100 ROANOKE, WV IMAGES OF AWHILE AGO TIME  - 100 images of the town and people of Roanoke collected by various HCPD members and  recorded on CD. 

Call number – (HC-7103CD)

Price:  $15.00

A HISTORY OF PRESTON COUNTY - by Oren F. Morton, A well-researched history written of Preston County, WV. Includes a historical and cultural look at Preston County, WV.  Reprint by McClain Printing Company 2000. 

Hardbound. 564 pages 

Call number – (HC-7950PC)

Price:   $45.00

A HISTORY OF WALKERVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA - This early history compiled in an awhile ago time by Clark Sprigg has been retyped and is published by HCPD. 

Indexed. 31 pages. 

Call number — (HC-7057) 

Price:   $5.00

A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF OLD LEWIS COUNTY: THE CROSSROADS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA  - "Hardy, tenacious, fiercely independent, Indians, Scotch-Irish, Germans, "Stonewall" Jackson, General Lightburn, Freddie Wyant. Trans-Allegheny Asylum for the Insane, the Ice Cream Cone, the Bailey House. Oil and gas, coal, hand blown glass. All describe old Lewis County, the heart of Central West Virginia, where from 1769 to the present its citizens have seen prosperity come and go, where today the community struggles to propel itself into the twenty-first century through tourism and recreation and the newly created Stonewall Jackson Lake." So begins the dust-jacket text of A Pictorial History of Old Lewis County: The Crossroads of Central West Virginia. This fully indexed, 224-page award-winning book contains more than 300 pictures and interesting descriptive prose of life in Lewis County. With very few exceptions, every person in every photograph is identified. Text from the photograph captions define the script of the book without being repetitive. Written under the auspices of the Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants by the late Charles H. Gilchrist and his wife, Joy L. Gregoire Gilchrist (now DeFazio), the book is a "must read" for those with roots in Lewis County. Published by Donning Publishing Company, a subsidiary of  Walsworth Publishing Company. Originally sold for $52.00! Now on sale for $19.08

Call number — (HC-7091)

Price:  $52.00

ABSTRACTS OF EARLY MONONGALIA COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA, NEWSPAPERS (1816-1842) - compiled by Joy Gregoire Gilchrist  Selected abstracts from the newspapers of the day.  Contains more than 1400 names. 

Softbound Indexed.  46 pages.  

Call number – (HC-7618)

Price:   $7.00

ABSTRACTS OF THE PRESTON COUNTY JOURNAL 1866-1868  - by Joy Gilchrist.  When the Preston County Courthouse was burned in March 1869, all county court records were destroyed.  These papers, the only extant local records for the period before the fire, contain marriages, deaths, wills and other information that cannot be found elsewhere. 

Call number – (HC-7058)

Price:  $7.00

AT HOME IN FREEMANSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA  - by Helen Hall Garrett and Betty Robinson Sorrentino. Freemansburg, represented by a very tiny dot on the map, has been called “home” by generations of central West Virginians. The people of Freemansburg are a unique blend of Appalachian culture and Scotch-Irish tradition.  Loyal and steadfast to their homeland, many can trace their roots unbroken to the original founding fathers and mothers of the area.  This account will reveal how Freemansburg evolved through many states: from an Indian hunting ground to a rugged new village of settlers to a thriving little town and finally to a quiet hamlet in the hills. The story includes the development of churches, schools, and businesses in the town, as well as an account of the homes and families that resided in them.

Softback, 7.5” x 9”   214 pages.  

Call number – (HC-7622C)

Price:  $19.95

BORDER SETTLERS OF NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA  - Written by Lucullus McWhorter. and later annotated by Thwaites. McWhorter explored the lives and times of several families who lived along the western frontier during the last half of the seventeenth century with special emphasis on the French & Indian War, the Revolution, and border warfare. This book is a definite "must have" for anyone interested in pioneer life in northwestern Virginia (now West Virginia), Ohio, and Kentucky and should take its place alongside Wither's CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE, Doddridge's NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS, and DeHass' HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF WEST VIRGINIA. ONE OF THE BIG FOUR. Indexed. 

Call number — (HC-7525)

Price:   $34.00

CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE -  Written by Alexander Scott Withers (ISBN 0-87012-000-X). Revised edition of the famous history of the settlement of northwestern Virginia (West Virginia) and of the Indian wars in that section. Edited and annotated by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Original compilers of the information were William Hacker and William Powers. Withers was given the contract for the book after Hacker's and Power's deaths by a Mr. Israel, a Clarksburg, (West) Virginia, publisher. ONE OF THE BIG FOUR! Paperback. 468 pages. Indexed.   

Call number — (HC-7526)

Price:   $34.00

CLASS BOOK FOR THE BIRCH CLASS, WEBSTER CIRCUIT, M.E. CHURCH SOUTH - kept by Goerge Fielding Bragg.  Transcribed by Vivian Hytovick.  Contains names of class members, birth and death dates of some.  Indexed 13 pages. 

Call number — (HC-7552)

Price:   $3.00

COLLINS SETTLEMENT OF OLD  - from the original press manuscript as it appeared in The Weston independent 1921-1922.  Written by David B. Cook of the Independent.  Typed and indexed for HCPD by Linda B. Meyers in 2001.  53 pages.  Indexed.  Soft-bound.  Explores the history of Collins Settlement and names many of the persons living there.  It some cases, it tells where family’s migrated when leaving Lewis County.  Contains a great deal of genealogy. 

Call number — (HC-7107)

Price:   $9.00

Confederate Soldiers (Wood County), Wes Cochran Publications, soft cover.

Call Number – (WC-WOCH8)

Price: $5.00

HISTORY OF BARBOUR COUNTY - by Hu Maxwell. The territory now embraced in Barbour County formed a part of Virginia from the first settlement about 1607 until 1863, when it became a portion of West Virginia. 

Hardbound. 1997 reprint of the 1898 history. 517 pages.  

Call number — (HC-07950BC)

Price:   $45.00

HISTORY OF BRAXTON COUNTY, WV -  by John Davison Sutton. "If from the past that is rapidly disappearing by the passing of the early settlers in Braxton County, we shall be able to collect a few notes of interest, and preserve a brief historical sketch of the incidents and early customs relating to central WV with biographical sketches of some of her early citizens, it may be of interest to some in the future." 1997 reprint of Sutton's 1919 book.  Printed by McClain.  

Hardbound.  460 pages.  

Call number — (HC-7050-BXC)

Call number — (HC-7950-BXC)

Price:   $45.00

History of Lee Creek (Wood County), Wes Cochran Publications, soft cover.

Call Number – (WC-WOCH3)

Price: $4.00

History of Locust Valley (Wood County), Wes Cochran Publications, soft cover.

Call Number – (WC-WOCH4)

Price: $4.00

History of Mineral Wells (Wood County), Wes Cochran Publications, soft cover.

Call Number – (WC-WOCH5)

Price: $4.00

History of New Milton (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran Publications, soft cover.

Call Number – (WC-DOCH)

Price:  $3.00
 

History of Nutter Fork (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran Publications, soft cover.

Call Number – (WC-DOCH2)

Price: $4.00

History of Parkersburg (Wood County), Wes Cochran Publications, soft cover.

Call Number – (WC-WOCH7)

Price: $6.00

HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY - by Hu Maxwell. A history of Randolph County, WV, from its earliest settlement in 1898.  McClain Publishing Company's reprint of the 1898 history. 

Hardcover. 532 pages.   

Call number — (HC-7950RC)

Price:   $45.00

HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF WEST VIRGINIA. - Wills De Hass. An account of the various expeditions in the west, previous to 1795. The early history of that which relates to Western Virginia and its borders is of special interest to our historical  heritage.  ONE OF THE BIG FOUR. 

Paperback. 416 pages. 

Call number — (HC-7522)

Price:   $27.00

Jackson County - Ravenswood News Articles.  Compiled by Wes Cochran.  Soft cover.  These are indexed news articles that are compiled.

Call Number – (WC-JACH)

Price: $

LEWIS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA: HER PEOPLE AND PLACES - Alphonse de Lamartine said, "History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale." And so it is with the newly release companion to the above book. Lewis County, West Virginia: Her People and Places contains more than 600 true stories of Lewis County families, businesses, events, and places of yesterday and today written by people from Washington State to Florida and Maine to New Mexico, with a few from West Virginia thrown in for good measure. More than 500 photographs define the text and add color to this book, the colorful dust jacket of which features the beloved McWhorter cabin at Jackson's Mill. Edited by Joy L. Gilchrist- Stalnaker with help from a cadre of volunteers across the country, this 256-page book is indexed. Now on sale for $21.70.

Call number — (HC-7090)

Price:   $21.70

NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS - Joseph Doddridge describes the settlement and Indian wars of the western parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania from 1763 to 1783 inclusive. ONE OF THE BIG FOUR! Annotated. 

Paperback. Indexed. 320 pages. 

Call number — (HC-7524)

Price:   $27.00

OLIVER LETTERS: Early Recollections of the Town of Weston - Compiled & Indexed by Linda Brake Meyers.   A collection of letters published in Weston newspapers in 1982 from George P. Oliver describing the town of Weston, West Virginia, in 1844.  He also describes the folks who lived  there as well as some of the people out in the county.  Worth its weight in gold for researchers of Lewis County. 

Call number — (HC-7037) 

Price:   $10.00

Ordered & Resolved or Board of Directors Minutes During Construction of Asylum(1858-1881)  - Abstracted and Annotated by Joy Stalnaker DeFazio, 260 pages chockfull of the facts and foibles of building one of the largest hand-cut blue sandstone buildings in the world. Building the Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghenies tested the talents of the population in the tiny town of Weston where the roads were poor at best and the skills among its 800 souls were limited. Through the construction of what is now, in the 21st Century, a National Landmark, the town began to grow. From its earliest days, it defined our town. The hospital has since closed and is now owned privately, but it still is a defining characteristic of our town and Lewis County, West Virginia.

Call number — (HC-7566C)

Price:   $25.00

A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTON HOSPITAL - This booklet briefly reviews the history of the Weston State Hospital, aka Trans-Allegheny Asylum for the Insane, a National Register Landmark building, from its beginnings in 1858 to its closing in 1994. Contains list of those building hospital in 1860, 1861, and 1872, a list of reasons for admission to hospital, and 1880 census of patients and employees. Written by Joy Gilchrist-Stalnaker.

Staple-bound.  32 pages. 

Call number — (HC-7033)

Price:   $5.00

TENDER LOVING CARE; STORIES OF A WEST VIRGINIA DOCTOR VOLUME TWO  - Due to the overwhelming response to his book by readers, his son, Dr. Greenbrier Almond, published a second volume, Tender Loving Care: Stories of a West Virginia Doctor Volume Two.  Using as his source videotapes of Harold’s fifty-two appearances on his son’s television show, Tender Loving Care, Greenbrier has put into writing seventy additional stories of his father’s very colorful life. Some of the stories are humorous, some are poignant, and all give insight into the challenges and rewards of small town medicine. 

Softbound. 132 pages. 

Call number — (HC-7567C2)

Price:   $15.00

THE COMPLETE LINE OF THE AKRO AGATE CO. Manufacturer of Akro Agate Marbles, Juvenile Glass Tea Sets- by Roger and Claudia Hardy,  is not only a collectors catalogue but a history of the Akro Agate Company of Clarksburg, WV.  The company was formed in Akron, Ohio by Dr. George T. Rankin, Gilbert C. Marsh and Horace C. Hill.  On March 23, 1911 they applied for the “Akro Agate” trademark which was registered in August of the same year.  After a couple of years showing success, they decided to purchase a larger building and expand their operation.  In late 1914 the company moved to Clarksburg, WV.  Much of the success of “Akro Agate” can be attributed to their ability to capitalize on automation and the changing world markets between the two world wars.  The original patent enabled “Akro” to mass produce glass marbles cheap enough to corner the world market.  “Akro” continued to produce marbles, ashtrays and small containers, children’s dishes, and powder jars until 1946 when cheap plastics and metal toy dishes became cheaper to produce than glass. By 1949 they decided to close and stop production.  On April 24, 1951 they had a final auction sale and sold everything. Roger and Claudia Hardy are avid collectors and historians of  “Akro Agate”. 

135 pages. 

Call number — (HC-7950RCH1)  Softbound Catalog.

Price:   $15.00

Call number — (HC-7950RCH2)   Price List.

Price:   $10.00

THE PEOPLE OF VANDALIA COMMUNITY, LEWIS COUNTY, WV -  by Sam W. Hardman & W. H. Peterson with new maps by Hartzel Strader.

Indexed.  62 pages.  

Call number —  (HC-7949)

Price:   $12.00

THE PIONEERS: Sketches Written by John Strange Hall (1826-1912) - These stories were published in a newspaper of their day, collected and saved by Hall’s daughter, Mary Strange Hall.  The stories recall life in a earlier time. 

Indexed.  40 pages.

Call number — (HC-7950) 

Price:   $10.00

THE STORIES OF A WEST VIRGINIA DOCTOR - In 1997 Dr. Harold Almond published a collection of 55 short stories about his experiences as a small town doctor in Central West Virginia Dr. Almond was born in 1915 to a large, close-knit family in New Jersey.  Through the wise counsel of his Scout Master, Harold developed a love of the woods and spent many years helping blaze the Appalachian Trail and the Long Trail in Vermont.  Coming to the mountains and forests of West Virginia to attend West Virginia Wesleyan College, Harold began a never-ending love affair with this wondrous place.  It was here he met his wife of 51 years, Lois Flanagan.  Even during the years at Northwestern Medical School in Chicago and his stint in the Army Air Force in occupied Japan, his heart was in the hills.  He and Lois returned to Upshur County, WV in 1949. Together they raised five children and opened their home to numerous international students, devoted hours to planting their gardens and strawberry patches, were actively involved in their community, and above all, tended to the lives of his patients.  Until his death in 1999, Dr. Almond and his collie dog, McBrier, lived in the family home of 40 years on a hill overlooking the town of Buckhannon.  He enjoyed writing, telling stories to his friends and seven grandchildren, and voraciously reading detective stores. 

Softbound, 120 pages, 

Call number — (HC-7567C)

Price:   $15.00

THE WESTON BUILDING ASSOCIATION AND SAVINGS INSTITUTION MINUTES 1872-1876 - Transcribed by Cathy Layton and indexed by Joy Stalnaker.  Contains many names from the Weston area of this period of time.

Call number — (HC-7961)

Price:   $8.00

THEY STARTED IT ALL  - by Joy Gilchrist with assistance from Robert B. Smith.  A guide to Historic Hacker's Creek, 64 pages of history on 34 historic sites. Easy reading.

64 pages.

Call number — (HC-7949)

Price:   $9.50

Wood County History, Wes Cochran Publications, soft cover. 

Call Number – (WC-WOCH6) 

Price: $5.00

Wood County Pioneers, Wes Cochran Publications, soft cover.

Call Number – (WC-WOCH1)

Price: $5.00

Wood County Post Offices 1850-1971, Record of Appointment of Postmasters.  Wes Cochran Publications.  Soft cover.

Call Number - (WC-WOCH)

Price: $6.00

YESTERYEARS -  by Bill Adler.  A collection of material abstracted from early Weston, Lewis Co., WV, newspapers and published as a column in the 1980's in the "Weston Democrat."  A MUST for genealogical and historical research in Lewis County.  Indexed. HC-7021 Vol. I (Aug. 1862-Mar 1876)$12.00; HC-7021 Vol. II( Mar 1876-Dec 1883)$15; HC-7022-Vol. III(Jan 1884-Aug 1884)$12; HC-7024-Vol. IV(Sept 1884-Dec 1885)$17.00; HC-7025-Vol V(Dec 1885-Oct 1869)327 pgs. $17.00; HC-7150-Vol VI(Oct 1869-Jun 1871) 211 pgs.$15.00; HC-7151- Volume VII (June 1871-Sept. 1872.) 312 pages, Indexed $17.00; HC-7152-Volume VIII (Sept 1872-Nov. 16, 1874) 270 pages, indexed $17.00; HC-7153-Vol. IX(Nov 1874-Dec 1875)307 pgs. $17.00; HC-7154-Vol.X(Jan 1876-June 1867) 369 pgs. $18.00.   NEW!    Yesteryears - Volume XI – The final volume in the collection of material abstracted by historian Bill Adler from early Weston, Lewis Co., WV, newspapers and published as a column in the 1980’s in the “Weston Democrat”. This new volume in the series covers the period of June 16, 1877 through December 28, 1878. This volume consists of 425 pages plus a 48 page index to names, places and significant events. Softbound and three-hole punched. HC-7155 $20.00  

These volumes are a MUST for anyone doing genealogical or historical research in Lewis County. Very interesting reading for anyone.

Call number---  HC-7021 - Vol. I - (Aug. 1862-Mar 1876) - $12.00

Call number---  HC-7021 - Vol. II - ( Mar 1876-Dec 1883) - $15.00

Call number---  HC-7022 - Vol. III - (Jan 1884-Aug 1884) - $12.00

Call number---  HC-7024 - Vol. IV - (Sept 1884-Dec 1885) - $17.00

Call number---  HC-7025 - Vol V - (Dec 1885-Oct 1869) 327 pages - $17.00

Call number---  HC-7150 - Vol VI - (Oct 1869-Jun 1871) 211 pages - $15.00

Call number---  HC-7151 - Vol VII - (June 1871-Sept. 1872) 312 pages, Indexed - $17.00

Call number---  HC-7152 - Vol VIII - (Sept 1872-Nov. 16, 1874) 270 pages, Indexed - $17.00

Call number---  HC-7153 - Vol. IX - (Nov 1874-Dec 1875) 307 pages - $17.00

Call number---  HC-7154 - Vol. X - (Jan 1876-June 1867) 369 pages - $18.00

Call number---  HC-7155 - Vol XI –  The final volume -{June 16, 1877 through December 28, 1878} - 425 pages plus a 48 page index to names, places and significant events -                            $20.00

YESTERYEARS -  by Bill Adler.  A collection of material abstracted from early Weston, Lewis Co., WV, newspapers and published as a column in the 1980's in the "Weston Democrat."  A MUST for genealogical and historical research in Lewis County.  Indexed. HC-7021 Vol. I (Aug. 1862-Mar 1876)$12.00; HC-7021 Vol. II( Mar 1876-Dec 1883)$15; HC-7022-Vol. III(Jan 1884-Aug 1884)$12; HC-7024-Vol. IV(Sept 1884-Dec 1885)$17.00; HC-7025-Vol V(Dec 1885-Oct 1869)327 pgs. $17.00; HC-7150-Vol VI(Oct 1869-Jun 1871) 211 pgs.$15.00; HC-7151- Volume VII (June 1871-Sept. 1872.) 312 pages, Indexed $17.00; HC-7152-Volume VIII (Sept 1872-Nov. 16, 1874) 270 pages, indexed $17.00; HC-7153-Vol. IX(Nov 1874-Dec 1875)307 pgs. $17.00; HC-7154-Vol.X(Jan 1876-June 1867) 369 pgs. $18.00.   NEW!    Yesteryears - Volume XI – The final volume in the collection of material abstracted by historian Bill Adler from early Weston, Lewis Co., WV, newspapers and published as a column in the 1980’s in the “Weston Democrat”. This new volume in the series covers the period of June 16, 1877 through December 28, 1878. This volume consists of 425 pages plus a 48 page index to names, places and significant events. Softbound and three-hole punched. HC-7155 $20.00   These volumes are a MUST for anyone doing genealogical or historical research in Lewis County. Very interesting reading for anyone.

425 pages plus a 48 page index to names, places and significant events -   

Call number--- HC-7155 - Vol XI –  The final volume -{June 16, 1877 through December 28, 1878}           

Price:   $20.00