The History and Government of West VirginiaAcme Publishing Company, 1906 - 518 pages |
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Page 26
... house to shelter them . 4. The Woodsman's Cabin.- The house which the settler built was of logs . It was usually small , one room and proba- bly a rude attic . The logs were sometimes hewn , more fre- quently not . The doors and floors ...
... house to shelter them . 4. The Woodsman's Cabin.- The house which the settler built was of logs . It was usually small , one room and proba- bly a rude attic . The logs were sometimes hewn , more fre- quently not . The doors and floors ...
Page 27
... house was not warm in win- ter . Many chinks let in the cold . Lamps of the rudest kind only were in use . They consisted of a pan of grease with a cotton string laid in for a wick . Candles were a luxury . Blazing pine splinters took ...
... house was not warm in win- ter . Many chinks let in the cold . Lamps of the rudest kind only were in use . They consisted of a pan of grease with a cotton string laid in for a wick . Candles were a luxury . Blazing pine splinters took ...
Page 43
... House of Burgesses attempted to carry out a similar enterprise , and met with no better success . Protestant settlers who might locate in Au- gusta county , west of the mountains , were promised ten years ' exemption from taxation . The ...
... House of Burgesses attempted to carry out a similar enterprise , and met with no better success . Protestant settlers who might locate in Au- gusta county , west of the mountains , were promised ten years ' exemption from taxation . The ...
Page 45
... Andrew Miller , Salathiel Goff , and Philip Washburn . They made locations of land and built a number of houses . During that year the Dunmore war occurred . A fort was built at the Horseshoe , SETTLEMENTS OF WEST VIRGINIA . 45.
... Andrew Miller , Salathiel Goff , and Philip Washburn . They made locations of land and built a number of houses . During that year the Dunmore war occurred . A fort was built at the Horseshoe , SETTLEMENTS OF WEST VIRGINIA . 45.
Page 46
... house of Tucker County was built on the exact spot where the fort had stood . In 1778 the three prin- cipal settlements near the western base of the mountains were , that at Morgantown , that on Cheat River , and that in Tygart's Valley ...
... house of Tucker County was built on the exact spot where the fort had stood . In 1778 the three prin- cipal settlements near the western base of the mountains were , that at Morgantown , that on Cheat River , and that in Tygart's Valley ...
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