On January 6, 1921, Devil Anse Hatfield passed away in his home from pneumonia. This blog compiles some bio data, newspaper articles about his death
Category: West Virginia History
WV: 3 Jan 1921 WV Capitol Destroyed By Fire
This blog contains details of the fire, archived articles found in newspapers, photos of the old capitol as it was before the fire and the
WV: 31 Dec 1862 – Lincoln signs WV Statehood Bill
President Abraham Lincoln signed the West Virginia statehood bill on December 31, 1862. Per WV Archives and History: When President Abraham Lincoln received the statehood
WV: War Rations
This blog contains photos, newspaper clippings and wiki facts regrading war rations, in particular the rationing of goods in West Virginia. The United States did
History: Silver Bridge Memorial (WV and OH)
This year, on the anniversary of the Silver Bridge Disaster, a plaque was dedicated at the WV site of the disaster (behind the court house
WV: Collapse of Elk River Bridge
In reading up on the history of the collapse of the Silver Bridge that joins Point Pleasant to Gallipolis, I found that there was another
Thoughts and Ponderances 