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Site of Mark Twain High School WV709 |
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From 1921-65 school served students from coal towns Hot Coal, Big Stick Woodbay, McAlpin, Stotesbury, Tams, Ury, Helen, Amigo, Sophia and Slab Fork. Robert C. Byrd, valedictorian, Mark Twain High School class of 1934, served in WV Leg. (1947-53) & Congress (1953-59). Elected to Senate in 1958, Senator Byrd held every major leadership position, was third in line for presidency and noted Senate scholar. Stotesbury, county route 30, 2.4 miles south of WV 16 at Sophia & 2.0 miles north of WV 16 near Tams Raleigh County West Virginia.
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