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Musical lineup West Virginia’s banjo tradition may have arrived with black railroad workers in the 19th century. Banjo playing received new attention during the folk revival of the late 1960s and ’70s. Read More »
Summersville Lake September 3, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson dedicated the Summersville Dam and Lake. Read More »
The Mountaineers West Virginia University football got its start in 1891 when two students raised $160 to buy uniforms and a rule book and recruited players for the team. Read More »
The Kanawha County Textbook Controversy In September 1974, picket lines formed at schools as parents protested new textbooks selected for their students. Read More »
Home of the Mountaineers The new Mountaineer Field opened on September 6, 1980, with a 41-27 win over Cincinnati. It was the first game for Coach Don Nehlen, who became the most successful coach in West Virginia University history. Read More »
Hatfield patriarch Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield was born September 9, 1839, in Mingo County. The patriarch of the Hatfield clan led the family in a prolonged vendetta against the family of Randolph McCoy. Read More »
The Great Bend Tunnel September 12, 1872, the Great Bend Tunnel was completed. Legend has it that John Henry defeated the steam drill here. Read More »
Fool's Parade On September 21, 1970, filming began in Moundsville for Fool's Parade based on Davis Grubb's novel. The movie starred James Stewart, George Kennedy, Strother Martin and Kurt Russell. 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 »
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This Date in HistorySeptember 20, 1862: Union and Confederate forces fought the bloodiest Civil War battle to take place on West Virginia soil 
Shepherdstown is located on the banks of the Potomac River in Jefferson County. Settled heavily by German immigrants and once known as Mechlenburg, it was renamed in 1798 for Thomas Shepherd, who had established a gristmill there by 1739 and later sold town lots. Shepherdstown shares honors with Romney as the oldest incorporated town in present West Virginia, both receiving their charters on December 23, 1762. Thomas Shepherd had pr... |
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