Fort Pearsall Press, Inc.

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

I always donate my new book to local libraries. If you want your own copy, just let me know. Or visit www.fortpearsallpress.com.

05/28/2026

Book Signing at the Hampshire County Library, Sat. May 30 from 10 AM to 1 PM for my new book, "My Town, My School, My County, Stories from Romney, the W. Va. Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, and Hampshire County, W. Va. Including the Civil War writings of Benjamin Markwood Haines, Joseph M. Kern, & John Starnes.

05/22/2026

Book is also available at www.fortpearsallpress.com

05/09/2026

Thank you, Dan Oates, for taking the time to visit our library and for your generous donation of your book, My Town, My School, and My County. We truly appreciate your support and your contribution to preserving and sharing our community's history. This book will be located in our genealogy room.

05/07/2026

I am pleased to announce the sale of my new book, My Town, My School, and My County, available at www.fortpearsallpress.com for $40. Within the pages of the book are three years of my articles previously published in the Hampshire Review. Many of these articles are about Romney’s history, its businesses, cemeteries, and how we survived the Civil War. Of special interest is a history of the Parsons Bell Tower located at Indian Mound Cemetery. Included in the book is conceptual art work of the Old Presbyterian Cemetery once located along Gravel Lane with a beautifully written article from 1860 about the souls that were buried there. A pictorial history of the W. Va. Schools for the Deaf and the Blind until 1988 by Seldon Brannon is included along with Civil War journals & scrapbooks of Confederate soldiers Benjamin Markwood Haines, Joseph M. Kern, & John Starnes.
As a result of using the work of Mr. Brannon and Pvt. Kern, I will be donating $2.50 from each retail sale to the American Legion, Post #91 and the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Foundation.
The book is a large format, soft-bound, with black/white & color pictures, 258 pages, tax is included in the price.

04/29/2026

I really enjoyed sharing the history of Indian Mound Cemetery yesterday with Mike Benson, WVU Pres. & Dan Kimble, WVU Dir. Of Government Relations, & the rest of their staff.

04/17/2026

I gained 14 followers in the last 90 days. Thank you all for your continued support. I could not have done it without you. 🙏🤗🎉
Good news coming in May! My new book will be out! Available on www.fortpearsallpress.com once released! Details to follow!!