David Sibray

It's widely accepted today that Tecumseh was born in Ohio, but a handful of historians now contend he was born in West Virginia where a statue was once raised in his honor.

CORTLAND, W.Va. — High in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia lies a scenic valley which a Canadian-like climate in which it can snow 10 months out of

There's a lot about the story of Mary Draper Ingles and her capitivity and escape from the Shawnee that we don't know and never will, say historians.

STANAFORD, W.Va. — No marker commemorates the tragedy, few locals know of the matter, and historians are not fully in agreement about what transpired. Yet, as

HINTON, W.Va. — Beneath the surface of clean-flowing streams in West Virginia, a multitude of strange creatures lurk, but none is perhaps more shocking to

BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia can be a snowy place. Though not nearly as snowy as Maine or Alaska, it snows much of winter, and winter storms have shaped its

SHADY SPRING, W.Va. — Perched more than 1,400 feet above the New River, the panoramic overlooks of the New River Gorge at Grandview offer views of the

The Wolf Moon to rise over West Virginia on January 10 recalls a time when wolves haunted the Mountain State—the final eastern stronghold of the Canis lupus.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Winter in the rugged mountains of what is now West Virginia could be perilous. An overnight snow squall or a sudden drop in temperature

Spring in West Virginia in the late 1700s was not often met with the enthusiasm with which we might greet it today, for fair weather also increased the potential for attack.