Mountain Messenger
  • News
    • Local News
    • Courthouse
      • Civil Suits
      • Deeds
      • Marriages
      • Public Meetings
      • Reunions
    • Club News
    • Education
    • Business News
    • Entertainment
    • Sports News
  • Spiritual
    • Parabola
    • Southern Baptist
    • Transcendental Meditation
    • Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
    • Church Bulletin
  • Obituaries
  • Columns
    • A Look Back
    • Back Down Country Roads
    • Dear Recycle Lady
    • Between The Lines
    • Letters to the Editor
  • eMessenger
  • Special Publications
    • Properties and Lifestyles
    • State Fair Guide
  • Contact Us
  • State News
  • National News
  • Classifieds
  • Legals
  • Login
  • My Account
Subscribe For $2.50/Month
No Result
View All Result
Mountain Messenger
  • News
    • Local News
    • Courthouse
      • Civil Suits
      • Deeds
      • Marriages
      • Public Meetings
      • Reunions
    • Club News
    • Education
    • Business News
    • Entertainment
    • Sports News
  • Spiritual
    • Parabola
    • Southern Baptist
    • Transcendental Meditation
    • Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
    • Church Bulletin
  • Obituaries
  • Columns
    • A Look Back
    • Back Down Country Roads
    • Dear Recycle Lady
    • Between The Lines
    • Letters to the Editor
  • eMessenger
  • Special Publications
    • Properties and Lifestyles
    • State Fair Guide
No Result
View All Result
Mountain Messenger
No Result
View All Result
  • National News
  • WV State News
  • VA State News
  • Contact Us
Home A Look Back

A Look Back

September 27, 2021
in A Look Back, Club News
Reading Time: 1 min read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

By William “Skip” Deegans

Pictured in this week’s undated photo is White Sulphur Springs native and acclaimed short-story writer and novelist Margaret Prescott Montague. Montague was born in 1878 in White Sulphur Springs and grew up on the Oakhurst estate on Big Draft Road. As an adult, she lived in Boston, New York, and Richmond, but returned to Greenbrier County during the summers.

By the time she was 25, Montague was a published author. In 1919, she received the O’Henry memorial award for the best short story, England to America. Several of her stories were about West Virginia. Her awareness of the early logging boom in the Greenbrier River watershed may have led to her novel, Up Eel River.

For many years, she suffered from vision impairments that gave her an understanding of children with physical challenges. She wrote Closed Doors, Studies of Deaf and Blind Children that was supplemental reading at leading universities. Her novel The Lucky Lady served as an inspiration to persons handicapped by poor vision and hearing. Opposed to war, she wrote Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge in which she advocated for the formation of the League of Nations. She was a frequent contributor to Atlantic Monthly, and at least three of her novels were made into motion pictures. She supported women’s rights and was an active member of Richmond’s League of Women Voters. Montague died in 1955 and is buried in Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery.

Photo courtesy of West Virginia University Regional History Center.

Sources: The Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Boston Globe, History of Greenbrier County by J. R. Cole.

ShareTweetPin
Previous Post

New River CTC’s EMS program receives scholarships and celebrates student success

Next Post

Southern States raising funds for FFA

Join Our Newsletter

  • News
  • Spiritual
  • Obituaries
  • Columns
  • eMessenger
  • Special Publications

© 2022 Mountain Media, LLC

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Cart
No Result
View All Result
  • eMessenger
  • Local News
  • Courthouse
  • A Look Back
  • Business News
  • Church News
  • Club News
  • Sports News
  • Entertainment
  • Obituaries
  • Opinions
  • Special Publications
  • Contact Us
  • My Account
  • Subscribe | Digital & Newspaper

© 2022 Mountain Media, LLC

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Forgot your password?

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive mail with link to set new password.

Back to login