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
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WV History: Collapse of the Silver Bridge
On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge which connected Point Pleasant, WV to Gallipolis, OH collapsed. Forty-six people lost their lives, two of those victims
WV: Ted Cassidy aka Lurch
I just found out that the Addams Family has a West Virginia connection. Ted Cassidy grew up in Phillipi. You would know him as “Lurch”.
WV: Pearl S Buck wins Nobel Prize for Literature
On December 10, 1938, West Virginia native Pearl S. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for her book The Good Earth. Per Wikipedia: Pearl
Prize Recipes of Carlisle
I posted this once before but the pages would not enlarge well enough for people to read the recipes. And some of those recipes beg
WV: The Monongah Coal Mine Disaster
Going through the thousands of the newspaper articles for this horrific event is heart wrenching. The articles that describe the women and children wailing from
Thoughts and Ponderances 