The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-10
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EMartinsburg and others cities. be-
ing present. 81. ~ III
"a During the same year the sus-.
pension bridge crossing the Mon
River and connecting
Fairmont with PaIatine was com
;pleted alta cost of bout So, 900
III The first church Organization in
which is#now Marion County took
place in the yearsf1 1915. in barn
on the farm of Asa Hall near
GAINESVILLE under the direction
of a Presbyterian minister Seven
years later the same Organization
erected a frame church on Jeffer-s
SON street, Fairmont, opposite the
old Mountain Clubhouse. Then
Church on Quincy street in II S34,
and the Methodist Episcopal
Church on Adams street. Now8all
the principal church denomina-
tions are represented in Fairmont.
The first steamboat to ascend
the Monongaheia River as far as,
Fairmont was the "Globe" on Feb
ruary IL 1850. At various times
since that date and previous to the
building of dams and locks, the
cGlobe'', thef""Thomas P. Ray"
and other small boats reached
Fairmont, butrtheir arrivals were
dependent upon temporary rises in
the river and no 7preteuse of a
schedule could be maintained.
The first banking firm in this
city was the First National Bank
OF Fairmont organized October.
1853 The Mountain City. Bank be-
gan business August L. The; third
Institution of this kind was the
Farmers Bank OF F'airmont which
opened in 1875.
First Paper Established
The; Marion County pioneer was
Fairmont's first newspaper. 1t
was owned and edited by Lindsey
Borgess. who founded it in 1870
Later Fulton Cooper took charge
of it. This paper was followed by
w. D. oysters Baptist Record
and in 1850 the Democratic Ban.
ner. edited and published BY
Daniel Morris, former printer
for the Baptist Record, saw the
light of day.
other papers following this.
period were the True Virginian
and Trans-AlIegheny Adventure,
the Fairmont Republican. the
Methodist Protestant Sentinel the
Fairmont National and the
Vedette.
The last named paper was the.
onlv one to- survive the test OF
time. It was founded IN 1856 by
J. N. Boyd. It was sold later to to
j. Dillon who changed its name
to The West Virginian, under
which name it has been published
successfully since that time 20
with the suspension OF the True
yirginian (the last part Of the
name has worn off in the course
OF time the Democrats of the Co
were left without an organ ana
cons equently the Liberalist was vas
started 1t lived through one cam
paign and gave way to the FAR M
mont Index ~ 49,
nj nAprfE-.1 SIS .hsfires DESTROYED the
office and files of The est " E,
ginian and destroyed most of.the
property of the Index N t1onal As
the Demo cratic paper was now
known Fairmont's pardsrs now
are the Fairmont Times Inc
West .Virginian and the t'alrmont
Free Press (weekly)
Isl Today F!'a1rmont, with popu'llia.,
ton Of more than 1900 is one OF
the leading indus Is cites 81
west Virginia 1t has fectorles
and plants of all kinds in which
lies the great wealth OF the city.
81 plants are located heSe which
none can excel in efficiency OF
capacitv. Prominent among Local
industries are the Owens Bottle
Works, the Monongah Glass Co.
the 5Fa.irmont Mining Machine Co.,
the Constellation Coal Cos, the
west Virginia Metal Products Cor
noration. the Domestic Coke Cor
noration. the sHelmick Foundry &
Machine CO., the Midwest Box
70 the Fairmont Wall Plaster
Co. the Barnesville Manufactur-
ing Cos the Hutchinson Coal Co.
the Jamison Coal Co. the Fair
mont Ice Co., and "A. B knights
Machine Shop
Nature has furnished good
drainage which. together with. the
city's elevated position, gives
Fairmont one of the most SAM
tary and most healthful locations
possessed by the cities CT west VEST
great coal field the city IS SCI
apart from the mine openings and
thus escapes the smoke and dust
incid emit to mining operations ana
there is nothing about. Fa1rmo n ito
indicate their near presence otner
than the, business that accompan,,
les such operations. Active coai
mining began here about 1oio'
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