The Harrison County WV Historical Society is republishing this special edition of Old Gold in the interests of the local history of Harrison County, WV. Granville Davisson Hall wrote about his boyhood years in later life. He grew up in small town Shinnston, WV in the years prior to the Civil War. Our editions identifies the real personalities and places that he disguised in his work. Included are pictures of structures he would have been familiar with, some still standing.