Mingo County/State of Kentucky
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Formed in 1895 from Logan. Named for the Mingo Indians, terror of Virginia borders. Robert Morris, financier of the Revolutionary Army, in 1795 patented large areas here. Largest white oak tree in world is in this county.
[Reverse]
Named for the Kentucky River, bearing an Indian name. Called "Dark and Bloody Ground." Explored by Daniel Boone, 1769. Settled at Harrodsburg, 1774. It became a Virginia county in 1776 and a state in the Union in 1792.
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Mingo County/Wyoming County
The youngest county in the State was formed from Logan in 1895.
Thomas Smith
Formerly a surveyor in Washington Co., Va.
Horsepen Mountain
Nearby Bolling Baker, white leader of Shawnee Indians, and husband of Aracoma, the daughter of Chief Cornstalk, held horses stolen from...
Lewis' Expedition
East Kermit, WV
Camp of Major (later General) Andrew Lewis in 1756, with Virginia troops, led by Smith, Hogg, Preston, Pearis, Woodson, and others, on...
Matewan Massacre
Matewan, WV
In 1920 many area miners joined the UMWA.