Because of the larger paper our spiral-bound 11" x 8.5" book has fewer pages than the original, but still includes all of the information. The tri-color cover is on 80# card stock, with the front protected by a vinyl sheet. 

Among the many subjects discussed are: Physical Features of the Area, including Dismal Creek and Levisa River; the formation of the county; the families of Milton Ward, John s. Ratliff, and John N. Watkins; Other early settlers; lumber companies; Early preachers, lawyers and doctors; Schools; Colorful accounts of three sensational murders and the trials that followed; Politics; Two lynchings; a brief history of all the families of the county that the writer recalls -- Adams, Adkins, Addison, Arnold, Allen, Altizer, Arrington, Alley, Ball,  Baldwin, Arms, Barton, Belcher, Blankenship, Catron, Cantrel, Cole, Clifton, Compton, Cartright, Boyd, Coleman, Calloway, Bane, Bailey, Davis, Dawson, Dale, Daugherty, Day, Deskin, Brown, Deel, Elswick, Endicott, Elkins, Evans, Farmer, Fletcher, Fuller, Ferrell, Field, Gibson, Grimsley, Gilbert, Goss, Gentry, Horn, Harman, Hale, Honaker, Hess, Charles, Childress, Church, Ellis, Cook, Clevinger, Hurley, Dotson, Hibbitt, Hylton, Henderson, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Jewell, Keen, Kiser, Kelley, Lester, Breeding, Kacknew, Lawson, Leonard, Lee, Leftwich, Lane, Lewis, Lambert, Matney, Looney, McGlothlin, McNeil, Mullin, McClanahan, Muncey, Meadow, Messick, Neikerk, Nelson, Nicewonders, McCoys, Nickels or Nichols, Nuckels, Newberry, Osborn, Ownbey, Owens, Prater, Presley, Rakes, Ratliff, Stiltner, Wade, and Ward; Coal titles in the county; and other interesting bits of history and trivia.