The lady who got rid of the name "Marlin's Bottom"

 

Mrs. Janie B. Skyles , a Maryland lady who was living in the territory , was instrumental in effecting the change . It was bitterly opposed by some of the older citizens , who objected to the giving up of the historic and descriptive name of Marlins Eottom . ( 37 )

Marlinton was laid out in lots in 1891 , and widely adver tised as a place where a town would be built . The building of a railroad was regarded as a certainty . An offer of $ 5,000 to be applied on a new courthouse was made , if the people of tho county would change the scat from Huntersville to liarlintor . The election hold in the fall of 1891 gave the county seat to Marlinton . At this time Marlinton had a population of about one hundred people . ( 38 )

The railroad was not built at that time because of the fi nancial panic which came on the county , The Greenbrier rail road was finished in 1901 , and Marlinton began to expand at once . It was incorporated in 1900. ( 39 )

Near the western border of the county lics a bit of strang ly facinating country known as Cranberry @lados . The entire section is remoto , and is in a semi - vild condition . The Glades arc thought to have once boon a lako . Unusual plant growth exist hero ; orchids , roindoor moss , and cranberries are found in abundance . ( 39 )

Mrs. Janie B. Skyles , a Maryland lady who was living in the territory , was instrumental in effecting the change . It was bitterly opposed by some of the older citizens , who objected to the giving up of the historic and descriptive name of Marlins Bottom . ( 37 )

Marlinton was laid out in lots in 1891 , and widely adver tised as a place where a town would be built . The building of a railroad was regarded as a certainty . An offer of $ 5,000 to be applied on a new courthouse was made , if the people of tho county would change the scat from Huntersville to Marlinton . The election hold in the fall of 1891 gave the county seat to Marlinton . At this time Marlinton had a population of about one hundred people . ( 38 )

The railroad was not built at that time because of the financial panic which came on the county , The Greenbrier rail road was finished in 1901 , and Marlinton began to expand at once . It was incorporated in 1900. ( 39 )