Talk:McDowell County, West Virginia

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The history section

This counties specific history section looks to be a direct quote from the McDowell County History text OR the Poli Sci page at WV University......... I will verify with my copy at home and begin edits. As to the local history, the assumption with a local history tag is that you go a level up for veracity, at the county level, that would mean what exactly?? The State, the USA???Coal town guy (talk) 20:18, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

I doubt it is from the Poli Sci page... Poli Sci archive. It seems like I was rewording the section, but I found trouble finding sources for more recent information. – Nascar1996 03:40, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

I do not doubt it came from the McDowell County History book however.........I did indeed check my copy. This is a series of summary quotes with no refs, and thats not too cool really. I think I can fix that within the next few days. As far as most recent, the county has a population of under 20,000 and is in the process of a death spiral, not fun to watch. Most of their places on the NRHP are ready to be visited by a bulldozer and there is virtually no budget to maintain, much less restore these places. AND lest we forget, YES, I did go there in my car (2013) and YES, a dozer is in the future.Coal town guy (talk) 14:24, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Lets try this again shall we? Here is a verbatim extract from the poli sci page "In an effort to raise revenue following the American Revolutionary War, the newly formed federal government sold vast areas of unoccupied land to land speculators, typically as low as three cents per acre. In 1794, three large land grants were sold that covered all of the present county and more. Wilson Cary Nicholas purchased a land grant of 300,000 acres and another 320,000 acre land grant with Jacob Kenney. This latter land grant was said to have covered most of the present McDowell County. It was sold the following year to Robert Morris (1734-1806), the famous wealthy financier who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, used his financial fortune to underwrite the expenses of the American Revolutionary Army, and, late in life, lost his fortune and spent three years in debtor's prison. Also, in 1794, David Paterson purchased a 150,00 acre land grant that may have included a small portion of the present county. He sold it to Robert Pollard the following year. Thus, in 1795, Robert Morris owned nearly all of land that is now known as McDowell County." The article History section we are discussing for McDowell County is a near precise rewording, paraphrased including the 3 cents an acre verbage and the following the Revolutionary war verbage. Read the article with the extract....While not an exact copy, its a reworded essay with over 80% of the quoted extract with no ref, ergo, UNLESS there is a ref, it will go bye bye.Coal town guy (talk) 15:56, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Paraphrasing and History

After a verbatim review, the entire History section is what we call Close Paraphrasing and may constitute plagiarismCoal town guy (talk) 16:01, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

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