Elizabeth Harden Gilmore made change as WV’s first Black woman funeral director, founding the state’s first CORE chapter & desegregating Charleston. This BHM, we celebrate her and historian James D. Randall + his gift of 200 photos to KCPL. Full post on Facebook/Instagram.
#Blackhistory #WVhistory.
#Blackhistory #WVhistory.
February 27, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Elizabeth Harden Gilmore made change as WV’s first Black woman funeral director, founding the state’s first CORE chapter & desegregating Charleston. This BHM, we celebrate her and historian James D. Randall + his gift of 200 photos to KCPL. Full post on Facebook/Instagram.
#Blackhistory #WVhistory.
#Blackhistory #WVhistory.
WV wasn’t built on bootlicking. The Battle of Blair Mountain? That was WV coal miners fighting tyranny, not worshiping it. Spruce Knob doesn’t need a politician’s name slapped on it. We come from fighters, not followers. Let’s start acting like it. #WVHistory #RedNeckMeansRebel
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Bill would rename West Virginia’s Spruce Knob to ‘Trump Mountain’ after his death
The House of Delegates said that it is encouraging West Virginians to reflect of Donald Trump’s presidency and the contributions he has made to the state.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
WV wasn’t built on bootlicking. The Battle of Blair Mountain? That was WV coal miners fighting tyranny, not worshiping it. Spruce Knob doesn’t need a politician’s name slapped on it. We come from fighters, not followers. Let’s start acting like it. #WVHistory #RedNeckMeansRebel
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A few years back while in WV I visited Thurmond, a ghost town and museum. While there I noticed many of the buildings in the museum had burned down, and I asked why. Turns out arson and a regular form of revenge! www.markstrecker.com/thurmond-nut... #TravelAddicticsHistory #WVHistory
July 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A few years back while in WV I visited Thurmond, a ghost town and museum. While there I noticed many of the buildings in the museum had burned down, and I asked why. Turns out arson and a regular form of revenge! www.markstrecker.com/thurmond-nut... #TravelAddicticsHistory #WVHistory
The Crack Heard Around the World
#Eyebar330 #SilverBridge #PointPleasant #Creepalachia #WVHistory #EngineeringFailure #BridgeCollapse #NeverForget #AppalachianStories #Infrastructure #HistoricDisaster #AmericanHistory
#Eyebar330 #SilverBridge #PointPleasant #Creepalachia #WVHistory #EngineeringFailure #BridgeCollapse #NeverForget #AppalachianStories #Infrastructure #HistoricDisaster #AmericanHistory
December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Entirely Preventable: explores the invisible but deadly legacy of silica dust exposure…the exhibit traces a long arc of resistance beginning from the 1930s Hawk’s Nest Tunnel disaster…
#coalminehistory
#wvhistory
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April 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Entirely Preventable: explores the invisible but deadly legacy of silica dust exposure…the exhibit traces a long arc of resistance beginning from the 1930s Hawk’s Nest Tunnel disaster…
#coalminehistory
#wvhistory
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#coalminehistory
#wvhistory
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A Potentially DEADLY Coincidence?
"The Double HOMICIDE in My Bedroom" Out Now #Youtube #Apple #Spotify
#MadButcher #WestVirginia #Creepalachia #TrueCrime #WVHistory #ColdCase #UnsolvedMystery #AppalachianStories #ResponsibleReporting #CrimeHistory #NotForgotten
"The Double HOMICIDE in My Bedroom" Out Now #Youtube #Apple #Spotify
#MadButcher #WestVirginia #Creepalachia #TrueCrime #WVHistory #ColdCase #UnsolvedMystery #AppalachianStories #ResponsibleReporting #CrimeHistory #NotForgotten
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A Potentially DEADLY Coincidence?
"The Double HOMICIDE in My Bedroom" Out Now #Youtube #Apple #Spotify
#MadButcher #WestVirginia #Creepalachia #TrueCrime #WVHistory #ColdCase #UnsolvedMystery #AppalachianStories #ResponsibleReporting #CrimeHistory #NotForgotten
"The Double HOMICIDE in My Bedroom" Out Now #Youtube #Apple #Spotify
#MadButcher #WestVirginia #Creepalachia #TrueCrime #WVHistory #ColdCase #UnsolvedMystery #AppalachianStories #ResponsibleReporting #CrimeHistory #NotForgotten
An Execution Gone Wrong #FrankHyer #Moundsville
"The BRUTAL History of the West Virginia Penitentiary" #Youtube #Apple #Spotify
#FrankHyer #WestVirginiaPenitentiary #Creepalachia #Moundsville #ExecutedTwice #DarkHistory #WVHistory #TrueCrimeHistory #AppalachianStories
"The BRUTAL History of the West Virginia Penitentiary" #Youtube #Apple #Spotify
#FrankHyer #WestVirginiaPenitentiary #Creepalachia #Moundsville #ExecutedTwice #DarkHistory #WVHistory #TrueCrimeHistory #AppalachianStories
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
An Execution Gone Wrong #FrankHyer #Moundsville
"The BRUTAL History of the West Virginia Penitentiary" #Youtube #Apple #Spotify
#FrankHyer #WestVirginiaPenitentiary #Creepalachia #Moundsville #ExecutedTwice #DarkHistory #WVHistory #TrueCrimeHistory #AppalachianStories
"The BRUTAL History of the West Virginia Penitentiary" #Youtube #Apple #Spotify
#FrankHyer #WestVirginiaPenitentiary #Creepalachia #Moundsville #ExecutedTwice #DarkHistory #WVHistory #TrueCrimeHistory #AppalachianStories
A stretch of I-77 north of Charleston, West Virginia that used to be my mail route, and what years of carrying mail taught me about how peop…
#WestVirginia #I77 #KanawhaCounty #coalcountry #Appalachia #mailroute #family #WVhistory
#WestVirginia #I77 #KanawhaCounty #coalcountry #Appalachia #mailroute #family #WVhistory
June 20, 2026 at 12:05 AM
A stretch of I-77 north of Charleston, West Virginia that used to be my mail route, and what years of carrying mail taught me about how peop…
#WestVirginia #I77 #KanawhaCounty #coalcountry #Appalachia #mailroute #family #WVhistory
#WestVirginia #I77 #KanawhaCounty #coalcountry #Appalachia #mailroute #family #WVhistory
"The Search for Sgt. James Lee Haynes" is releasing in 30 minutes on #Facebook and #Youtube Let's bring him home! He disappeared 62 years ago, TODAY. Rest in Peace to him.
#JusticeForJamesHaynes #MissingVeteran #Creepalachia #WVHistory #ColdCaseWV #PurpleHeart
#JusticeForJamesHaynes #MissingVeteran #Creepalachia #WVHistory #ColdCaseWV #PurpleHeart
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"The Search for Sgt. James Lee Haynes" is releasing in 30 minutes on #Facebook and #Youtube Let's bring him home! He disappeared 62 years ago, TODAY. Rest in Peace to him.
#JusticeForJamesHaynes #MissingVeteran #Creepalachia #WVHistory #ColdCaseWV #PurpleHeart
#JusticeForJamesHaynes #MissingVeteran #Creepalachia #WVHistory #ColdCaseWV #PurpleHeart
Cool updates at Our Lady of the Pines! They now have a visitor center/museum about the Peter Milkint family. Teddy & I even saw a wishing well! Peter was an amazing entrepreneur who developed Silver Lake into a tourism spot. #OurLadyOfThePines #WVhistory
May 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Cool updates at Our Lady of the Pines! They now have a visitor center/museum about the Peter Milkint family. Teddy & I even saw a wishing well! Peter was an amazing entrepreneur who developed Silver Lake into a tourism spot. #OurLadyOfThePines #WVhistory
December 6th is National Miners Appreciation Day, but what are it's origins?
#WestVirginia #YesWv #WvHistory #Appalachia
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#WestVirginia #YesWv #WvHistory #Appalachia
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An Appalachian Explains The Origins of Miners Appreciation Day #appalachia #shorts #westvirginia
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December 5, 2024 at 6:53 PM
December 6th is National Miners Appreciation Day, but what are it's origins?
#WestVirginia #YesWv #WvHistory #Appalachia
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#WestVirginia #YesWv #WvHistory #Appalachia
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On Dec. 16, 1897, WV’s last public hanging took place. John Morgan, convicted of murdering Chloe Greene and her kids, was executed in Ripley before a carnival-like crowd. The spectacle led WV to ban public hangings, mandating executions happen privately at Moundsville. #WVHistory #appalachia
December 16, 2024 at 2:03 PM
On Dec. 16, 1897, WV’s last public hanging took place. John Morgan, convicted of murdering Chloe Greene and her kids, was executed in Ripley before a carnival-like crowd. The spectacle led WV to ban public hangings, mandating executions happen privately at Moundsville. #WVHistory #appalachia
Review: The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia’s Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom by James Green
#Nonfiction #WVHistory
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#Nonfiction #WVHistory
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Review: The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia’s Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom by James Green
Title: The Devil Is Here In These Hills: West Virginia’s Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom Author: James Green Narrator: Joel Richards Length: 11 hr 52 min 4 stars – It was really good “God …
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June 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Review: The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia’s Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom by James Green
#Nonfiction #WVHistory
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#Nonfiction #WVHistory
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Riding the I-64 corridor at night past Nitro, West Virginia — a Kanawha River town that was built almost overnight in 1917 for a war that en…
#nitrowestvirginia #wvhistory #kanawhariver #putnamcounty #i64 #appalachia #wwi #gunpowderplant
#nitrowestvirginia #wvhistory #kanawhariver #putnamcounty #i64 #appalachia #wwi #gunpowderplant
July 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Riding the I-64 corridor at night past Nitro, West Virginia — a Kanawha River town that was built almost overnight in 1917 for a war that en…
#nitrowestvirginia #wvhistory #kanawhariver #putnamcounty #i64 #appalachia #wwi #gunpowderplant
#nitrowestvirginia #wvhistory #kanawhariver #putnamcounty #i64 #appalachia #wwi #gunpowderplant
Something I didn’t mention is most of these men were African American men. It was a tragic disaster that could have been prevented. #DarkAppalachia #Appalachia #hawksnestdisaster #wvhistory
December 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Something I didn’t mention is most of these men were African American men. It was a tragic disaster that could have been prevented. #DarkAppalachia #Appalachia #hawksnestdisaster #wvhistory
Interesting video I made on an old coal company store and town. Was like a form of slavery it seems...
Sad and long days in the past...
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Sad and long days in the past...
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#appalachiacominatcha #countryroads #fypシ #countrydrives #abandoned #abandonedbuildings #coaltowns #coalminers #wvcoalminer #coalcompanystore #offroadwv #hatfieldmccoytrails #ridingwv #wvhistory #coal...
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May 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Interesting video I made on an old coal company store and town. Was like a form of slavery it seems...
Sad and long days in the past...
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Sad and long days in the past...
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Hello @WVHistory @WVDACH! Do you have any idea when your websites will be back up? Merry Christmas!
November 12, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Hello @WVHistory @WVDACH! Do you have any idea when your websites will be back up? Merry Christmas!
Rock Lake Pool in South Charleston was one of the largest concrete pools in America — carved from a rock quarry in 1942, with a center platf…
#WestVirginia #RockLakePool #SouthCharleston #SpringHill #KanawhaValley #civilrights #desegregation #WVhistory
#WestVirginia #RockLakePool #SouthCharleston #SpringHill #KanawhaValley #civilrights #desegregation #WVhistory
June 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Rock Lake Pool in South Charleston was one of the largest concrete pools in America — carved from a rock quarry in 1942, with a center platf…
#WestVirginia #RockLakePool #SouthCharleston #SpringHill #KanawhaValley #civilrights #desegregation #WVhistory
#WestVirginia #RockLakePool #SouthCharleston #SpringHill #KanawhaValley #civilrights #desegregation #WVhistory
Up Lens Creek out of Marmet, West Virginia, the old coal-company houses repeat like a loop, same roof, same porch, over and over.
#WestVirginia #LensCreek #Marmet #coalcamp #companyhouses #KanawhaCounty #Appalachia #WVhistory
#WestVirginia #LensCreek #Marmet #coalcamp #companyhouses #KanawhaCounty #Appalachia #WVhistory
June 14, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Up Lens Creek out of Marmet, West Virginia, the old coal-company houses repeat like a loop, same roof, same porch, over and over.
#WestVirginia #LensCreek #Marmet #coalcamp #companyhouses #KanawhaCounty #Appalachia #WVhistory
#WestVirginia #LensCreek #Marmet #coalcamp #companyhouses #KanawhaCounty #Appalachia #WVhistory
Dusk through Racine on the Big Coal River, where a 34-mile lock and dam system once floated cannel coal toward the lamps of American cities.
#westvirginia #racinewv #boonecounty #coalriver #cannelcoal #wvhistory #lockanddam #williamrosecrans
#westvirginia #racinewv #boonecounty #coalriver #cannelcoal #wvhistory #lockanddam #williamrosecrans
June 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Dusk through Racine on the Big Coal River, where a 34-mile lock and dam system once floated cannel coal toward the lamps of American cities.
#westvirginia #racinewv #boonecounty #coalriver #cannelcoal #wvhistory #lockanddam #williamrosecrans
#westvirginia #racinewv #boonecounty #coalriver #cannelcoal #wvhistory #lockanddam #williamrosecrans
Night run down the Guyandotte through a two-mile stretch where every bend has its own name — Godby Heights, Mitchell Heights, Henlawson, Ral…
#westvirginia #ralumcowv #henlawsonwv #logancounty #guyandotteriver #wvhistory #coaltowns #companytowns
#westvirginia #ralumcowv #henlawsonwv #logancounty #guyandotteriver #wvhistory #coaltowns #companytowns
June 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Night run down the Guyandotte through a two-mile stretch where every bend has its own name — Godby Heights, Mitchell Heights, Henlawson, Ral…
#westvirginia #ralumcowv #henlawsonwv #logancounty #guyandotteriver #wvhistory #coaltowns #companytowns
#westvirginia #ralumcowv #henlawsonwv #logancounty #guyandotteriver #wvhistory #coaltowns #companytowns
Evening run past Lower Belle and Dupont City, where a DuPont plant made the first synthetic ammonia in North America in 1926 — out of coal.
#westvirginia #dupontcitywv #bellewv #kanawhacounty #chemicalvalley #wvhistory #dupontbelleworks #coalhistory
#westvirginia #dupontcitywv #bellewv #kanawhacounty #chemicalvalley #wvhistory #dupontbelleworks #coalhistory
June 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Evening run past Lower Belle and Dupont City, where a DuPont plant made the first synthetic ammonia in North America in 1926 — out of coal.
#westvirginia #dupontcitywv #bellewv #kanawhacounty #chemicalvalley #wvhistory #dupontbelleworks #coalhistory
#westvirginia #dupontcitywv #bellewv #kanawhacounty #chemicalvalley #wvhistory #dupontbelleworks #coalhistory
Guyan River Road, Barboursville — following the Guyandotte toward the Ohio.
#BarboursvilleWV #GuyandotteRiver #GuyanRiverRoad #CabellCounty #countyseat #WestVirginiadashcam #BarboursvilleWestVirginia #WVhistory
#BarboursvilleWV #GuyandotteRiver #GuyanRiverRoad #CabellCounty #countyseat #WestVirginiadashcam #BarboursvilleWestVirginia #WVhistory
June 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Guyan River Road, Barboursville — following the Guyandotte toward the Ohio.
#BarboursvilleWV #GuyandotteRiver #GuyanRiverRoad #CabellCounty #countyseat #WestVirginiadashcam #BarboursvilleWestVirginia #WVhistory
#BarboursvilleWV #GuyandotteRiver #GuyanRiverRoad #CabellCounty #countyseat #WestVirginiadashcam #BarboursvilleWestVirginia #WVhistory
Driving back through Huntington, Cabell County — home of Marshall University, where I finished a master's in music in 2013, the same year th…
#WestVirginia #HuntingtonWV #CabellCounty #MarshallUniversity #OhioRiver #Appalachia #dashcam #WVhistory
#WestVirginia #HuntingtonWV #CabellCounty #MarshallUniversity #OhioRiver #Appalachia #dashcam #WVhistory
June 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Driving back through Huntington, Cabell County — home of Marshall University, where I finished a master's in music in 2013, the same year th…
#WestVirginia #HuntingtonWV #CabellCounty #MarshallUniversity #OhioRiver #Appalachia #dashcam #WVhistory
#WestVirginia #HuntingtonWV #CabellCounty #MarshallUniversity #OhioRiver #Appalachia #dashcam #WVhistory