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Language
English
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Abstract
Copies of correspondence of Governor Okey L. Patterson and John Hamric regarding the repair of the Mountaineer Statue on the
Capitol grounds; and other papers and clippings on the statue and Eli and Ellis Hamrick. Eli "Rimfire" Hamrick and his brother
Ellis were brothers who posed for the statue of the 'typical' mountaineer that stands on the northeast corner of the state
Capitol grounds in Charleston, WV.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John M. Hamric, Correspondence regarding Mountaineer Statue at State
Capitol, A&M 0519, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.