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

Category: West Virginia

Inaugural Address of WV Gov. Henry D. Hatfield

It is indeed lamentable to relate that more than eighty per cent of our fuel and raw material is utilized outside the state.

Willie Davis, train cook, peers through hole in diner window made by bullet from bandit’s gun in the Great Train Robbery of 1949.

New exhibit in Morgantown, and its accompanying interactive tour, features artwork from 6 noteworthy WV women.

Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was an American labor organizer and one of the founders of the Social Democratic party.

West Virginia educator Carter G. Woodson, the son of former slaves, was pivotal in the development of Black History Month.

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