West Virginia history Archives - Page 2 of 2

The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum: Getting Stronger by the Member

The history of workers meeting violence with violence, with tragic consequences. The history of workers fighting for basic rights.

Luther D. Baker’s “The Cranberry Wilderness Story” introduces the timber industry documentary photography of John Finley Taylor.

The Daily News-Digest of Beckley, WV was a tabloid published mornings, Monday through Friday. The first issue appeared April 9, 1952.

Harriet Jones, M.D., was the first woman to be licensed as a physician in WV and the first woman to be elected to its House of Delegates.

Gretchen Laskas’ grandfather stopped mining in the 1950’s, but that didn’t keep black lung from killing him years later.