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Forgotten sister of Stonewall Jackson defied her family and paid the price

Civil War · Beverly

Forgotten sister of Stonewall Jackson defied her family and paid the price

BEVERLY, W.Va. — Most Civil War buffs are familiar with the name Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, the iconic Confederate hero who died in the middle of the war from wounds received during the Battle of Chancellorsville. But few are aware of the story of Jackson’s Unionist sister, Laura Jackson Arnold. The siblings grew up in trying […]Read Article

Tales of the Sliding Hill Ghosts are not forgotten by an older generation

Hartford City · Hartford City

Tales of the Sliding Hill Ghosts are not forgotten by an older generation

HARTFORD CITY, W.Va. — Old-timers still tell of the ghosts that are said to haunt Sliding Hill in Mason County, though only the very oldest now recall it. But a historian who hopes to memorialize the tale says there's reason to believe much of the legend is true. "I heard the story from my great-grandmother," […]Read Article

The story behind 'Chevaux de Frise' in rural Washburn, West Virginia

West Virginia · West Virginia

The story behind 'Chevaux de Frise' in rural Washburn, West Virginia

WASHBURN, W.Va. — Hilly lands boast interesting placenames, but the name of this scenic stream in Ritchie County is remarkable. Locals call it "shiver-dee-freeze" or something similar, though its origin is undeniably French and hard for the typical English speaker to pronounce — Chevaux de Frise. Patrons of the Washburn General Store (Est. 1870), which […]Read Article

Civil War letters from W.Va. reveal marriage that defied secession

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — John James Davis was shocked to learn that the Virginia Convention had endorsed secession on April 17, 1861. A Clarksburg lawyer, he was devoted to the Union and believed the decision was wrong. A few days later, he sent off a letter to his fiancée, Anna Kennedy, who lived in Baltimore with […]Civil War · Clarksburg Read Article

Tiny 'Two Mules and a Pony' rail line ran in eastern panhandle of W.Va.

BURLINGTON, W.Va. — Railroads in West Virginia are most often associated with the export of coal and timber, but at least one small railway in the state's eastern panhandle was built for fruit. The Twin Mountains and Potomac Railroad, otherwise known as the "TM&P," was built to carry fruit from orchards near Burlington, West Virginia, […]West Virginia · West Virginia Read Article

Tyler Childers performs old song by rebel West Virginia fiddler 'Devil Sol'

CLAY, W.Va. — In 2020, Kentucky fiddler Tyler Childers released his fourth studio album, Long Violent History, a collection of traditional fiddle tunes. Among the selections is his interpretation of an old fiddle tune called “Camp Chase.” While the title refers to a military training ground and Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Columbus, Ohio, the composer […]Clay · Clay Read Article

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Secret bunker in W.Va. built to hide Congress in event of nuclear war

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W.Va. — A vast underground bunker lay hidden for decades in the mountains beneath one of America’s most luxurious resorts, built in secret to shelter the U.S. Congress in the event of nuclear disaster. It was among the world's most closely guarded secrets for 30 years, although it's now open to the public, […]White Sulphur Springs · White Sulphur Springs Read Article

Inferno on the River: Confederate raid on Burning Springs, West Virginia

BURNING SPRINGS, W.Va. — On the night of May 9, 1863, a conflagration lit up the skies along the Little Kanawha River at Burning Springs at the site of the famous Rathbone Well, the first major oil well in West Virginia. As part of a Confederate initiative to injure the Union, Brigadier General William “Grumble” […]West Virginia · West Virginia Read Article

Did a settler survive lost in caverns beneath W.Va.'s Greenbrier Valley?

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — One of the strangest tales to come out of Greenbrier County in West Virginia may be the legend of the Sinking Creek caverns. Little information exists outside of one harrowing account, reprinted here, but that account characterizes the largely uncharted world extending over more than 80 miles just beneath the valley's surface. […]Civil War · Lewisburg Read Article

What to do if you come across an abandoned fawn in West Virginia

CREDE, W.Va. — Spring and early summer are peak seasons for deer births, and it's not uncommon for people to stumble upon a solitary fawn nestled in tall grass, under a tree, or even in their backyard. With no mother in sight, the instinct for many of us is to assume the fawn has been […]West Virginia · West Virginia Read Article

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