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The History Project

The History Project.

  1. 11/15/2024

    The History Project: The Elkins-Abruzzi Affair

    Wallis Simpson and Meghan Markle are famous for their marriages into European royalty, but before them West Virginian Katherine Elkins found herself at the center of a romance with an Italian duke that captured the world’s attention.

    2 min

  2. 10/29/2024

    The History Project: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

    The facility’s very name informs us that the hospital was both built in antebellum Virginia and in an era when views about mental health were much less sophisticated. But there’s even more to the story than meets the eye in this landmark structure and its long history.

    2 min

  3. 10/24/2024

    The History Project: A Clash in the Wilderness – The Battle of Point Pleasant, Part 2

    Lord Dunmore’s war comes to a violent conclusion as Colonel Lewis & The Virginia Militia clashes with Chief Cornstalk and his Shawnee warriors in Pt. Pleasant, which would increase hostility between settlers and settlers, and severe American loyalty to England.

    2 min

  4. 10/18/2024

    The History Project: A Prelude to War – The Battle of Point Pleasant, Part 1

    Colonial America was a cauldron of imperialism and territorial disputes, which set in motion Lord Dunmore’s War, one of the continent’s most significant skirmishes which would help to launch the American Revolution.

    2 min

  5. 10/03/2024

    The History Project: The Alderson Federal Women’s Prison

    It is said that “Well-behaved women seldom make history,” and when Martha Stewart was sentenced to serve five months in FPC, Alderson, the world learned more about American history-makers both well-regarded or social pariahs.

    2 min

  6. 09/18/2024

    The History Project: The Four Points of West Virginia

    With two jutting panhandles and western and southern extremes, West Virginia’s unusual shape gives it four points like a compass rose, placing the Mountain State into the cross section of the Eastern United States.

    2 min

  7. 08/29/2024

    The History Project: The River Industry

    West Virginia is the watershed of some of the nation’s most storied rivers, some scenic and others industrial, they first used for exploration but later used for commercial development, as they are still used today.

    2 min

  8. 08/15/2024

    The History Project: Hank Williams & The Lost Highway

    In December 1952, country music legend Hank Williams released his last song, “I’ll Never Make it Out of this World Alive.” A few weeks later, on New Year’s Day, he was found dead in the backseat of his car in Oak Hill, West Virginia, with an unfinished song in his hand.

    2 min
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About

The History Project.

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  • Channel
    WVgov
  • Creator
    David Marcum
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023
  • Show Website
    The History Project

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