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    Farmington Mine Disaster still echoes across West Virginia coal country

    History / Prehistory David Sibray -
    FARMINGTON, W.Va. — Before dawn on November 20, 1968, a thunderous explosion ripped through Consolidation Coal Company’s No. 9 mine outside this Marion County...

    Prehistoric burial mound in West Virginia contains remarkable secret

    History / Prehistory Amanda Larch Hinchman -
    SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rising above the end of this city’s central avenue, the prehistoric Criel Mound—one of the largest burial mounds in West...

    Prehistoric West Virginia was never a so-called "uninhabited" hunting ground

    History / Prehistory Charity Moore -
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When I moved to West Virginia in 2013, just out of grad school and anxious to...

    Charles Town grave marks the last resting place of restless John Yeats Beall

    History / Prehistory William Kerrigan -
    CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — In the Zion Episcopal churchyard in Charles Town, West Virginia, lies the grave of John...

    The Confederacy’s last major offensive in West Virginia: the Battle of Bulltown

    History / Prehistory David Sibray -
    BULLTOWN, W.Va. — On a quiet October morning in 1863—the year Abraham Lincoln declared slaves free—the hills above the...

    Forgotten grave of priest sheds light on West Virginia’s religious past

    History / Prehistory David Sibray -
    GLEN DALE, W.Va. — Lone graves aren't rare in West Virginia. Many pioneers and settlers perished in its mountains,...

    How a violent West Virginia textbook battle helped redefine U.S. education

    History / Prehistory Clyde Craig -
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the spring of 1974, an unassuming school board meeting in Kanawha County ignited a tempest...

    The U.S state that almost was: How West Virginia nearly became “Kanawha”

    History / Prehistory David Sibray -
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When you think of West Virginia, the name might conjure up images of mountains, forests, and...
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    Scenic trout stream lies hidden along I-77 / I-64 West Virginia Turnpike

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    PAX, W.Va. — Few motorists traveling the West Virginia...

    Bells at Concord University in W.Va. linked to strange phenomenon

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    ATHENS, W.Va. — Farmers in the countryside near Concord...

    Naturalists share their favorite lesser-known New River Gorge hiking trails

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    FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — On a soft summer morning in...

    Beloved Camp Kootaga scouting landmark in W.Va. saved for generations to come

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    PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — For more than a century, Camp...

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