas County" Price. 1901
i Local History.
Under this head mas be grouped
our historical works which relate TO
a particular locality or place. Among
these we have The Prelude to Har-
pers Ferry" Phillips. Jr.. (WendelD
1891: The Annals OF Harpers Ferry
| With Sketches OF Its Founder" Bar.
Try, 1872, The Blennerhassett Pa.
pers,' Stafford 1861. "The Life Of Her.
man BlennerAassett, Stafford; @Ta-gah
ju-te, or Logan the Indian and Cap.
tain Michael Crleip creating on the
massacre OF Logan and relatives in
Grant district, Hancock county,, May
Ct, 1867
From Che foregoing yon win see
that mach has been done, 50 thar We
may be proud of that which has beer
done, While a. the same time Ne real
ize that there is vastly more to %. AS
yet no volumes have been written d
the history Of cahprn Clipper, Grant
Hardy, Peldleton. Putnam, Peasants
, Ritehe. Monroe, Mason. Cabeil, Ty
Her, Lewis, Nicholas. Morgan. Logan
Jackson, Fayette. Braxton. Mercer
Boone, Mingo Mcdowell, Wayne
Wirt. Wyoming aid Greebrier com
ties. But this will be done Gentle
| men competent to perform the work
are now preparing histories of Harri
. Ison. Preston, Webster. Summers ant
raleigh counties, and ! hope yer.
sooa to be able 10 interest persons i
compiling histories Of all the othe
counties. together with those of tn
cities of Charleston, Parkers5urs
AClarksourg, Harrington and Others.
II "A .ssst amo7nt Of other work ~
! mains to be done. We have 9TH
Old Pike; A History OF the Nationa
Road by Wright. il 1894. but no his
: tory Of the ola Northwestern tI11
tpilse, the moss important road eve
consul acted in West virginia w
have the history of the Baltimore
Ohio railroad by J. G. Pang'borE, 1885,
but none as Yet of the Chesapeake 4
Ohio and the Norfolk & Western tn
other tsunk lines Of the state. Moth
4 ing has yet bsen done regarding th
life ami iftbors lof James Ramsey, in
n vente1 of the steamboat, except wha
gthe pamphleteers have accomplished
4 but now MIR. John Morey, or aiorgal
fcounty. is iRdElriously at work col
ilecting material for volume on thi
subject. Recent y those foremost il
! the ranks Of aiding in the writing an'
preservation of our history---Hon
John p. Hale, Judge G. L. Cramer
I Judge VIM. II. Stafford. Col. Alvaro F
GSbbons-have finished their worl
and fallen by the hand Of death. bu
we are glad to knew that other yoqins
men and young women all over tbs
stats are becoming deeply interested
in the subject of its history and ere
long the works Of some OF these il
book form VIII be upon the depart
lment. a