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The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at – June 15, 1876: Attorney and civil right activist T. G. Nutter was ...
Marvin J. Price of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce shares details on JetZero's plans to build a plant at Piedmont Triad International Airport shortly before Guilford County Commissioners approved a ...
Take a trip back to Virginia's Colonial era with a stop at this historic city, which is lined with Colonial architecture and ...
(AP) — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that ... First published in 1844 by West Georgia compilers Benjamin F. White and Elisha J. King, revisions of the ...
“We are officially part of the West Virginia Civil War Trails program now.” There are 1,500 Civil War sites with markers spanning six states, Baker said, and Raleigh County did not have one. “So we’re ...
Are you looking to win big? The West Virginia Lottery offers a variety of games if you think it’s your lucky day. Powerball: 11 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Mega Millions ...
A 2016 dig at a Civil War-era mini-fortification known as Redoubt 9 near Williamsburg, Virginia yielded a ritual item experts now believe to have been a “witch bottle.” The defensive, historical ...
At a Memorial Day ceremony, hundreds of people honored their sacrifices with an outdoor mass and Civil War era music. “I think it’s the best way we can help represent what they did,” said ...
The Revolutionary War created the United States, while the Civil War nearly tore it apart ... which led to the acquisition of vast territories in the West, including present-day California ...