As seen from Capitol Hill in Charleston, West Virginia, the lights of South Charleston twinkle in the westward valley. Two prehistoric burial mounds punctuate the cityscape—the South Charleston Mound ...
Putnam County, in western West Virginia (WV), was created in 1848 from parts of Cabell, Mason, and Kanawha counties. Though somewhat removed from the state's mountain counties, it is revered as among ...
The Beards Fork Petroglyph was inscribed under a ledge at Beards Fork, West Virginia. (Photo courtesy David Sibray) The Beards Fork Petroglyphs, at Beards Fork, West Virginia, in mountainous western ...
Mineral-spring resorts were all the rage for the rich and famous in the eastern U.S. in the 1800s, and the iridescent waters at Blue Sulphur Springs, in Greenbrier County, were no less famous than ...