A cousin of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Mudwall reputedly shared his relative's red hair and blue eyes but not his command strength. Though a lawyer, Democratic politician, slaveholder, and jurist, he ...

In a landmark moment for historic preservation, the Warwood Historic District in northern Wheeling has officially become the largest area in West Virginia ever nominated to the National Register of ...

The opportunity to plunder along the route, far from civil authority, was extremely attractive. River piracy was already commonplace on the lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and, from about 1790 to ...