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Sculptor Wolfgang Flor Read our new e-WV entry about Upshur County wood sculptor Wolfgang Flor (1928-2017). Read More »
The Banjo Man from Turkey Creek Check out our new entry on Elmer Bird (1920-97), the "Banjo Man from Turkey Creek." Read More »
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 our new entry about this brilliant mathematician and computing pioneer who grew up in Morgantown. Read More »
Woody Simmons Check out our new entry about one of the most award-winning fiddlers in West Virginia history. Read More »
Dorothy Thompson Read our new entry on this Canaan Valley weaver and educator who was a 2000 National Heritage Fellow. Read More »
Elaine Purkey Read our new entry about the labor singer-songwriter, educator, and radio host from Lincoln County. Read More »
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 »
Dwight Diller (1946-2023) Read our new e-WV entry about old-time musician and mountain philosopher Dwight Diller, who we lost in February of this year. Photo by Doug Chadwick (1952-2023), who sadly also passed away this year. Read More »
Howard "Tick" Lilly Read our new entry about the Raleigh County native who was the fourth person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Read More »
Ethel Caffie-Austin Check out our new e-WV entry about "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music." Read More »
Historic Houses of Charleston Charleston’s historic houses can be found in every neighborhood and come in all shapes and styles. Read More »
Baseball Summertime is baseball season in West Virginia. Read More »
This Date in HistorySeptember 30, 2010: Wheeling-La Belle Nail Company closed 
The Wheeling-La Belle Nail Company (formerly La Belle Ironworks) manufactured cut nails, using 19th-century machines and technology well into the 21st Century. Located in south Wheeling, the La Belle Ironworks was founded in 1852, and took its name from the French name for the Ohio River, La Belle Rivière, ‘‘the beautiful river.’’ Making cut nails was an important 19th-century American manufacture, and nail production became a hallm... |
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