In 1988, The Centennial History of Hurricane, WV was published to commemorate the town’s 100th anniversary. Since the Centennial History is now out of print, the Breeze is reprinting articles from the book as space allows. This week’s selection will be the 213th installment of the Centennial History.

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JOSEPH T. SOVINE

The undocumented tradition is that a young adventurer, Henri Sovine, came from Southern France and joined the American Revolutionary forces under Lafayette, married…