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J. R. Clifford, journalist, first African-American lawyer in West Virginia; founder of the Pioneer Press; George Esper, newspaper reporter; known for his coverage of the Vietnam War for the Associated Press; John S. Knight, newspaper publisher and editor; Hoda Kotb, television reporter; host of Today; Molly Line, news correspondent for Fox News ...
West Virginia Archives and History: Government Institution: Kanawha County: The West Virginia Archives and History houses materials on the state from its earliest date to the present, including letters, diaries, maps, photographs, newspapers, state government records, and audiovisual materials. [31] The Ruth Ann Musick Library at Fairmont State ...
West Virginia Archives and History is the state agency that collects and preserves materials on the state and makes them available to the public. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, this section of the Department of Arts, Culture and History oversees the West Virginia Archives and History Library, a non-lending research facility, and the West Virginia State Archives, one of the state’s ...
Mamie Thurman (1900–1932) was an American woman whose slain body was found and recovered on 22 Mine Road near Holden, West Virginia on June 22, 1932. The site is about 7 miles from Logan, West Virginia. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1900.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
There are listings in every one of West Virginia's 55 counties. Listings range from prehistoric sites such as Grave Creek Mound, to Cool Spring Farm in the state's eastern panhandle, one of the state's first homesteads, to relatively newer, yet still historical, residences and commercial districts.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959. Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965. [1] From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia, [2] 102 by hanging, 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains. [2]
Otter Woman: 24–27 Near Missouri River, U.S. Otter Woman was a Shoshone woman who disappeared near the Missouri River in 1813. Believed to have been kidnapped, she was never seen again. [39] c. 1826 William Morgan: 52 Batavia, New York, U.S. Morgan disappeared just before his book critical of Freemasonry was published. A year after he had ...