Lewis County History
Memorabilia

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The 1889 autograph book of Miss Myrtie Hilleary (photo by William Florence)

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The autograph of Miss Myrtie Hilleary's teacher, Ulysses Craven Thoroughman, usually called "U.C." (photo by William Florence)

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An old book, published in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1834, of sermons with the Biblical text at the beginning of the sermon. The book was discovered in an old house in Tollesboro.

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The script in the front of the book shown above is very difficult to decipher, not because it is German, but because it was written in an old form of German script.

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Jim Burroway of Tucson, Arizona, shares this coupon from the Nash stores in Nashtown and Epworth.

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This corporate seal for the Vanceburg Pearl Button Company has been loaned to the Vanceburg Depot Museum by Angela Iery of Vanceburg.

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Philip Cooper found this unusual ribbon and medallion for the Viantic chapter of the Improved Order of Red Men (IORM) at Eby, which he found in the home of his grandparents after they died. They lived on Scotts Branch.

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The 1929 Christmas program at Mosby School. (Program provided by David Bryant)

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Signature of Robert Luros Ma------, April, 1940. One of many old signatureson the wall of the spring house at the Barkley home place. (William Florence)

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This marker of the route of Gen. John H. Morgan's retreat in 1864 is on the northern edge of May's Lick. (Photo by Bill Florence)

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Historical marker for the Sherburne Covered Bridge, which was destroyed in a fire in 1981. (Photo By Bill Florence)

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Matthew Howland's initials carved into the sidewalk where he fell dead in front of his home in Quincy. (October 24, 2000, Jim Shelton)

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Front cover of Riverside Seminary program from 1888.

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Inside pages of Riverside Seminary program from 1888.

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WATCH YOUR STEP . . . This piece of Lewis County history was recently rediscovered after Herald staff members found an item in the "Snooping with Stamper Stevenson" column in the August 3, 1950, issue of The Lewis County Herald, alluding to its existence. Although cracked and worn, the concrete step still shows the date "1950" in the center and initials and names of those associated with the Herald at that time. The step was spared when the alley behind the Herald office was repaved recently. (August 1, 2000, Dennis Brown)

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