On the eve of anniversaries of the Declaration and the Battle of Gettysburg, it’s time to consider connections between the wars in York County.

A ladder built into a stone wall leads to the Little Kanawha River at what was once a lock near Leachtown. Most of the locks ...

John James Davis was shocked to learn that the Virginia Convention had endorsed secession on April 17, 1861. A Clarksburg ...

Excerpts from a story by a New York Herald reporter’s 1865 visit to the Burning Springs oil field continues. The story ...

St. Mark's Episcopal Church in St. Albans, West Virginia has a history that predates the Civil War. Church leaders and ...