West Virginia
June 1861: Anticipating the Onslaught of the Civil War
The "Races at Philippi" and Virginia is split in two and more from what happened in the Civil War in June 1861
June 2011 |
By David Zax
Buckhannon, West Virginia: The Perfect Birthplace
A community in the Allegheny foothills nurtured novelist Jayne Anne Phillips' talent for storytelling
January 2010 |
By Jayne Anne Phillips
Coal Miner's Daughter
"I'm 15. I'm getting married. My mother doesn't want me to get married." But that's just the beginning of the story.
June 2006 |
By Maryalice Yakutchik
A Tale of Fatal Feuds and Futile Forensics
A Smithsonian anthropologist digs for victims of a West Virginia mob murder
March 2000 |
By Edwards Park
