Appalachian History

This year was the 6th time Fairmont, WV publically celebrated the classic Italian Christmas Eve tradition, the Feast of the Seven Fishes, with a local festival of the same name. At the December 10 event, West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant presented Robert Tinnell with Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s Recognition of Honor for Tinnell’s [...]

At 10:20 a.m., December 6, 1907, explosions occurred at the No. 6 and No. 8 mines at Monongah, West Virginia. The explosions ripped through the mines at 10:28 a.m., causing the earth to shake as far as eight miles away, shattering buildings and pavement, hurling people and horses violently to the ground, and knocking streetcars [...]