I feel that it is ironic that the founder of Mother’s Day never had any children of her own. The tradition of Mother’s Day started
Category: West Virginia History
(WV) William A MacCorkle
William Alexander MacCorkle (May 7, 1857 – September 24, 1930), was a United States teacher, lawyer, prosecutor, the ninth Governor of West Virginia and state legislator of West Virginia, and financier. Source: http://www.wvculture.org/history/government/governors/maccorkl.html Compiled by the West
8 May 1928 The Keith-Albee Theater Opens – Huntington WV
Keith-Albee is a theatre located along Fourth Avenue in downtown Huntington, WV. The Keith-Albee was named after the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation, one of the leading vaudeville performance chains at that time,
(WV) Shirley Donnelly’s Yesterday and Today First Published 65 Years Ago Today
Today marks the 65th Anniversary of Shirley Donnelly’s column “Yesterday and Today“. It is a column I loved as a kid, listening to my Dad
WV History: Mordecai Levi and the first red brick road.
On April 23, 1889, Mordicai Levi of Charleston, who is credited with inventing the first brick pavement in the United States, was granted a patent
(WV) Bluebeard of Quiet Dell, Harry Powers the WV Serial Killer (1931)
Harry F. Powers (born Harm Drenth; November 17, 1893 – March 18, 1932) was a Dutch-born American serial killer who was hanged in Moundsville, West Virginia. Powers lured his victims through
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