This week in West Virginia history
Charleston, W.Va. – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
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Charleston, W.Va. – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
ELKINS — Local historian Don Teter will present a lecture and portray iconic artist “Porte Crayon” at the West Virginia Railroad Museum. The presentatio
FAIRMONT — Storytelling is one of the key aspects of Appalachian culture that the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center strives to preserve and Tuesday's guest speaker will
CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
The Martha's Vineyard Times This Was Then: Pig tales A short history of Vineyard swine. Squibnocket, early 20th century, Hornblower estate. — Courtesy Chris Baer 1860 illustration of Vineyard pigs by "Porte Crayon" (aka David Hunter Strother), as published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, to illustrate the Revolutionary story of “Josey’s Pig”. — Courtesy Chris Baer Helen Mayhew Anderson’s tasty(?) pig-based recipe, as it appeared in the 1924 “Island Cook Book”. (Please tell us how it comes out!) — Courtesy Chris Baer Martha’s Vineyard is not known for its swin...