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The Mental Hospital From a Less Gracious Age Becomes An Architectural Landmark and Haunting Relic The facility’s very name informs us that the hospital was both built in antebellum Virginia and in an era when views about mental health were much less sophisticated. But there’s even more to the story than meets the eye in this landmark structure and its long history.

The Climactic End to Lord Dunmore’s War Between Colonel Lewis & Chief Cornstalk Lord Dunmore’s war comes to a violent conclusion as Colonel Lewis & The Virginia Militia clashes with Chief Cornstalk and his Shawnee warriors in Pt. Pleasant, which would increase hostility between settlers and settlers, and severe American loyalty to England.

England’s Deceptive Treaties Set the State for Conflict Between Colonists & Shawnee Colonial America was a cauldron of imperialism and territorial disputes, which set in motion Lord Dunmore’s War, one of the continent’s most significant skirmishes which would help to launch the American Revolution.

America’s First Federal Prison for Women Has Hosted the Famous and the Infamous It is said that “Well-behaved women seldom make history,” and when Martha Stewart was sentenced to serve five months in FPC, Alderson, the world learned more about American history-makers both well-regarded or social pariahs.

West Virginia's Compass Extremes Sample the Variety of State Culture. With two jutting panhandles and western and southern extremes, West Virginia’s unusual shape gives it four points like a compass rose, placing the Mountain State into the cross section of the Eastern United States.

The First Byways of Colonial America Became the First Conduits of Industry West Virginia is the watershed of some of the nation’s most storied rivers, some scenic and others industrial, they first used for exploration but later used for commercial development, as they are still used today.

Securing our Future with Ariana Shives

Hank Williams & The Lost Highway

The Western Theater - The Revolutionary War in West Virginia - Part 3

The 8th Va. Regiment - The Revolutionary War in West Virginia - Part 2

The Beeline March - The Revolutionary War in West Virginia, Part 1

Francis H. Pierpont

The Shinnston Tornado

Exploring the Future of the Fairway with Jonathan Bellingham

The Paradox of Governor Hatfield

Soaring to New Heights with MHIRJ

The Timber Industry in West Virginia

The Kanawha County Textbook Controversy

The Underground Railroad in West Virginia Pt. 2 - The Mason Dixon Line

The Underground Railroad in West Virginia Pt. 1-The Ohio River

The Glass Industry in West Virginia

Heck’s Department Store

The Louis Marx & Company Toy Manufacturer

John Marshall

The New River Gorge Bridge

Learning the Toyota Way with David Rosier

The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster

Moncove Lake State Park, WV

Johnny Appleseed & The Apple Orchards