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Map of the National Coal Heritage Area

Grant funding available for coal heritage projects

David Sibray - January 8, 2020

A farmhouse at Pruntytown was once part of the infamous boys' reformatory complex.

How Pruntytown reformatory became a bogeyman in W.Va.

Montgomery, West Virginia, as it appear about 1910. (Photo: Joe Green Collection)

Vacation destination in West Virginia once a bloody Wild West

The fingers of a Philippi Mummy are drawn into crippled fists.

Nightmarish mummies attracting curious to rural Philippi

Mine Wars scholar: new generation rediscovering conflict

David Sibray - September 24, 2019

Miners are armed for battle during the West Virginia Mine Wars.

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

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