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
Tag: Disaster
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
History: Shirley Donnelly on the Johnstown Flood
Shirley Donnelly was a local (Fayette County, WV) historian. He wrote a column for the Beckley Post-Herald covering a wide range of topics (not just
Thoughts and Ponderances 