One of my favorite locations to investigate since discovering it in 2009 is the old coal company store in Fayette County. Whipple Company store was built in 1890 with a gigantic 18,000-square foot imprint. The Whipple Company Store in the coal-mining glory days, provided just about everything ...
My mother was born in a small coal mining community in Webster County, West Virginia. Bergoo was a remote community but what it lacked in convenience it made up for in beauty as it was surrounded by mountains and expansive forestland. One of the local coalmines was called #4 and was owned by ...
Dating back to pioneer days, western Virginia has had more than its share of weird and unusual creatures seen in hollers, up in the mountains, and deep in the green expanse of forests. One such unusual creature is the white werewolf-like creature that appears in folklore. This tale comes to us ...
My parents grew up in the mountains of Webster County, West Virginia in an area remote enough that many families claim the same settlers as kinfolk. Being far removed from the big cities meant that folklore and local legends could survive for hundreds of years since spinning yarns and telling ...
Lilly was her name. The name Lilly means flower of innocence. Her home? The massive stone cut building now known as the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.Weston's most famous building took many years to complete with a stall out of funds during the Civil War. The 242,000 square foot building had ...