A Look Back

Photo from Marse Henry By William “Skip” Deegans Henry Watterson, one of the most prominent orators of his day, spoke...

By William “Skip” Deegans Shown in the photograph is the West Virginia Building that was built for the 1904 World’s...

By William “Skip” Deegans In the 1920s, C. D. McClung was the Lewisburg distributor for Delco-Light plants. The plant consisted...

Photo courtesy of the West Virginia University West Virginia Regional History Center. By William “Skip” Deegans Development of western Greenbrier...

By William “Skip” Deegans Shown is a photo of the Rhododendron, the State of West Virginia’s showboat. To celebrate West...

Photo from Wikipedia. By William “Skip” Deegans In 1951, Cigarette Johnny made public appearances at Lewisburg’s two drug stores to...

Photo: Courtesy of The Library of Congress. By William “Skip” Deegans According to his diary, Major Rutherford B. Hayes, who...

Photo from Wikipedia. By William “Skip” Deegans In 1951, a group of 25 businessmen in Rainelle organized the second community...

By William “Skip” Deegans Located a short distance south of Rainelle, the former Fayette County mining town of Layland was...

Rendering courtesy of the West Virginia Daily News. By William “Skip” Deegans Fifty years ago, Edgar Smith, chair of the...