The Droop Mountain Battlefield became the first West Virginia State Park and part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, now known ...

the portion now known as West Virginia broke off to form its own state. Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from breaking apart from a Confederate state during ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

Over multiple decades, West Virginia’s Robert Byrd proposed an amendment eight ... First proposed back in February 1863, the ...

It became the secessionists’ national banner in 1863. Its designer ... such as former KKK Grand Cyclops Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tennessee’s Albert Gore Sr. (father of you know who ...

West Virginia became a U.S. state on June 20th, 1863. While top-tier bars have been operating across Charleston since the turn of the 21st century, the city experienced a brewing boom just last ...

Enter these spooky locations at your own risk! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the ...

Maine broke from Massachusetts in 1820 and West Virginia broke from Virginia in 1863. Additionally, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul told Jersey County’s state’s attorney in a 2023 memo ...

Robert Edward Lee is the fourth child born to Colonel Harry and Ann Lee, prominent members of the Virginia aristocracy ... Henry Lee flees to the West Indies. The tarnished reputation of his ...

The detailed work of a lot of area quilters will be on display over the next week during the 20th Annual Heritage Quilt Show ...

Maine broke from Massachusetts in 1820 and West Virginia broke from Virginia in 1863. Additionally, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul told Jersey County’s state’s attorney in a 2023 memo ...

Continuing a recent trend, a group of Illinois counties will cast votes on whether or not they should seek to form a state separate from Chicago and Cook County.