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Book explores the murder conviction and subsequent hanging of John Morgan in West Virginia, a crime that marked the last public hanging in the state.
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On a sunny day in early September, hundreds of Wheeling residents, state lawmakers, and the Pride of West Virginia, West Virginia University’s marching…
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Attorney Virginia Mae Brown was born at Pliny, in Putnam County, on November 13, 1923. After graduating from the West Virginia University College of Law,…
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Here at West Virginia Public Broadcasting we’ve been asking listeners what they wonder most about West Virginia. The latest question that won out in an…
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Our next Wild, Wondering West Virginia question comes to us from Trish Hatfield of St. Albans, West Virginia. Her question won the latest voting round of…
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One of West Virginia’s foremost historians, Festus Summers, died on May 21, 1971, at age 76. The Nicholas County native started his teaching career in a…
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On April 19, 1889, Susan Dew Hoff passed the state medical exam, becoming one of the first licensed women physicians in West Virginia history.As a youth,…
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Former Congressman Benjamin Rosenbloom died in Cleveland on March 22, 1965, at age 84. Rosenbloom, the only Jewish congressman in West Virginia history,…
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West Virginia is expected to be in the national spotlight on January 26 in an episode of the PBS documentary series, American Experience.“The Mine Wars”…
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Watch in four parts, Monday-Thursday, Sept. 7-10 at 8 p.m. on WVPB. This documentary follows a timeline of historical events, from the state’s first…