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WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Papers pertaining to local history as recalled by residents of the Clinton District, Monongalia County, West Virginia. Includes:
genealogies; lists of schools, teachers, students, churches, and community leaders (beginning with the first settlers, no
date and incomplete); descriptions of agricultural practices, use of the Clinton grain mill, social events, and lifestyles.
Also includes a research paper by Margaret Little, (n.d.), documenting the pig iron industry, ca. 1840-1858, in north and
north central West Virginia, focusing on the Clinton furnace in Monongalia County and it's last owner, George Hardman (1854-1858);
Wheeling is also mentioned in the narrative. The research paper is enhanced with three photographs of the Clinton furnace,
charts, and illustrations.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Clinton District Historical Papers, A&M 2910, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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