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Odds and Ends
Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875 - 1950)
Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875 - 1950)
Known as the Father of Black History, this son of former slaves was born
on December 19, 1895 in Buckingham County, Virginia. He and his brother
moved to Huntington to further their education. He graduated from Douglass
High School in 1895 and returned to serve as its principal from 1900 to
1903. He earned a Ph.D. in History from Harvard University and in 1926 he
launched "Negro History Week" which has been expanded to "Black History
Month", now observed every February in the United States.
Hal Greer
This NBA Hall of Famer was born in Huntington
on June 26, 1936. He graduated from Douglass High School and played his
collegiate basketball at Marshall University. He was the first black player
to play for a major college team in West Virginia. He went on to become one
of the NBA's most productive players and has been chosen one of The 50
Greatest Players in NBA History
Hal Greer Boulevard, one of the main thoroughfares through Huntington,
was named for him.
Milton,
West Virginia
On September 16, 1876, the Town
of Milton was incorporated. In January of the same year a covered bridge was
opened, which was used to provide access from James River Turnpike to the
newly established Town. Historic Union Baptist Church which was organized in
1810 and was used during the Civil War by Union troops who occupied the
building as a military post. In 1922 Blenko Glass company was founded and is
still in operation today. In the 1930's Morris Memorial Hospital was
constructed, which became nationally recognized for its treatment of polio.
Now the buildings are used by Morris Memorial Convalescent and Nursing Home.
Fannie Cobb Carter
Fannie Cobb
Carter, 1872-1972; educator; superintendent of first Industrial Home for
Colored Girls in Huntington (1926-1936; director of adult education for
Negroes in Kanawha County; dean and acting president of National Trade and
Professional School for Women and Girls in Washington, DC.
Marshall University's James E. Morrow Library, located on Third Avenue
on the north side of campus, was constructed in 1930 and named to honor
James E. Morrow, who headed Marshall College from 1872-73 (he was the
father of Dwight Morrow and grandfather of Anne Morrow Lindbergh).
James Holderby, 1782-1855
James
Holderby , owned and operated Holderby’s Landing. It came into existence
in 1821. He built a brick house and landing near the foot of 16th St. and
the Ohio River. Now called Hal Greer Boulevard, the landing was near
the Old State Road, and later the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.
Part of
the Holderby’s farm was sold to Collis P Huntington by James’s sons, William
and Edward . James Holderby also sold the trustees of Marshall Academy
(later the State Normal School, then Marshall College, finally, Marshall
University) one and one forth acres for the school in 1838
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