I'd forgotten that. We were there just after Thanksgiving and they were putting the light displays up. No small feat either. It went throughout the entire park and you could drive through. Very well done. We didn't feed the deer. We don't believe in that in the wild. If I'd known they were tame, perhaps. But I'd ask the park ranger first. I saw three bully teen boys kneeling, feeding a squirrel. Quick as could be, one brought forth a knife and sliced off its tail. All three took off running & laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world. I was young and a hot-head and I'll tell you - my 200 lb. husband couldn't hold back 100 lbs of a red-head's fury. If I'd caught them, they'd have never forgotten it. I'd like to have hauled them by their ears back home to their mamas. (sorry-OTS) Thus my reasoning for always asking before we feed wild animals. We saw the train also. Odd the things I forgot already. Guess it's time to go back. Must be great at Christmastime. Sue At 08:33 PM 6/16/06 -0400, you wrote: >http://www.chiefloganstatepark.com/activities.html#museum >Try this site. It doesn't have as good a picture of Chief Logan as Sandy >took, but will give you an idea of what it does look like. When I go home >to visit, I always try to get to the park. >Someone mentioned the deer there. Last summer when I was up there for >Logan's Genealogy Society's picnic, we spotted some deer on our way out of >the park. So we stopped so I could take a picture & the deer actually came >up to our van. When I got to my cousin's house,I told her about this & she >said the reason the deer aren't afraid of cars is that people will feed >them. She said that they take food whenever they take their granddaughter >up there to play. > This site also has a schedule of things taking place there. If you ever > get the chance to go to Logan during the holidays, you have got to go to > the park & see their Christmas lights display. I have been to several > within driving distance of Huntington & Logan can hold its own with any > of them in my book. But I am a partial!!!!! > > >Brenda C. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! >http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

http://www.chiefloganstatepark.com/activities.html#museum Try this site. It doesn't have as good a picture of Chief Logan as Sandy took, but will give you an idea of what it does look like. When I go home to visit, I always try to get to the park. Someone mentioned the deer there. Last summer when I was up there for Logan's Genealogy Society's picnic, we spotted some deer on our way out of the park. So we stopped so I could take a picture & the deer actually came up to our van. When I got to my cousin's house,I told her about this & she said the reason the deer aren't afraid of cars is that people will feed them. She said that they take food whenever they take their granddaughter up there to play. This site also has a schedule of things taking place there. If you ever get the chance to go to Logan during the holidays, you have got to go to the park & see their Christmas lights display. I have been to several within driving distance of Huntington & Logan can hold its own with any of them in my book. But I am a partial!!!!! Brenda C. _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

In a vine covered shack in the mountains;bravely fighting the battle of time Tis the one who has weathered lifes sorrows;hes that silver haired daddy of mine. Written by Gene Autry, 1930s Still my favorite Shelby

Hello; My daughter too is named Lora; she just returned from Scotland with some pictures. The pics show what is called "Cairns", where many slabs of rock are stacked together in the burial grounds.So this idea must have came over here from Europe long agoHer and the groom were married in an old castle ten centurys old. Shelby

Gracie, The other morning I was flipping channels and came across Imus. He was showing off a T-shirt that he was wearing. Across the top, there was a picture of Indians on horseback with head dresses on and across the bottom it read, "HOMELAND SECURITY: Fighting terrorists since 1492!" I loved it. My sister is living on a reservation in Oregon and I love hearing the stories of how they honor their deceased, and stories of life on the "res".. Anita McClung Fayette County, WV

If you want to hear unfair treatment. Here in Tidewater VA, Newport News is taking away reservation land of the Mattaponi indians to build a resevoir. The Supreme Court just refused to hear the Mattaponi case so the city of Newport News gets to build their dam on the reservation. Very sad but true. Laura -----Original Message----- From: Beulah McLemore [mailto:mclemoreb@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:38 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] OTS Gracie, What is the addy for the picture of Chief Logan? I only suggested that she attach a picture to an e-mail send it to the list then we would have a picture to see the great job with the new plantings and hard work. If we did it ourselves we would not be able to see and appreciate the work they have done, now would we. I also have Indian heritage in my background also. I feel badly about treatment the Indians received, but the wars between the Indian and White man happened many years ago and there is nothing I can do to change that. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389  home 703-405-5522  cell -----Original Message----- From: gracie [mailto:g.winters@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:14 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVLOGAN] OTS First, if you have the addy for the picture of Chief Logan, go there, right click on your mouse, then use the "save as" and you will have the picture. Sandi does not have to send e-mails to everyone. Or she could use "tools" then "select recipients" if she has everyone's addresses. Just easier for us to do it ourselves. I did. Second, I have a hard time reading about the white/native american wars because I am both. I sometimes feel like I have a split personality. Thanks for the posts about Chief Logan. They were a hard read for me but I have to do those to know my ancestors and how they lived. Remember that the stories change depending on who wrote them. Chief Logan was no more blood thirsty than the whites. The whites started the bounty for scalps regardless of what is in movies. AND THERE WERE NO INDIAN PRINCESSES. lol I have shed many a tear doing this kind of research. Gracie ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

We have them in Florida. At places, our limestone table is 3-4' below ground, making deep burials impossible. Some of the earlier graves are like that: coffins above ground, though some extend below ground somewhat. There are few places in Florida where people stack-bury. I never heard the term before I married in the 1970s and went to Arkansas. Some of my husband's family are stack buried. My NJ neighbor assured me this was commonplace in NJ. I've also seen this in New Orleans, where most burials are above ground as you hit water if your dog digs a hole to bury a bone. Also once in Atlanta. There was an old gas station with part of it's side land fenced around one lone coffin of that description. No one knew who was buried there, but it was so obviously a coffin. Wasn't an indian. The owner thought maybe a Civil War soldier and the family came back and erected the slabs. The owner put up a chain link fence 3-4' on each side of it, so no one would hit it or try to vandalize it. He even cut the little grass strips around it. I always thought that remarkable of him to respect the dead like that, especially with the going price of land per foot in Atlanta, and this was in the 1960s. Sue At 11:43 PM 6/15/06 -0400, you wrote: >I'm a bit curious about Indian burials in WV. My great grandfather purchased >a large piece of land on Mud River in Lincoln Co, not sure when exactly but >sometime around 1900 give or take a few years. The land is still owned by my >family today but at the edge of it is the Madden-Ames cemetery. In this >cemetery is a grave which is built entirely of shaped slabs of stone about >4 or 5 >inches think. These stones are placed in a way which resembles a coffin >(with >sides and a top), all above ground. No one knows who is actually buried >there >but the grave has been there as long as anyone can remember. My grandfather >told me it was always believed to be an Indian grave. I do have pictures >of it. > My question is has anyone else ran across a burial such as this anyplace >else, either for an Indian or non-Indian? > >Lora > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

My "Granny Lawson" lived in that nursing home up in the park, I live in Mich but always went for Thanksgiving and saw her everyday I was there. By Thanksgiving they had the park decorated so beautifully for Christmas it was a joy seeing it , we parked and the deer came out, my granny died at age 98 11 years ago and sadly I haven't been back into that park since. After she died my main relatives I visited in Logan moved to Charleston, but I was born in Logan and spent all my summers there and hope to get back to Logan when I visit Charleston this summer, Kathy -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Comer [mailto:bscomer@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:20 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Chief Logan and I Sandi, Thanks for sharing your day with us. I don't remember seeing the statue when I last visited the park, so will have to make a special effort to see it the next time I'm in Logan. I'm sure everyone appreciates your efforts to keep the park looking nice. You may know my two sisters who still live in Logan County--Pam Brumfield and Patty Robinette. I sent Pam your information and hope she will go by to see your flowers--she doesn't live far from the park. I'd love to receive the photo. Thanks, Sandra __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

There is a graveyard in Williamson called the Dr. George W. Lawson Cemetery. It has approximately 30 graves. Have these gravestones been transcribed? I would like to know who else is buried there - besides George Lawson. Does anyone know of Lawson graves in other cemeteries in the area? I understand that Williamson was once part of Logan County, but is now in Mingo County. When was Mingo County formed? Darlene

There is a school district in Mifflin County, PA - along the Juniata River called Chief Logan High School. It must be named for the same Chief Logan. There is also a school district called Kishacoquillas in Mifflin County, named for a small Indian tribe. To what tribe did Chief Logan belong? Darlene On Jun 15, 2006, at 6:50 PM, Pascalbear@aol.com wrote: > > "Logan, A Friend To The White Man" > by James L. Hupp > December 15, 1965 > > ____________________________________ > On the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, stood an Indian town called > Shomokin. The chief of this town had become a Christian. His second > son was a brave > young man, whom he named Logan when he had him baptized by the > Moravian > missionaries. Logan was with the white people a great deal and soon > he grew fond > of them as they did of him. He supported his family by killing > deer, dressing > the skins and selling them to the whites. > During the French and Indian War, Logan would take no part against the > whites, being such a true friend to them. But all this was soon > changed, and this > friend became an enemy. And this is the way it happened: > Logan had moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio and had taken up his home > with a > small tribe of Mingoes, near Steubenville. They soon made him their > chief. One > day a party of Indians was camping at the mouth of Yellow Creek. > Some white > men were camping on the other side of the Ohio River. The Indians, > consisting > of five men, a woman and a babe, crossed over to the white camp. > The whites > gave them run and when they had made them drunk, they killed them. > The Indians > on the other side of the stream, hearing the shooting, started > over to see > what was the matter. These were also shot. Among the killed were > Logan's > relatives his father, brother, and sister. > Logan at once turned into a savage avenger. Blood was now to be > shed for > blood. He went on the war path and during the summer he himself > took thirty > scalps. The Indians in Ohio followed his example and soon no white > roan was safe. > The Shawnees living on the Scioto, near Circleville, were the > leaders in the > uprising under their great chief, Cornstalk. Logan thought a man by > the name > of Cresap had killed his family, and once he wrote him a letter in > which he > said: "What did you kill my people on Yellow Creek for? I thought I > must kill, > too, and I have been three times to war since. But the Indians are > not > angry. Only myself. Captain John Logan." > The war did not last very long, for the white people in Virginia > raised two > armies to go against the Indians. A terrible battle was fought > where Point > Pleasant, on the Ohio River, now stands, October, 1774, and the red > men were > thoroughly defeated, and hastened back to their homes on the Scioto > to sue for > peace. > When the conference was being held between the Governor of Virginia > and the > chiefs of the tribes, it was discovered that Logan, chief of the > Mingoes, and > the real cause of the war, was not present. Of course, it was > necessary that > he should be there, and a white man was sent to bring him. He > found Logan in > a thicket seated on a log. The tears rolled down his cheeks and he > wept like > a child. His thoughts went back to the time when he was the "white > man's > friend," to the 'murder of his relatives, and in his broken > English burst out in > one of the most beautiful speeches ever uttered" > "I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin > hungry and > he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked and he > clothed him not. > During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained > idle in > his cabin, an advocate of peace. Such was my love for the whites > that my > countrymen pointed at me as they passed and said, "Logan is the > friend of white > men." I had even thought to have lived with you, but for the > injuries of one > man, who the last spring in cold blood and unprovoked, murdered > all the > relatives of Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There > runs not a drop of > my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me > for revenge. > I have sought it, I have killed many. I have fully glutted my > vengeance. For > my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a > thought that > mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn > on his heel > to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one." > The remainder of the life of Logan was a melancholy one. His > friends were all > dead. His tribe was broken up. His hunting ground had gone to make > corn > fields for the white man. He wandered about from tribe to tribe, > dejected and > broken-hearted, a solitary and lonely man. He took to drink and > partially lost > his mind. He said he had two souls, the one good and the other bad. > When the > good soul was uppermost, he was kind and gentle, but when the bad soul > controlled him, he was savage and wanted to murder. > In the dusk of the evening he sat before his camp fire, at the foot > of a > tree, with a blanket over his head, his elbows resting on his > knees, and his > head resting on his hands, thinking, no doubt, of his checkered > life. An Indian > who had been offended at something Logan had said at a council > stole up behind > him and sank a tomahawk into his brain. > Such was the fate of Logan, the Friend of the White Man. > > Terri Pascal > > You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. > --Mark Twain > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

I'm a bit curious about Indian burials in WV. My great grandfather purchased a large piece of land on Mud River in Lincoln Co, not sure when exactly but sometime around 1900 give or take a few years. The land is still owned by my family today but at the edge of it is the Madden-Ames cemetery. In this cemetery is a grave which is built entirely of shaped slabs of stone about 4 or 5 inches think. These stones are placed in a way which resembles a coffin (with sides and a top), all above ground. No one knows who is actually buried there but the grave has been there as long as anyone can remember. My grandfather told me it was always believed to be an Indian grave. I do have pictures of it. My question is has anyone else ran across a burial such as this anyplace else, either for an Indian or non-Indian? Lora

You can also upload the picture to AncientFaces.com and in the specifics, indicate: Logan Co, WV. Sue in Tampa At 10:38 PM 6/15/06 -0400, you wrote: >Gracie, What is the addy for the picture of Chief Logan? I only >suggested that she attach a picture to an e-mail send it to the list then we >would have a picture to see the great job with the new plantings and hard >work. If we did it ourselves we would not be able to see and appreciate >the work they have done, now would we. > >I also have Indian heritage in my background also. I feel badly about >treatment the Indians received, but the wars between the Indian and White >man happened many years ago and there is nothing I can do to change that. > >Beulah McLemore >703-620-1389 home >703-405-5522 cell > >-----Original Message----- >From: gracie [mailto:g.winters@sbcglobal.net] >Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:14 PM >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WVLOGAN] OTS > > First, if you have the addy for the picture of Chief Logan, go there, >right click on >your mouse, then use the "save as" and you will have the picture. Sandi does >not have >to send e-mails to everyone. Or she could use "tools" then "select >recipients" if she has >everyone's addresses. Just easier for us to do it ourselves. I did. > > Second, I have a hard time reading about the white/native american wars >because >I am both. I sometimes feel like I have a split personality. Thanks for >the posts about >Chief Logan. They were a hard read for me but I have to do those to know my >ancestors >and how they lived. Remember that the stories change depending on who wrote >them. >Chief Logan was no more blood thirsty than the whites. The whites started >the bounty for scalps regardless of what is in movies. > > AND THERE WERE NO INDIAN PRINCESSES. lol > > I have shed many a tear doing this kind of research. > >Gracie > > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Gracie, What is the addy for the picture of Chief Logan? I only suggested that she attach a picture to an e-mail send it to the list then we would have a picture to see the great job with the new plantings and hard work. If we did it ourselves we would not be able to see and appreciate the work they have done, now would we. I also have Indian heritage in my background also. I feel badly about treatment the Indians received, but the wars between the Indian and White man happened many years ago and there is nothing I can do to change that. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389  home 703-405-5522  cell -----Original Message----- From: gracie [mailto:g.winters@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:14 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVLOGAN] OTS First, if you have the addy for the picture of Chief Logan, go there, right click on your mouse, then use the "save as" and you will have the picture. Sandi does not have to send e-mails to everyone. Or she could use "tools" then "select recipients" if she has everyone's addresses. Just easier for us to do it ourselves. I did. Second, I have a hard time reading about the white/native american wars because I am both. I sometimes feel like I have a split personality. Thanks for the posts about Chief Logan. They were a hard read for me but I have to do those to know my ancestors and how they lived. Remember that the stories change depending on who wrote them. Chief Logan was no more blood thirsty than the whites. The whites started the bounty for scalps regardless of what is in movies. AND THERE WERE NO INDIAN PRINCESSES. lol I have shed many a tear doing this kind of research. Gracie ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Sandi, would you mind posting the addy for the pictures? It's not my web site. Beulah, I wasn't scolding anyone. Just seemed to be simpler that way. If you save the pictures into your puter, then you can make them bigger to look at. I do have the advantage of a son who is a tech so puter stuff is simple for me. There seem to be a lot of people interested in what Sandi did. I think that is great. And what she did is just wonderful. Hope more people start doing things like this. And, yes, you will be able to see what Sandi did. Smiling.'' Gracie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beulah McLemore" <mclemoreb@comcast.net> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:38 PM Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] OTS > Gracie, What is the addy for the picture of Chief Logan? I only > suggested that she attach a picture to an e-mail send it to the list then we > would have a picture to see the great job with the new plantings and hard > work. If we did it ourselves we would not be able to see and appreciate > the work they have done, now would we. > > I also have Indian heritage in my background also. I feel badly about > treatment the Indians received, but the wars between the Indian and White > man happened many years ago and there is nothing I can do to change that. > > Beulah McLemore > 703-620-1389 home > 703-405-5522 cell > > -----Original Message----- > From: gracie [mailto:g.winters@sbcglobal.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:14 PM > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WVLOGAN] OTS > > First, if you have the addy for the picture of Chief Logan, go there, > right click on > your mouse, then use the "save as" and you will have the picture. Sandi does > not have > to send e-mails to everyone. Or she could use "tools" then "select > recipients" if she has > everyone's addresses. Just easier for us to do it ourselves. I did. > > Second, I have a hard time reading about the white/native american wars > because > I am both. I sometimes feel like I have a split personality. Thanks for > the posts about > Chief Logan. They were a hard read for me but I have to do those to know my > ancestors > and how they lived. Remember that the stories change depending on who wrote > them. > Chief Logan was no more blood thirsty than the whites. The whites started > the bounty for scalps regardless of what is in movies. > > AND THERE WERE NO INDIAN PRINCESSES. lol > > I have shed many a tear doing this kind of research. > > Gracie > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

First, if you have the addy for the picture of Chief Logan, go there, right click on your mouse, then use the "save as" and you will have the picture. Sandi does not have to send e-mails to everyone. Or she could use "tools" then "select recipients" if she has everyone's addresses. Just easier for us to do it ourselves. I did. Second, I have a hard time reading about the white/native american wars because I am both. I sometimes feel like I have a split personality. Thanks for the posts about Chief Logan. They were a hard read for me but I have to do those to know my ancestors and how they lived. Remember that the stories change depending on who wrote them. Chief Logan was no more blood thirsty than the whites. The whites started the bounty for scalps regardless of what is in movies. AND THERE WERE NO INDIAN PRINCESSES. lol I have shed many a tear doing this kind of research. Gracie

Whenever you have time--could I please have a copy of the picture, too? Thank you so much. It was very nice of you to do all that hard work! Sheryl _samw6@aol.com_ (mailto:samw6@aol.com)

Could you please send me the picture too Sandy Thank you Terri Pascal You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain

Thanks Sandi for a job well done. Could the picture be attached to an e-mail so we could see the Chief and great job you folks have done with the plantings and area surrounding Chief Logan. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389  home 703-405-5522  cell -----Original Message----- From: Sandi [mailto:sandmayo@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:02 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVLOGAN] Chief Logan and I Hello, Yesterday, I had the honor of spending the day with Chief Logan, at Chief Logan State Park. My approach to Chief Logan was sad, but my resignation for what I was going to undertake was unthwarted. Chief Logan stood stern, proud, and undaunted by my presence. I surrounded him by tools and flowers, and lots of determination, to make his standing ground a lovely place once more. The two barberry bushes planted on either side of him had grown to considerable size and I was concerned about their overgrowth. The crabgrass was the biggest problem, but I pulled the most of it from the soil. Many people drove by taking notice of my endeavor, and several even stopped to ask if I was with a local garden club, to which I proudly replied, "YES! Are you a garden club member, also? We are in desparate need of new members who like to do civic beautification..." To which, I just received a smile and a "Keep up the great work!" ;-) For several weeks I have felt compelled to come and clean and plant flowers in the flower bed of Chief Logan....He deserves some beautification, as our county is named for him. The men working inside the Museum in the Park came out to check on me and one asked if I had been called to clean up Chief Logan for this coming weekend's event? I stated to him that I had not, and I knew nothing of what was happening this weekend....He proceeded to tell me about the Colonial Days Encampment that they are calling West Virginia Days. Reenactors of the pre 1840's will set up camps and demonstrate the lifestyles of the Colonial natives and American natives of the Logan Co., VA(WV) area....He made it sound so interesting to a history nut. Friday and Saturday they will demonstrate what it may have been like to live in those early years in peace time, not war. Mrs. Frankie Esposito, Museum in the Park curator, came out to talk with me, and later took me on a tour of the museum and its contents....the huge Coal Wall Memorial is being constructed, and I was lucky enough to get to meet the artist, and see the beginnings of the construction...Cool. The coal being used is from the actual mines from SAGO and the one at Melville, Logan Co.,...A must see once completed this weekend! Mrs. Esposito explained that they are planning to have a room set up to invite persons to come and tell their oral histories, as many of these are being lost with each passing day. I agreed with her wholeheartedly, and told her I was very impressed that there were plans for this. She was very excited about it. I really liked the Quilt exhibit and especially, the Dehue/Rum Creek, Logan Co., WV Exhibit that is in the main entry hall. Anyway, I returned to complete my duties around Chief Logan, and I am almost positive he was beginning to stand a little taller when I had completed planting all the petunias, swept up, and cleaned. I regret I did not have enough to plant on the back side, though. Bruce Collinsworth, park coordinator, told me to do whatever it took to make him look nice....and so I proceeded to trim up those unruley barberry bushes into nice round balls....Though I would have preferred completely removing them and planting yellow lilly perennials, but that is for another time and more money down the road. (The paper wasps' nest in the right hand bush, kept me from cutting them down to the nubs). I took photos of him and a family with a son named LOGAN, stopped to have their photo taken with Chief Logan, also....It was a good day. The Chief stood tall again. I will gladly email a photo of the Chief Logan memorial, if anyone would like to see him in his glory, or better yet, pay him a personal visit this weekend. Have a great weekend, Sandi Logan Garden Council Holden Garden Club __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Here's a Jarrell obit some of you might be interested in. Joseph Jarrell Joseph Jarrell, 86, of Uneeda, Boone County, died Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at Boone Memorial Hospital, Madison. Born Jan. 29, 1920, in Madison, he was the son of the late Lacy and Vetis King Jarrell. Mr. Jarrell was also preceded in death by two brothers, Lacy Jr. and Jess Jarrell, and by two sisters, Jewell Jean Jarrell and Jackline Compton. Mr. Jarrell was a retired coalminer, a member of the UMWA, an Army veteran of World War II and a life member of Daniel Boone VFW Post 5578, Madison. Survivors include his wife, Helen Marie Ramsey Jarrell of Uneeda; son and daughter-in-law, James David and Treasa Jarrell of Florida; daughter, Sheryl Jarrell of Florida; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services and burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 16, in Family Memorial Gardens, Madison, with Roger Vance officiating. Military graveside rites will be conducted by Daniel Boone VFW Post 5578, Madison. Friends may call from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Stevens Funeral Home, Madison

"Logan, A Friend To The White Man" by James L. Hupp December 15, 1965 ____________________________________ On the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, stood an Indian town called Shomokin. The chief of this town had become a Christian. His second son was a brave young man, whom he named Logan when he had him baptized by the Moravian missionaries. Logan was with the white people a great deal and soon he grew fond of them as they did of him. He supported his family by killing deer, dressing the skins and selling them to the whites. During the French and Indian War, Logan would take no part against the whites, being such a true friend to them. But all this was soon changed, and this friend became an enemy. And this is the way it happened: Logan had moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio and had taken up his home with a small tribe of Mingoes, near Steubenville. They soon made him their chief. One day a party of Indians was camping at the mouth of Yellow Creek. Some white men were camping on the other side of the Ohio River. The Indians, consisting of five men, a woman and a babe, crossed over to the white camp. The whites gave them run and when they had made them drunk, they killed them. The Indians on the other side of the stream, hearing the shooting, started over to see what was the matter. These were also shot. Among the killed were Logan's relatives his father, brother, and sister. Logan at once turned into a savage avenger. Blood was now to be shed for blood. He went on the war path and during the summer he himself took thirty scalps. The Indians in Ohio followed his example and soon no white roan was safe. The Shawnees living on the Scioto, near Circleville, were the leaders in the uprising under their great chief, Cornstalk. Logan thought a man by the name of Cresap had killed his family, and once he wrote him a letter in which he said: "What did you kill my people on Yellow Creek for? I thought I must kill, too, and I have been three times to war since. But the Indians are not angry. Only myself. Captain John Logan." The war did not last very long, for the white people in Virginia raised two armies to go against the Indians. A terrible battle was fought where Point Pleasant, on the Ohio River, now stands, October, 1774, and the red men were thoroughly defeated, and hastened back to their homes on the Scioto to sue for peace. When the conference was being held between the Governor of Virginia and the chiefs of the tribes, it was discovered that Logan, chief of the Mingoes, and the real cause of the war, was not present. Of course, it was necessary that he should be there, and a white man was sent to bring him. He found Logan in a thicket seated on a log. The tears rolled down his cheeks and he wept like a child. His thoughts went back to the time when he was the "white man's friend," to the 'murder of his relatives, and in his broken English burst out in one of the most beautiful speeches ever uttered" "I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate of peace. Such was my love for the whites that my countrymen pointed at me as they passed and said, "Logan is the friend of white men." I had even thought to have lived with you, but for the injuries of one man, who the last spring in cold blood and unprovoked, murdered all the relatives of Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it, I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one." The remainder of the life of Logan was a melancholy one. His friends were all dead. His tribe was broken up. His hunting ground had gone to make corn fields for the white man. He wandered about from tribe to tribe, dejected and broken-hearted, a solitary and lonely man. He took to drink and partially lost his mind. He said he had two souls, the one good and the other bad. When the good soul was uppermost, he was kind and gentle, but when the bad soul controlled him, he was savage and wanted to murder. In the dusk of the evening he sat before his camp fire, at the foot of a tree, with a blanket over his head, his elbows resting on his knees, and his head resting on his hands, thinking, no doubt, of his checkered life. An Indian who had been offended at something Logan had said at a council stole up behind him and sank a tomahawk into his brain. Such was the fate of Logan, the Friend of the White Man. Terri Pascal You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain