– Blog post compiled by Jessica Eichlin, Photographs Manager and Preservationist October is American Archives Month and West Virginia Archives Month! To celebrate, this post will look at some staff “favorites” from the collections at the WVRHC. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn My favorite book that we have at the West Virginia and Regional History Center…
Wheeling vs. Charleston: West Virginia’s “Floating Capital/Capitol”
by Sean Duffy As any good West Virginian knows, our state was born of the Civil War, officially joining the Union on June 20, 1863. Our historic break with Richmond is a point of pride and the reason we become so indignant when non-West Virginians still seem to regard us as just another part of…