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Dorothy Vaughan The math computations of Dorothy Vaughan and others, including West Virginia native Katherine Johnson, were crucial to the early U.S. space program. Read More »
Grafton Monster This mysterious creature was supposedly spotted for the first (and perhaps only) time in 1964. Read More »
Nick Saban Retires Read more about former West Virginia state champion quarterback and coaching legend Nick Saban. Read More »
Ethel Caffie-Austin Check out our new e-WV entry about "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music." Read More »
Skiing With the mercury dropping, ski season has officially kicked off in West Virginia! Read More »
Maple sugar Maple sap production occurs on warm days following freezing winter nights, usually in February and March. Photograph by Dean Michaud. Read More »
Historic Houses Charleston’s historic houses can be found in every neighborhood and come in all shapes and styles. Read More »
Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike On April 18, 1912, the miners at Paint Creek and Cabin Creek went on strike. What followed was one of the most dramatic and bloodiest conflicts of what became known as the Mine Wars Read More »
Buffalo Creek Disaster On February 26, 1972, the Buffalo Creek Flood killed 125 people and left thousands homeless. Whole communities were destroyed and never rebuilt. Read More »
Winter Weather The coldest day on record in West Virginia was December 30, 1917. The thermometer dropped to 37 degrees below zero at Lewisburg. Read More »
Tuskegee Airman Born September 24, 1918 in London, Kanawha County, George Spencer "Spanky" Roberts was the first African-American military pilot from West Virginia and a member of the famous Tuskegee Airmen Read More »
This Date in HistoryMarch 18, 1748: A 16-year-old George Washington first visited what would become Berkeley Springs as part of a surveying party Berkeley Springs, the county seat of Morgan County, was originally called Bath, after the English resort city of the same name, but in the early 1800s the post office name was changed to Berkeley Springs. The town in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia still answers to both names, however, and the official name remains Bath. The namesake mineral springs are five in ... |
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