What historians get wrong about frontier heroine Mary Draper Ingles
HINTON, W.Va. — The tale of Mary Draper Ingles—of her escape from Shawnee captors and her return through the mountains—is the ideal American frontier...
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....
On the Ohio River, Wheeling, W.Va., was once proposed U.S. capital
There was a time when Wheeling was being proposed as the location for a new capital of the U.S.
At the junction of the Ohio...
WVU to release book on history, symbol of the Mountaineer
The West Virginia University Mountaineer is not just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity embraced throughout the Mountain State.
Rosemary...
Herds of wild hog once roamed the West Virginia hills
On occasion, you might hear old-timers speak of a time when herds of wild hogs were hunted in the West Virginia hills.
Chances are, they...
