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Summersville Lake September 3, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson dedicated the Summersville Dam and Lake. 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 »
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 »
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 »
Art & Craft For the first time in 53 years, the Mountain State Art & Craft Fair moves from its traditional July dates to September 16-18 at Cedar Lakes Conference Center. 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 »
This Date in HistorySeptember 28, 1955: Mother Blizzard died 
Labor activist Sarah ‘‘Mother’’ Blizzard (October 6, 1864-September 28, 1955) was born Sarah Rebecca Rogers in Edmond, Fayette County. She spent her early life on the family farm and witnessed the advent of coal mining in southern West Virginia following the coming of the railroads in the 1870s and 1880s. Blizzard was deeply involved in the United Mine Workers of America, from... |
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