Many early almanacs printed out of Wheeling, West Virginia
Thanks to the Internet, almanacs aren't printed as they once were, but in West Virginia, where communications were hampered by the mountains, these useful...
Ancient stone walls on Armstrong Mountain no old-timer's tale
If you grew up listening to the lore of old-timers in southern West Virginia, chances are you've heard of mysterious stone walls atop Armstrong...
Legend of ancient warpath along the W.Va. Turnpike is fact
Older folks who live in the valley of Paint Creek may recall legends about how the stream was named: an ancient warpath followed it...
How a circus clown helped relocate W.Va. capital to Charleston
It might sound like a joke, but it's true that a circus clown helped relocate the West Virginia capital from Wheeling to Charleston, its...
Tale of Eckerlin Brothers portrays struggle for religious freedom
The history of West Virginia is filled with stories of religious diversity—of hermits and holy men and women who escaped the clamor and confines...
Civil War-era mystery of Burning Springs remains unsolved
BURNING SPRINGS, W.Va. — Curious motorists traveling the valley of the Little Kanawha River southwest of Parkersburg may or may not stop at historic...
Ancient West Virginia forests once a mosaic of landscapes
Historians once assumed that West Virginia had been shaded by a vast unbroken forest, but an expert on old forests in the Mountain State...
Rare memoir recalls national park 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...
Untangling the tale of frontier heroine Mary Draper Ingles
The tale of Mary Draper Ingles—of her escape from Shawnee captors and her return through the mountains—is in many senses the ideal American frontier...
Strange carvings greeted early West Virginia explorers
When pioneers and other explorers first ventured into what would become West Virginia, they encountered artifacts of a much earlier age — carvings, burial...
Bizzare 'Wild West' massacre erupted in Cowen, W.Va., in 1905
Cowen today is a sleepy town of 500, perhaps best known for its location near a quiet lake, but it was hardly so in...
Wolf Moon recalls W.Va. as last domain of wolves
The Wolf Moon of January recalls a time when the howls of wolves haunted the Mountain State, the final eastern stronghold in the U.S....
