Mother's Day: the holiday Anna Jarvis created — then tried to...
More than a century has passed since West Virginia native Anna Jarvis planned the first Mother's Day service, and the second Sunday of May...
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...
Public invited to open house Oct. 15 at Wyoming County landmark
ITMANN, W.Va. — Foxfire Realty and the Wyoming County Historical Society will host an open house for the public from 10 a.m. until 4...
Struggle for religious freedom in U.S. unfolds in tale of Eckerlins
DUNKARD BOTTOM, W.Va. — The history of West Virginia is filled with stories of religious diversity — of hermits and prophets who escaped the...
Mass grave at Lewisburg unique among Confederate monuments
LEWISBURG, W.Va.—Of the many historic landmarks in Lewisburg, West Virginia, perhaps none is more remarkable than a cross-shaped Confederate grave on a hill above...
Haunting statue recalls role of W.Va. mountaineers in U.S. Civil War
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The late historian and journalist Jim Comstock battled ceaselessly to keep alive the memory of the West Virginia "mountaineer," the independent,...
B&O Railroad completed to Wheeling on Jan. 1, 1853
On January 1, 1853, the first train arrived in Wheeling, West Virginia, (then Virginia) on the newly completed Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the first...
Then there was the time that West Virginia had four governors...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Think there's too much government? As complex as politics get in West Virginia, there was a time in the late 1800s...
Historic Nuttalburg mine, ghost town may be accessible soon
Access to one of the most important mining heritage sites in the U.S. will reopen again soon, though officials have no timeline for restoration...
Restoration of historic Blue Sulphur Springs pavilion expected soon
One of the state's most evocative historic landmarks, the pavilion at Blue Sulphur Springs could be restored to its original appearance by 2023 and...
Open house set at historic Dunlap farm, cemetery
Historians and history buffs are invited to an open house at the historic Dunlap farm and cemetery at Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in...
1863 map reveals change in the West Virginia landscape
How has West Virginia changed over the last 150 years? Three counties in the southern state had yet to be created and two had yet...
