People normally don’t associate fairies with spirits of the dead, but in much of folklore they are connected, if not the exact same thing The[Read More…]
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Laying a pipeline. Oil and Gas Industry – Part 2 Last week, we ended our article with the second oil and gas boom in Doddridge[Read More…]
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Besides Candle Mass and the Irish festival of Imbolc February 2nd is also Groundhog’s Day. The origins of this day are sketch at best, possible[Read More…]
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Early Oil and Gas Industry With the massive increase in energy production during the past decade in Doddridge and other surrounding counties, I decided to[Read More…]
The Weekly Shaman
February 2 was the day set aside when the Catholic church held their Candle Mass which honored the arrival of the Christ Child into the[Read More…]
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HISTORY OF MORGANS RUN SETTLEMENT (By Ariel E McClain and published in this newspaper in 1962) While researching this county’s . . . You have[Read More…]
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As a follow up to my article on the tow faced Roman god Janus, I decided to more onto one door. Janus was the guardian[Read More…]
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Lloyd Washington Chapman (1853-1952) Lloyd Washington Chapman Dodd. Co. Prosecuting Attorney 1933-1937 As some of our readers know, I did genealogy professionally (for hire) for[Read More…]
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As I have often written the month of January gets its name from the two-faced Roman god Janus. Janus had two faces with one looking[Read More…]