Remembering the 2016 Flood
By: Mary G. Roush It has been 10 years since the devastating flood of 2016 swept through Southern West Virginia. Homes were destroyed, businesses ruined, […]
Paw Paw City… Amos … Fairview
By: Edwin Daryl Michael Many West Virginia towns experienced a name change sometime in their early history. In Marion County, Eldora was formerly Bobtown, Fairmont […]
Codgertown
By: Robert Beanblossom If you were standing on the balcony of the present-day R. D. Bailey Lake Visitor Center and looked “right smack dab’ in […]
West Virginia Railroad Museum
By: Candy Thompson When it comes to exploring the wonderful heritage of West Virginia, exploring the founding of the railroad industry in our state comes […]
Daddy, Bob, Joe, and Oliver
By Nancy S. Hoffman In West Virginia, you typically sow buckwheat from late spring (May/June) through mid-summer (July/early August) aiming to plant it after […]
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Letter to our Founders
In honor of West Virginia’s America250 Celebration, students from across the state in grades 8-12 were invited to write letters to America’s founders, reflecting on […]
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