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Tyler County Heritage & Historical Society

Tyler County Heritage & Historical Society

Housed in the 1908 Tyler County High School building (first county high school in West Virginia), the museum offers 16 rooms of historic artifacts and items related to the history of Tyler County, WV. Researchers will find a Genealogy Department and an Alumni Room full of historical items from the history of the school. Located on Dodd Street in Middlebourne, WV.

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