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• Buckhannon

  … Augusta County which originally included the Buckhannon River watershed and most of the … https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/400. Buckhannon has been home to several … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/948. Buckhannon is the hometown of writers & …

• Buckhannon Highways Garage

  The massive stone highways garage west of "Buckhannon":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/682, a familiar landmark on U.S. 33, is part of a maintenance complex that covers more than 18 acres. The main structure, constructed of native …

• Buckhannon River

  … /2184 still enjoy the stream today. The Buckhannon River forms near Pickens, from three … inside the Upshur County line, and the Buckhannon River then travels north through the Upshur communities of Alton, Sago, Buckhannon, and Hall. Nearly 47 miles long, …

• Basketball Tournament-Boys

  The West Virginia boys’ high school basketball tournament began in "Buckhannon":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/682 on March 21, 1914. Since then more than 350 high schools have entered teams at some level of tournament play. Each spring …

• Strawberry Festival

  The West Virginia Strawberry Festival held each May at Buckhannon, became a regular event in 1936, when Professor J. … started to encourage strawberry production. Soon after Judson’s talk, Buckhannon and Upshur County had the first Strawberry Festival. The …

• West Virginia Wesleyan College

  Located in Buckhannon, West Virginia Wesleyan College initially opened as the West … 80 acres within the city of "Buckhannon":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … the soaring bell tower and steeple, a Buckhannon landmark, and a bronze statue of …

• George Robert Latham

  … return from Australia, Latham moved to "Buckhannon":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … First District in 1880. Latham remained in Buckhannon until his death. His Buckhannon home, purchased in 1866, is still standing. Latham was the father …

• Stephen Coonts

  … the fictional naval aviator, Jake Grafton. Coonts grew up in Buckhannon and earned a B.A. in political science from " … from the University of Colorado in 1979. Coonts then returned to Buckhannon, where he briefly practiced law at the firm of Hymes …

• Religion

  … its own educational institution, "West Virginia Wesleyan College":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1135, in Buckhannon. Other denominations have historical ties to institutions of higher education throughout the state, although the …

• St. Mary’s Medical Center

  … .org/articles/79 and then opened Sacred Heart Hospital in 1913. The next step was to open St. Joseph’s Hospital in "Buckhannon":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/682 in 1921, and then the sisters came to Huntington to open St. Mary’s, a 35- …

• Barbour County

  … Virginia. Its mountainous terrain is drained by the "Buckhannon":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/686, the … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1660, as well, crossing the Buckhannon River at Carrollton. Belington, the second-largest town …

• Annie Latham Bartlett

  … had developed a process to harden clay without firing it, then painted and varnished her pieces to give the appearance of majolica or colored porcelain. Bartlett was also a painter and poet. Annie Latham Bartlett died at her home in Buckhannon.

• Statuary

  … Mingo warrior at Mingo Flats; one of another Mingo on Wheeling Hill; and one of Buckongahelas and his dying son in Buckhannon. An 84-foot obelisk with a stone sculpture of a frontiersman, dedicated in 1909, memorializes the Battle of Point Pleasant. …

• Stonecoal Lake

  Stonecoal Lake is a 550-acre lake located in Lewis and Upshur counties between Weston and Buckhannon. The lake is an impoundment of Stonecoal Creek, a tributary of the West Fork. It is surrounded by the 3,000-acre Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area. …

• Maurice Brooks

  … degree and in 1934 with an M.S. For several years he taught biology and English at Upshur County High School in "Buckhannon":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/682. Then he served WVU as professor of biology from 1932 to 1938 and as professor …

• Tanneries

  … , Paw Paw, Davis, and Lost City. In Buckhannon, Pittsburgh’s William Flaccus and Son in … a tannery along the banks of the Buckhannon River and adjacent to the Baltimore & … . Until it burned in 1935, the Buckhannon tannery continued to provide tanbark and …

• Buckongahelas

  … for whom, some believe, the "Buckhannon River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … major Indian hostilities in the "Buckhannon":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … 2000. Roadside historic markers attribute the Buckhannon name to the Indian leader …

• Burning Springs Raid

  … They also hoped to recruit men for their army and possibly influence the May elections. Following skirmishes at Beverly, Buckhannon, Oakland, Morgantown, and Fairmont, the raiders arrived on May 9 at "Burning Springs":https://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• Tygart Valley River

  … Elkins, the river passes through a gap between Rich Mountain and Laurel Mountain. The main tributary of the Tygart is the Buckhannon River, which joins the Tygart upstream from Philippi. In a reversal of the usual pattern, the Tygart Valley was named …

• United Brethren

  … in Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, and Gilmer counties were merged with those in Braxton County to form the Lewis or Buckhannon Circuit with Stickley as pastor. In 1857, the Virginia Conference approved the creation of the Parkersburg Conference for the area …

• University of Charleston

  … to decide to support only one institution in West Virginia. Rather than merge with West Virginia Wesleyan in rural Buckhannon, Morris Harvey College, in another painful decision, sought disaffiliation from the Methodist Church and became a self-governing, …

• Upshur County

  … , and Barbour counties, with "Buckhannon":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … rugged southeastern section. The "Buckhannon River":https://www.wvencyclopedia … . Other educational institutions included the Buckhannon Male and Female Academy, 1847 …

• Jackson Family

  … settled in the Tygart Valley, where John became a farmer and land speculator. Three thousand acres, including the site of Buckhannon, were patented to Elizabeth. Of their 10 children, George and Edward were the most prominent. Their sons and grandsons …

• John George Jackson

  … 28, 1825) was a legislator, congressman, federal judge, industrial entrepreneur, and land speculator. He was born near "Buckhannon":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/682, the son of George and Elizabeth Brake Jackson. With little formal …

• Captain Bull

  … retribution for past atrocities. The 1772 murder of Adam Stroud’s family provided an excuse for a party from "Buckhannon":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/682, including "Jesse Hughes":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/713 …