Search results
West Virginia preservationalists honored at annual awards ceremony
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoMay 3—The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia announced this year's West Virginia Historic Preservation Awards at its annual awards banquet held recently at the historic Senator's Mansion ...
Their ancestors were enslaved and forced to work in the fields. Now, one family hopes to help...
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEveryday when PJ Haynie wakes up, he prays to God for two things. “As farmers, we go out and as they...
Visiting Our Past: A mystery grave and a mountain musician
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn June 1864, Dr. V.N. Seawell, a prominent Moore County physician traveling by stagecoach to...
Westminster's Edmund O. Nelson was killed in France by a German sniper
The Gardner News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWESTMINSTER – For about 11 weeks, 22-year-old Geraldine (Comforti) Nelson enjoyed a perfect life. In...
Federal authorities charge three inmates with beating Boston mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger to death...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA mob hitman from Springfield and two other inmates have been indicted for the brutal beating death of Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger in a West Virginia prison in 2018, federal authorities ...
Multi-vehicle crash on US-221 in Bedford County cleared
WFXR Roanoke via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)–VDOT has cleared the multi-vehicle crash on US-221 in Bedford County. All...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Searched His Own Past and Made a Surprising Discovery
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoHOUSE CALL Henry Louis Gates Jr., 73, is a writer, cultural historian and director of Harvard’s...
Find out who qualified for the Kansas high school girls wrestling state tournament
Wichita Eagle via AOL· 1 year agoFollowing results from Saturday’s regional tournaments, here is a complete list of Kansas high...
National Park Service Awards $3.4 million for the Return of Native American Remains and Sacred...
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe National Park Service (NPS) has announced a grant allocation of $3.4 million to benefit 16...
Top 20 Old Western Towns You Can Still Visit
Cheapism via AOL· 5 months agoWhile plenty has changed since fierce gun battles at the O.K. Corral, that doesn't mean you can't find old west towns that invite visitors to travel back...