"Mountain Memories" is dedicated to West Virginia history and genealogy. The Mountain State's history is rich with the unusual, the tragic and the compelling. West Virginia writers, historians, genealogists and photographers will be featured in this section.
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According to West Virginia Archives & History, workers broke ground March 30, 1930, at Gauley Junction to start construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel and dam. The tunnel and dam are still in use today, but before the construction was completed, many workers died from breathing the silica dust as they bored through the mountain.
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A century ago today, the lynching of Joe Brown, a Randolph County man who shot to death the police chief of Whitmer, made news around the country.
Seventy-seven years ago today, authorities executed Harry Powers in the former state penitentiary in Moundsville. Before he died, he earned the nickname, "The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell."
In January, a combination of problems forced the furnaces at Blenko Glass in Milton to turn from hot to cold. The company plans to return to production, at least in a limited way soon. But the company's history stretches back more than 100 years, and the plant's history has entwined itself with West Virginia's history in several ways including the annual production of glassware in honor of West Virginia's birthday.
As you drive down Kanawha Boulevard and enjoy the beautiful vista, try to think back long before you or I were born and imagine when the Kanawha was a wild river.
One of the most enduring stories in the history of West Virginia concerns the identity of the assassin of President William McKinley.
DELBARTON, W.Va. -- Cemeteries are yet another casualty of "cheap" coal -- another heartbreaking loss that accompanies mountaintop removal and the overture of global warming.
ECCLES, W.Va. -- Coal mining and disasters too often go together.
Cemeteries are yet another casualty of "cheap" coal _ another heartbreaking loss that accompanies mountaintop removal and the overture of global warming. A committee of Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition members and members of the Sierra Club are working toward the passage of a state law that will protect family cemeteries in the coalfields. Written before this legislative began, we welcome your suggestions, questions, information and involvement.
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