MORGANTOWN — As West Virginia marked another year of statehood and the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, historians, alumni and community members gathered Thursday afternoon inside the Milano Reading Room at West Virginia University’s Downtown Library to reflect on the stories that ...
MORGANTOWN – Pepperoni rolls and Mothman have their place in the hillbilly pantheon of Mountain State history, but West Virginia and its origins – as the latest Knights and Ladies of the Golden Horseshoe can attest – is way more telling. The Golden Horseshoe is the state Department ...
FAIRMONT – Fairmont State University is opening its doors April 18 to prospective students and their families. The occasion is “Maroon and White Day,” the annual visitation day for university that’s one of the top-growing in the region. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day, ...
by WV Humanities Council CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at wvencyclopedia.org. June 9, 1927: Karl Dewey Myers was named the state’s first poet laureate by Gov. Howard Mason ...
Sure, you know your West Virginia pop culture. Your Mothman, your Mary Lou Retton, and the like. You know your favorite foods: pepperoni rolls, ramps, a certain hot dog place with a certain sauce. That’s the fun stuff, but there’s also the serious history of how West Virginia got ...
My wife and I decided that during my week off we would embrace some of what West Virginia has to offer. I have lived in the state all my life, but too often I have gone through places and not stopped to enjoy our state’s many attractions. Our first adventure was a hike on the North ...