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Welcome to "Preserving Pocahontas"
The Pocahontas
County West Virginia Historic Preservation Project
Preserving
the Past ~ In the Present ~ For the Future
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Pocahontas County is a treasure chest of history.
The first settlers crossed the Alleghenies in 1749.
The roots of families and communities run deep.
Without special effort and proper care of
collections local history can quickly disappear.
"Preserving Pocahontas" provides
resources to preserve our history and share it with the world.
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Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Collection
American writer,
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, was born in Pocahontas County in 1892. She
won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for her book, The Good Earth, and
in 1938 she was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize.
Grants from The Greater
Greenbrier Valley Community Foundation Women's Fund, The Marie
Leist Foundation and the West Virginia Humanities Council will assure
the preservation of this valuable collection housed at the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in
Hillsboro.
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The Calvin Price Papers
Correspondence, documents and personal memorabilia
belonging to the late Editor of The Pocahontas Times is now being
archived and made available to the public for the first time. Price
gained notoriety in 1938 when named "Typical Country Editor"
by the American Newspaper Assn. And appeared on Gabriel Heater's radio
show "We the People." His papers have been in boxes since his
death in 1957.
The document at left is pg. 1 of the Muster
Roll of "The Pocahontas Rescues" mustered into service May
18, 1861. Click on the image to access this growing collection in our
on-line digital archive.
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