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Downtown Elkins Historic District is a national historic district located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It encompasses 65 contributing buildings in the central business district of Elkins. It includes mostly commercial buildings constructed in the late-19th and early-20th century.
Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia, United States, is a non-profit organization which fosters the scholarly study and practice of traditional arts in music, dance, craft, and folklore. The program started in 1973 as a summer program named "Augusta Heritage Arts Workshops" that focused on Appalachian heritage and traditions.
Augusta Heritage Center Summer Workshops is a music and heritage festival held by the Augusta Heritage Center, each summer since 1977 at, Elkins, West Virginia. [1] Over 50 years old, this three week festival covers music, dance and crafts relating to 10+ themes.
Elkins High School (West Virginia) Elkins Milling Company; Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House; F. First Ward School; G. Graceland (Elkins, West Virginia) R.
The "Tunnel of Gandy" as it appeared in the 1850s. Source: Strother's 1873 Harper's article, "The Mountains". Gandy Creek — and thus the Sinks themselves — were named for Uriah Gandy (or Gandee) who settled in the area around 1781. [2] Local settlers were certainly well aware of the Sinks by the 1830s.
Javon Small scored five of his 31 points in overtime and Tucker DeVries added key free throws late in regulation and finished with 16 points as West Virginia beat No. 3 Gonzaga 86-78 in the Battle ...
Gandy dancers are celebrated in The Gandy Dancer Festival, in Mazomanie, Wisconsin. [35] The Ann Arbor (Michigan) railroad station was converted into a restaurant called the Gandy Dancer. Folk singer Huddie Ledbetter (aka Lead Belly), sang about the work of the gandy dancer in the lyrics of an unaccompanied work song, "Linin' Track".
West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".