Copies of correspondence of Governor Okey L. Patterson and John Hamric regarding the repair of the Mountaineer Statue on the Capitol grounds; and other papers and clippings on the statue and Eli and Ellis Hamrick. Eli "Rimfire" Hamrick and his brother Ellis were brothers who posed for the statue of the 'typical' mountaineer that stands on the northeast corner of the state Capitol grounds in Charleston, WV.
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