Local history and memoirs -- Blacksville (W. Va.)

Overview Two typescript narrative histories of West Virginia towns compiled and apparently written by W.B. Haught in 1920. A 76-page narrative history of Monongalia County, West Virginia, chiefly covers the Colonial period, beginning with the Huron Iroquois inhabiting the land in the early 1700s and continuing through the late 1800s. A second typescript centers on the history of Blacksville, West Virginia, from its Colonial beginnings in the 1770s to the end of the nineteenth century. This item...

Overview Photocopied histories of Blacksville, West Virginia, as compiled or written by W. B. Haught. Contains three copies of "Blacksville and Vicinity: Early History," a four-page history compiled by W. B. Haught in 1920. This document describes the settlement of Blacksville in the late 1700s and prominent settlers as well as buildings and homes in the town through 1902. Collection also contains three copies of a topical history of the town, apparently compiled by W. B. Haught in 1948. This...