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"200 in County in Year 1830," Times Record,
5-25-1922.
"20th Annual Central West Virginia Oil and Gas Edition," Times
Record, 12-26- 1940.
"Bicentennial Salute to Roane County," WV Hillbilly,
5-15-1976.
"Billion Dollar Subway System Travel Through Roane Co.," Times
Record, 2-21- 1929.
"Bird's Eye View of Newton, WV," Roane County Reporter,
4-27-1989.
"Boat Yard Leading Industry in Roane's First Settlement,"
Parkersburg News, 5-5- 1963.
"Clio Post Office Scheduled to Close Friday," Times Record,
7-27-1989.
"D. Boone Pioneer of Roane County," Times Record,
12-6-1924.
"Dark side of Roane History," Times Record, 9-16-1926.
"Days of Harvesting Wheat in Roane Recalled," Roane County
Reporter, 7-13-1989.
"Elbow Room is Plentiful in Roane," Beckley Post Herald,
10-6-1969.
"Ex-Salve Meets Misty a Last Time," Charleston Daily Mail,
4-26-1978.
"Famous Old Opera House of 1897 No More," Times Record,
3-8-1923.
"First Court House in 1858," Times Record, 7-6-1922.
"Gabe's Tree," Charleston Gazette, 2-16-1958.
"Ghost Town Reedy," Charleston Daily Mail, 5-27-1980.
"Giggling Tourists Figure Looneyville Wrong," Charleston
Gazette, 10-29-1991.
"History of Roane County Schools," Times Record,
1-8-1925.
"History of the Oil and Gas Industry in Roane County," Times
Record, 2-21-1929.
"Interesting Career of Editor Craig," Parkersburg News,
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"Man Who Ran First Spencer Train Here," Times Record,
4-24-1922.
"More History About County," Times Record, 7-22-1922.
"Noted Italian Sculptor Establishes Studio in Roane," Times
Record, 4-24-1980.
"People in Looneyville Talk to Each Other, Not Themselves,"
Charleston Gazette, 9-16- 1987.
"Pioneer Rode into Court Room About 1858..Escaped Through Flue,"
Times Record, 7- 16-1922.
"Ralph Nestor, A Lifetime Spent Compiling History," Times
Record, 9-15-1988.
"Recalls Old Days Around Walton," Roane County Reporter,
6-9-1988.
"Reedy Expecting Big Crowd for Celebration," Parkersburg
News, 9-24-1994.
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"Roane Court House 75 Year Old Landmark at Trail's End," Roane
Co. Reporter, 7-30- 1964.
"Sam Tanner's Gravesite Remains a Mystery," Roane Co.
Reporter, 10-6-1988.
"Scout Troop Has Library," Times Record, 7-21-1920.
"Settlers Had No Wheat Bread and Spun Own Cloth," Times
Record, 5-15-1922.
"Settlers Made Home in Cave," Times Record, 5-11-1922.
"Some Early Residents of Roane County," Roane County
Reporter, 11-7-1968.
"Spencer WV Chosen All-American City," Southern Living, May
1975.
"Squeezing the Puck, Roane Rubber Firm..," Charleston Daily
Mail, 12-22-1976.
"Summary and Completion of Roane County History," Times
Record, 7-27-1922.
"Teacher Came to Reedy 1830," Times Record, 6-1-1922.
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"The Story Behind Roane's Record-Setting Well," Roane County
Reporter, 5-30- 1991.
"The Walton Fair," WV Hillbilly, 1-16-1982.
"Theater Still Rolling After 86 Years," Charleston Gazette,
3-7-1993.
"Theater May Put Roane in National Historic Register," Roane
County Reporter, 2-23- 1989.
"Three Forks Former Name for Reedy," Parkersburg News,
6-18-1963.
"Wells Opera House Robey's First Movie House Recalled,"
Parkersburg News, 11-28- 1968.