Bear Hunt

A West Virginia Barbecue, 1831

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by Horace Smith & Samuel Wordsworth   The other day the people of Logan County, West Virginia, held a great barbecue to celebrate the division of the county. Tables were spread in the street and all traffic was suspended. Hundreds of stalwart mountaineers came in with their wives and children from the region roundabout. Eight big black bears had been …