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Rural Free Delivery Rural Free Delivery, the U.S. Post Office’s program to provide direct delivery of mail to every household in the country, began on October 1, 1896, in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle. Read More »
Rocket man On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier by flying a Bell X-1 rocket airplane 700 miles per hour Read More »
Golf at Twin Falls Fall colors attract sports and nature fans to the Mountain State. Read More »
Turkey hunting season The wild turkey – the largest game bird in West Virginia – presents a great challenge to hunters. This year's fall turkey season begins 14 or 30, depending on the county. Read More »
Flood of 1985 Heavy rains in the last days of October 1985 brought fatal flooding to West Virginia in early November. Forty-seven people were killed, and several towns, including Moorefield, were heavily damaged. Read More »
Submarine West Virginia October 20, 1990, the current U.S.S. West Virginia, an Ohio Trident Class ballistic missile submarine, was commissioned. Read More »
New River Gorge Bridge After three years of work, the New River Gorge Bridge was dedicated on October 22, 1977. Read More »
October snowstorm Hurricane Sandy collided with a cold front, bringing heavy snows to West Virginia. The blizzard left seven people dead and more than 500,000 homes without electricity. Read More »
This Date in HistoryOctober 20, 1780: John Champe was sent by Gen. George Washington to kidnap traitor Benedict Arnold 
The Champe Rocks are two sandstone masses that rise on the east side of the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, six miles north of Seneca Rocks on State Route 28-55 in Pendleton County. They stand some 900 feet above the valley floor and overlook the narrow river plain near the site where John Champe, a Revolutionary War soldier, possibly lived for a short period of time. John Champe was sent by Gen. George Washington in October 1780 to kidnap the traitor Benedict A... |
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