Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Politics

The Greenbrier Bunker: Cold War Shelter for V.I.P.s (part 2 of 2)

Once the public knew what and where the bunker was, of course, it was no longer a safe wartime shelter for Congress.

If the Soviet Union had attacked, the entire US Congress would’ve been whisked to the bunker at The Greenbrier resort in Sulphur Springs, WV.

William Davis, 1st black man nominated for governor in WV & Booker T. Washington’s first teacher, may be a forgotten piece of state history.

One of the most enduring stories in the history of West Virginia crime concerns the identity of the assassin of President William McKinley.

The focus on Edith, at her birthplace museum in Wytheville, is to tell the story of this First Lady in her early years.

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