Celebrate West Virginia Day With These 10 Fun Facts Emma Wiley June 20, 2022 1. West Virginia is the only state to be created by a Presidential Proclamation. On June 20th, 1863, now celebrated as West Virginia Day, West Virginia became the 35th state, thanks to a proclamation made 60 da...
Wheeling, Westsylvania?: The Forgotten History of the “Almost” West Virginias Emma Wiley June 16, 2021 West Virginia Day is almost upon us and it is the 158th anniversary of West Virginia officially becoming a state. Approximately two years after deciding not to secede during the Civil War, West Virginia became ...
HILLS AND HOLLOWS: West Virginia’s Wild and Wonderful Food Traditions Kyle Knox May 5, 2020 Disclaimer: Weelunk cares about your health and safety. This article is intended to provide information on the history and traditions of these foods. It is critical to your health and safety that you properly i...
The I-68 Energy Corridor- Part 2 Steve Novotney January 18, 2018 1 (Editor’s Note: This is the second of two reports that will update Weelunk readers on the current status of the proposal to extend U.S. Interstate 68 from the Morgantown area to Moundsville.) There are obsta...
WVPB: Should West Virginia Rejoin Virginia? Rochambeau October 25, 2017 1 West Virginia Public Broadcasting show The Front Porch recently did a segment discussing whether our state would be better off in its pre-1863 configuration, beholden to Richmond. The final consensus was "no", ...
Yes Virginia, There is a West Virginia LeeRoy September 6, 2017 2 A mountaineer’s conundrum If you are a West Virginia native and you have either traveled out of state or lived somewhere else, I assure you that the following has happened to you at least once: “Where are...
Take The Survey: Help WVU Learn More About West Virginia Weelunk Staff August 4, 2017 Researchers at West Virginia University are interested in knowing more about community life in West Virginia. Specifically, they are interested in learning what makes a community safe. The Quality of Communi...
Wheeling’s Inclusiveness Highlighted In Reuters News Story Rochambeau March 16, 2017 Recently, it seems that West Virginia has been the subject of a raft of stories by the big-time media. It seems to me especially so of the New York Times, with articles like Road Trip to Trump’s Inauguration: ‘...
There’s No Debate About 38 Straight Steve Novotney March 12, 2017 It was the l-o-n-g-e-s-t dinner in the history of award dinners, but at least for some the extended wait began with apple pie. And it gave each and every one of the 38 members of Wheeling Park High’s speech ...
Forgotten Wheeling – The Manchester Area Steve Novotney February 11, 2017 6 It rests in plain sight but most Wheeling area residents are not aware the Manchester neighborhood still sits secluded on land across Big Wheeling Creek and at the base of the hill where a portion of the villag...
The Shape We Are In: Missing Panhandles Mary Jo Yak October 17, 2016 3 Because of factors like the secession from Virginia, the Mason-Dixon line and winding rivers, some consider West Virginia to be the oddest shaped state in the Union. Could this be another reason for others to ...
On the Road to Mayhem! Oglebay Institute Plans Mountain Adventure Ken Dague August 21, 2016 2 Nine years ago, late summer 2007, naturalists, college students, hippies and adventurers joined me for a four-day excursion into east-central West Virginia. The program was called Mayhem in the Mountains and pr...
