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Newspaper Clippings
"A Strange Man in a Strange Land," Webster Republican,
n.d.
"A Clay Without Compromise," Clay Co. Landmarks Commission, Winter
1999.
"Bank President Phyllis Arnold Makes Most of Only Job Offer,"
Charleston Gazette, 2- 14-1999.
"Banker Owes All to J.G. Bradley," Charleston Gazette,
2-18-1981.
"Clay County Newspaper History Traced," Post Herald,
4-22-1965.
"Clay, West Virginia in 1895," Clay County Free Press,
7-3-1958.
"Clay County Then and Now," Clay County Free Press,
9-20-1935.
"Clay County Bootstrap," Charleston Gazette,
7-12-1964.
"Clay County WV History Book," Clay County Free Press,
8-10-1988.
"Clay County Government Emerged Slowly," Post Herald,
4-23-1965.
"County's History Written for Cent. Comm. by Clay Principal,"
Clay Co. Free Press, 7- 3-1958.
"Cultural Institute Determined to Stay in Widen," Charleston
Gazette, 1-31-1979.
"Cultural Center to Host Clay Related Film," Metro North,
2-10-1993.
"Do You Know Why Widen is Called Widen," Clay Messenger,
1-28-1958.
"Duck Tales Clay County Town Draws the Curious," 9-23-1996.
"Early History of Clay County," n.p. n.d.
"Early Clay Transportation Was Tedious," Post Herald,
4-30-1965.
"First Woman Deputy's Rite Set Sunday," Charleston Gazette,
6-22-1963.
"First County Clerk Issued Own Marriage Licenses, 1861," Clay
County Free Press, 9- 11-1941.
"Former Residents Recall Thriving Town of Swandale," Metro
North, 7-15-1987.
"Further Clay Criminal History Recalled," Post Herald,
4-26-1965.
"Good Old Days Have Left Dundon, Widen," Post Herald,
8-5-1965.
"Historic Clay Family Site Becoming Memorial Park," Bluefield
Daily Telegraph, 5-3- 1998.
"I Got Science in My mind, Eloise Boggs," Charleston
Gazette, 1-25-1999.
"Institute of Cultural Affairs Leaves Widen Amid Controversy,"
Charleston Gazette, 10- 30-1981.
"It Happened at Booger Hole," Charleston Gazette,
7-14-1980.
"Neil Boggs Recalls Days on Meet the Press," Charleston
Gazette-Mail, 10-26- 1997.
"New Hounds, Correspondents Keep Clay Readers Up to Date,"
Charleston Gazette, 8- 7-1995.
"New Role For Widen," Charleston Gazette, 4-4-1965.
"Newspapers in Clay County," Clay County Free Press,
9-20-1935.
"Old Clay County Courthouse Undergoing Renovation," Metro
North, 8-12-1998.
"Old Courthouse Holds Big Spot in Clay History," Charleston
Gazette, 9-16-1978.
"On Elk River Around Sweeping Bend Lies End of the World,"
Charleston Gazette, 5- 14-1973.
"Once Mighty Oak," Charleston Gazette, 7-29-1996.
"Pioneer Superstitions in Early Clay County," n.p. n.d.
"Road Puts Farmhouse on Display," Clay Messenger,
6-22-1978.
"Slavery Not Widespread in Clay History," Post Herald,
4-27-1965.
"Some Clay Landowners Object to Oil & Gas Drillers' Method,"
Charleston Gazette, 5- 1-1981.
"Swandale---Now ---Only Memories," Charleston Gazette,
8-24-1979.
"Terror at Widen," Post Herald, 3-2-1979.
"The Widen Case," Saturday Evening Post, 2-20-1954.
"Tiny Clay County Honors 3-Time Loser," Post Herald,
3-9-1965.
"Unique Clay Co. Camp Built Labor of Love, Rocks...Wall of
China..," Daily Mail, 8- 30-1971.
"Vicki Bird at Pinch Reunion," Clay Herald, 9-7-1992.
"What's in a Name? Ask Clay Countians," Post Herald,
4-28-1965.
"Where is the Big Silver Mine in Clay County," Clay County Free
Press, 9-20-1935.
"Widen Stirs Anew With Mine Activity," Charleston Gazette,
6-18-1977.
"Widen Once Busy Coal Town Fading Bur Refusing to Die,"
Charleston Gazette, 5-31- 1974.
"Widen Was last Stand Against Unions," Herald Register,
1-25-1964.
"Wild Man, Orval Elijah Brown, Still Startling Passers-by,"
Charleston Gazette, 9-30- 1984.
"Without Doctors Clay Town Fends for Itself," 3-17-1991.