Volume 40, Number 2

On the cover: Matt Benedict prepares to deliver a pitch for the West Virginia Power baseball team in 2012. Photograph courtesy of the West Virginia Power. Our stories begin on page 8.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Arts, Culture and History

Randall Reid-Smith, Commissioner
Department of Arts, Culture and History

John Lilly, Editor

Kim Johnson,
Editorial Assistant

Karin Kercheval Design
Publication Design

Summer 2014

2 Letters from Readers

5 Current Programs • Events • Publications

7 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

8 From Statesmen to Power

Minor League Baseball in Charleston
By Bob Barnett

16 The Charlies

Recalling Charleston's Golden Era
By Mike Whiteford

20 Proud to Have Been Called Nurses

Recalling Davis Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
By Tom Felton

26 Cadet Nurses Maggie and Terri Payne

By Audrey Stanton-Smith

30 Marietta Manufacturing Company

Building Ships and Boats in Point Pleasant
By Betty Rivard

36 Point Pleasant River Museum

38 Waterborne Entertainment on the Upper Ohio River

By Borgon Tanner

44 Campbells Creek Train Robbery

By Todd A. Hanson

50 Picture Day

By Becky Crabtree

54 Living Small

Marjorie Wolverton's Journey to West Virginia
By Raymond Alvarez

60 Moondog

Taking a Bite Out of Crime in Wheeling
By Carl E. Feather

66 West Virginia Back Roads

Center Point Covered Bridge>br> By Carl E. Feather

68 New Books Available

By John Lilly

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