Remote monument recalls origins of Farley family in New River valley
PIPESTEM, W.Va. — Almost all of the thousands of people named "Farley" in the New River valley region in southern West Virginia come from...
Sibray says enthusiasm for West Virginia ramp festivals growing
RICHWOOD, W.Va. — Enthusiasm for attending ramp festivals in West Virginia is growing along with tourism, says the publisher of the state's leading travel...
The name 'Old Woman Run' in West Virginia boasts a surprising...
SUTTON, W.Va. — Sharp-eyed travelers visiting the historic district in downtown Sutton may observe two streams tumbling out of the hills to join the...
The ghosts of Sliding Hill are not forgotten by an older...
HARTFORD CITY, W.Va. — Old-timers still tell of the ghosts that are said to haunt Sliding Hill in Mason County, though only the very...
Chef Boyardee's surprising link to The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Surprising as it might seem, the iconic image of Chef Boyardee that adorns so many food packages worldwide is...
West Virginia museum curator: locals know there's a Bigfoot out there
SUTTON, W.Va. — Locals know there's a Bigfoot, or several of the creatures, living in the forests of central West Virginia, according to the...
Bizarre tale of "Moon Man" lives on in remote Braxton County...
CENTRALIA, W.Va. — The ghost town of Centralia, with no more than a dozen houses and a country store, might seem one of the...
Tragedy of the Rebecca affirms the danger of Ohio River in...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — While the interior of West Virginia remained a virtual wilderness through the late 1800s, wharves along the Ohio River bustled with...
Ghostly tale of Burnt House lives through strange W.Va. town name
BURNT HOUSE, W.Va. — Motorists traveling WV-47 between Weston and Parkersburg are sure to have noticed the sign for the village of Burnt House...
Prehistoric West Virginia was never a so-called uninhabited hunting ground
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When I moved to West Virginia in 2013, just out of grad school and anxious to learn more about the local...
A silver rush in the Ohio Valley near Ravenswood, W.Va., came...
SILVER VALLEY, W.Va. — Is there silver in the hills of West Virginia? Parts of what's now western West Virginia enjoyed a kind of...
Tale of West Virginia monster may have first been documented in...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The legend of a now well-publicized West Virginia monster known regionally as the "White Thing" may have first been documented by...
