A group of young people at the entrance to Rock House Cave near Rush Run in Buckeye on August 19, 1901. The women are wearing corsages, holding flowers, and some of the men are sporting boutonnieres. Not sure if this is a wedding party. However, a marriage records search at the WV State Archives revealed that M.C. (Marvin Coe) Smith did in fact marry Mary Daisy Ruckman (sister to Lee V. Ruckman) on October 2, 1902, and Sandy Auldridge married Emma Smith on October 7, 1903. Both M.C. Smith and Sandy Auldridge were old-time veterinarians.
Pictured Left to Right: Summers Ryder, Sandy Auldridge, Emma Smith, Penick Ryder, Birtie Curry, Lillie Smith, Lee V. Ruckman, George Rayburn, Daisy Ruckman, M.C. Smith, Lucy Smith , Ethel Curry. (Courtesy of Pocahontas County Historical Society, ID: PHS000312)

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Preservation News

"Preserving Pocahontas" will make prints of historic photographs for a reasonable fee. This includes not only the photographs appearing in this newspaper but also those in our massive Digital Archive Collection. We hope to offer ordering on our website early next year. For now, you can contact the Preservation Officer directly by phone or email to order prints.

"Preserving Pocahontas" is now working to locate historical documents relating to the Civil War in Pocahontas County. Items will be digitized for preservation and for on-line research. Selected items will be reproduced and displayed at the Hunter House Museum next summer. If you have Civil War letters, tintypes or other memorabilia to loan for scanning please contact Preservation Officer, B. J. Gudmundsson, at 304-799-3989 or email bj@pocahontaspreservation.org