"Out of The Past" is a collection of articles devoted to Harrison County WV history written by Jack Sandy Anderson, well-known historian and past president of the Harrison County Historical Society. Articles included: the Civil War, coal industry, World War II, Shinnston Tornado, Melville Davisson Post, Granville Davisson Hall, physicians and hospitals, O'Dell's Knob, Stonewall Jackson's parents, John and Rachel McIntire, Thomas and Edward Cunningham, early Hornor family, etc.