Jan 26, 1961 was the first day of the trial against Sid Hatfield and 22 other defendants for the murder of Albert Felts, detective. In
WV History: Jan 24, 1960 Martin Luther King Jr Visited Charleston, WV
Reading through the OTD items for January on the WV Archives page, I found that Dr Martin Luther King Jr preached one Sunday morning in
16 Jan 1942: Carole Lombard, Life Lost To A Flip Of A Coin
Carole Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne. When her parents separated, she moved with her mother to California. Her career spanned from
WV History: John McCausland and Grape Hill
As a boy, John McCausland came to live with his relatives in Henderson (West) Virginia, just outside of Point Pleasant. That happened in 1843 when
WV: Nitro – A City Created By The U.S. Government War Effort in 1918
Reading the Feb 1918 article on Nitro in The West Virginian newspaper was fascinating. The government opens a huge plant and decides to build an
WV History: Hank Williams’ Last Ride (1953)
On January 1, 1953, the driver of Hank Williams Sr’s car pulled over in Oak Hill, WV and discovered that he had passed away in
