Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history.To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org .April 16, 1829: Jacob Beeson Jackson was born in Parkersburg. In 1881, he became West Virginia’s sixth governor. April 16,…
March 26, 2025 Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. April 2, 1900: Marlinton, the county seat of Pocahontas County, was incorporated. The town is…
March 12, 2025 Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. March 19, 1925: Basketball teams from 11 of West Virginia’s 24 Black high schools took the…
February 26, 2025 Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. March 5, 1856: Calhoun County was created from neighboring Gilmer County and named for John C.…
Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Feb. 12, 1867: Barboursville was incorporated by an act of the state legislature. Originally the county seat of Cabell…
Weirton, W.Va., January 9, 2024— Following the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March on Jan. 15, 2024, the Dunbar Recreation Center, located at 300 Kessel Street in Weirton, will present An Interview with Coretta Scott King during its noon luncheon. Performed in the style…
Sometimes things, once noticed, or facts, once learned, stick with us, forever. There were quite a few commas in that sentence, and I am not sure that they are in the correct places. Is the following revision better? Sometimes, things once noticed, or, facts once…
So, who was Edwin McMasters Stanton, born in Jefferson County, Ohio, on December 19, 1814? Well we could say that he was the only person born around these parts who was maybe the Country’s most eminent trial attorney, who also served as the U.S. Attorney…
Ohio is frequently referred to as the “Mother of Presidents.” As a state they claim eight. These would be Ulysses S. Grant of Point Pleasant, Rutherford B. Hayes of Delaware, James Abram Garfield of Orange Township now Moreland Hills, Benjamin Harrison of North Bend, William…