History

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...

The National Coal Heritage Area Authority is seeking proposals for funding for projects that support community efforts to interpret, preserve, and promote coal heritage...

The Wolf Moon to rise over West Virginia on January 10 recalls a time when wolves haunted the Mountain State—the final eastern stronghold of...

If you were a young boy growing up in West Virginia prior to the 1980s, there's a chance your misbehaviors were met with the...

There was a time in the 1850s soon after completion of the B&O Railroad, but before the Civil War, when passengers on that remarkable...

For millions of tourists, Fayette County, West Virginia, is a destination for healing and rejuvenation—a wonderland of hiking and biking trails and whitewater-rafting rivers....

The anniversary of the first Thanksgiving was not nationally celebrated until 1863, when Abraham Lincoln declared a day of "thanksgiving and praise" to be...

Stored for years in an old barn, the creations of a rural mad scientist, the hardened twin cadavers known as the "Phillipi Mummies" are...

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...

It's widely accepted today that Tecumseh—among the most influential Native Americans in history—was born in Ohio, but a handful of historians contend he was...

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...

A new generation is discovering the history of the West Virginia Mine Wars, says a scholar who will speak as a guest lecturer Oct....