Rare memoir recalls gorge before Thurmond ghost town
Perhaps no small town in West Virginia has gained the worldwide notoriety that the tiny Town of Thurmond has enjoyed. A ghost town located...
National Coal Heritage Area calls for grant applications
The National Coal Heritage Area Authority to support community efforts to interpret, preserve, and promote coal heritage resources is seeking proposals for funding for...
Historic Tyree Tavern opens window on West Virginia’s past
A team of horses races across winding mountain roads, urged onward by the crack of a stage driver’s whip. Inside the coach, six weary...
Short film documents promotion of Flatwoods Monster in '60s
The tale of the Flatwoods Monster has attracted the curious to West Virginia since 1952 after rumors of an alleged encounter with an alien...
Shepherd Civil War center offers series of free online programs
The Civil War center at Shepherd University is hosting a series of free programs online beginning April 17 to help inform, educate, and entertain...
The Great Seal of West Virginia: what its symbols mean
The Great Seal of West Virginia may be as fascinating to some West Virginians as the U.S. dollar bill is for many Americans. It's...
Heroic Nina Paden ferry won many hearts in service
The Nina Paden and its skipper wheeled beyond the call of duty in ferrying the Ohio River at Parkersburg, West Virginia. Of all the...
Epidemic victims may rest on New River's Island of the Dead
Victims of an epidemic that swept through the New River Gorge in the late 1800s may have been buried in a remote cemetery on...
UBB Mine Disaster Memorial has helped some heal
All it took was a spark to ignite an explosion that sent hurricane-force winds tearing through mines beneath the mountains near Montcoal in southern...
Historic Antietam maps donated to Shepherd Civil War center
Maps donated to the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War will give researchers in the Battle of Antietam a...
West Virginia mountains kept 1830 cholera epidemic at bay
Residents of the mountain counties of West Virginia have traditionally weathered the ravages of communicable diseases with some success. Far from the maddening crowds,...
Civil War-era mystery of Burning Springs remains unsolved
Curious motorists traveling the valley of the Little Kanawha River southwest of Parkersburg may or may not stop at Burning Springs. Here a defunct...