Facts and Events
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HISTORY OF BECKLEY AND RALEIGH COUNTY
Early Settlers of Raleigh County, West Virginia
The following article by Judge W. A. Riffe appeared in the Beckley Post-Herald Centennial Edition on Aug. 26, 1950.
GARTEN, Allen - A native of Monroe, he moved into Richmond District in 1856 and was a large landowner, but during the Civil War was taken to Camp Chase Prison in Ohio as a citizen prisoner.
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