The Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Vertical Files consist of a variety of topics related to the Huntington, Ohio, and Kentucky regions of the United States. The collection covers the time period from the 1880s to the time of the Cabell-Wayne Historical Society's closure in 1974. The boxes were arranged in alphabetical order based on topic.
The bulk of the vertical file collection relates to activities, events, buildings, and personalities of the Cabell County, West Virginia tri-state area of southwestern West Virginia, southeastern Ohio, and eastern Kentucky. The collection includes material related to the Civil War, railroads and transportation in West Virginia, the first banks in the city of Huntington, bank robberies, church directories, court records of West Virginia and Kentucky, parks, hospitals, census records, genealogy records, obituaries, and many miscellaneous topics. These topics are presented as advertisements, stories, ads, newspaper clippings, journals, letters, pamphlets, and books. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings, many of which are in very fragile condition.
The collection of photographs relates to the people, places and events that surrounded Cabell and Wayne counties in West Virginia. The bulk of the collection relates to the families that have lived in the region, such as the Buffingtons. The rest of the collection includes significant events, including political campaigns, soldiers from various wars, parades, and different buildings at different times. Specific items of interest are a picture of General Robert E. Lee at White Sulfur Springs, WV in 1869, The American Red Cross Canteen at the C & O Railroad during WWI, Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Bullmoose party campaign stop at the Cabell County Courthouse, and Wendell Wilke's 1940 presidential campaign stop in Huntington. Another portion of the collection is dedicated to the floods that have occurred over time, with the bulk of that dedicated to the 1937 flood.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Collection. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Collection.
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Original Plymale home
Original Plymale home, 20x25.5cm Written on back of photo by J. fred Plymale: This is a picture of the house which burned to the ground in 1923. Built in 1880 on the location which is now "Plymale Roadside Park" on route 75 in Wayne County, W.Va. The family in picture is the Bolt family, paretns of Cabell Bolt, roofing contractor in Huntington, W.Va. cabell bolt is standing in front of his mother.
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Outside door from razed home of Dr. Thomas J. Prichard, 1239 5th Ave.
Outside door from razed home of Dr. Thomas J. Prichard, 1239 5th Ave.,23.7x18cm Wrecking constractor Kenneth "Rabbit" Jarrell, donated door to the Cabell-Wayne Historical Society. The home, built in 1889, and an adjacent property at 1235 5th Ave., razed Oct 1970 to make space for a parking lot for The Huntington Hospital. On corner of 5th Ave. & 3rd St.
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People at Salt Rock when first train went up Guyan Valley Railroad to Midkiff
People at Salt Rock when first train went up Guyan Valley Railroad to Midkiff, 25.5x16cm
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People at Salt Rock when first train went up Guyan Valley Railroad to Midkiff
People at Salt Rock when first train went up Guyan Valley Railroad to Midkiff, 21x13.5cm
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People at Salt Rock when first train went up Guyan Valley Railroad to Midkiff
People at Salt Rock when first train went up Guyan Valley Railroad to Midkiff, 25.5x15cm
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Plant of Island Creek Fuel Co., Huntington, W.Va.
Plant of Island Creek Fuel Co., Huntington, W.Va.,9x14cm
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Plaque on Plymale Roadside Park Rt 75,
Plaque on Plymale Roadside Park Rt 75,10.5x8.5cm Sign says: Donated by John Fred Plymale in memory of his great grandfather, John Plymale, born November 25, 1795, in Giles County, Virginia. He settled here in 1813, and the Branch in this park was named for him. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Cabell County in 1816; Captain of the 120th Virginia Regiment of the Militia, 1821; Justice of the Peace, 1825, in which capacity he served many years; Appointed third Sheriff of Wayne County Virginia, 1846; Elected to the 1857-58 Sessions of the Virginia General Assembly and rode horseback to Richmond and back. He sponsored the Twelvepole Turnpike Bill and the one incorporating the Masonic Temple Association of Virginia. He was the father of nineteen children, one hundred twenty-one grandchildren, and over three hundred eighty-four great grandchildren. He died November, 1872, and is buried on this farm in the Plymale Cemetary on Twelvepole Creek one-half mile about the mouth of Plymale's Branch
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Red Cross Canteen WWI "Unit 36", Mrs. Dan Mossman, Chr. at C&O station
Red Cross Canteen WWI "Unit 36", Mrs. Dan Mossman, Chr. at C&O station, 10x7cm.
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R. Lee Beuhring, Attorney At Law
R. Lee Beuhring, Attorney At Law, 24x20cm Attorney At Law, 523 7th Str, Huntington, W.V. 26701
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Robson-Prichard Building, Huntington, W.Va.
Robson-Prichard Building, Huntington, W.Va.,13.5x8.5cm Mrs. T.J. O'Shea
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South wall of den of Taylor Vinson home
South wall of den of Taylor Vinson home, 1429 5th Ave.,25x20.5cm 69-68C3 bookcases, religious pictures, 2 arm chairs, 2 talbes, desk, desk chair NPS Photography, Nelson Paden, Mgr., 1110 1/2 - 4th Ave - 523-3320, Huntington, W.Va. 25707
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South wall of dining room of Taylor Vinson home, 1429 5th Ave.
South wall of dining room of Taylor Vinson home, 1429 5th Ave.,25x20.5cm 69-68C4 Chippendale Secretary desk, chair, lamp, picture, short butler table NPS Photography, Nelson Paden, Mgr., 1110 1/2 - 4th Ave - 523-3320, Huntington, W.Va. 25707
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South wall of music room of Taylor Vinson home, 1429 5th Ave
South wall of music room of Taylor Vinson home, 1429 5th Ave.,25x20.5cm 69-68C7 marble fireplace, 5 framed fames, portrait, 2decorative prism candle holders, 2 decorative places, decorative bowl, wedding picture, 5-drawer chest, small marble topped table, fan shapped plate, small lidded bowl, andirons, brass fan fire screen, brass fenders NPS Photography, Nelson Paden, Mgr., 1110 1/2 - 4th Ave - 523-3320, Huntington, W.Va. 25707
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Stained glass window from razed home of Dr. Thomas J. Prichard, 1239 5th Ave
Stained glass window from razed home of Dr. Thomas J. Prichard, 1239 5th Ave.,23.7x18cm wrecking constractor Kenneth "Rabbit" Jarrell, donatedstained glass window to the Cabell-Wayne Historical Society. The home, built in 1889, and an adjacent property at 1235 5th Ave., razed to make space for a parking lot for The Huntington Hospital.
