Arrangements are almost completed for Fairmont's Big Fourth of July celebration---Parade Formation to be known early next week Last …
Arrangements are almost completed for Fairmont's Big Fourth of July celebration---Parade Formation to be known early next week Last …
The West Virginian June 04, 1909 Woodward on the Morgantown Wharf From Fairmont to Morgantown and Return Sunday, June 6 The I. C. …
January, 2024 and over the last three days, a winter storm has blown through my state of West Virginia and up the East Coast. The storm was …
Below is an article that was sent our Marion County Historical Society president, Dora Grubb. I’m pretty sure we or at least the older …
Companies Give Dividends and Bonuses---Parties Planned For Poor Children The West Virginian December 23, 1922 { For the next couple of …
The animated special A Charlie Brown Christmas, featuring characters from Charles Schulz's popular Peanuts comic strip, first aired on …
The terrible mine disaster at Monongah is still fresh in our minds, and it will remain fresh for many days, for the parties of rescuers have …
C.E. "Ned" Smith Starting in 1925, the editor of the Fairmont newspaper was Mr. C. E. "Ned" Smith he began to write a column in the newspaper …
Fairmont Brewery Co. 5th St and Virginia Ave. It was a young area when Fairmont, W.V., was incorporated in 1843. Farmers mostly held the town …
Radios, we listened to them almost every day when I was younger. I know that things are changing, and with our phones and other devices, …
The first Cook Hospital on Gaston Ave. in Fairmont, W.V. Notice the horse and buggy ambulance on the left. { Last week, I told …
In the early days of Fairmont, West Virginia, people seemed to care for their ailments themselves. They used old remedies that had been …
So what is a "Stogie"? It's believed to derive from the word "stoga." which describes a long thin cigar popular in the nineteenth …
Fairmont, West Virginia, has had many hotels and motels over the years. When the city was at its peak, there were times the visitors coming …
Railroad Tracks beside Hammond Fire-Brick Company Just downstream from Valley Falls State Park, there used to be a town called Hammond. For …
Marion Machine Works in Fairmont, WV, in 1882 https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/005722 This story starts in Lewis County, WV. Nathaniel …
The year is 1905, and the children of Fairmont W.V. can hardly hold back the excitement. Today is Circus Day! Every year in Fairmont, large …
The repair shop at #8 Farmington Mine It was a day like any other day. The men rose and prepared to go to work. The last few days' works …
After years of hard work and much success, George Yeager is retiring! The year is 1847, and a man named Samuel Yeager was the owner and …
Ravine Park as it looked at one time Ravine Park was to be the biggest little amusement park in the area. As told in the previous part 1…
Ravine Park in about 1919. This plot of City land will be transformed into an entertainment haven. In the City of Fairmont, W.V., with the …
This is the Barnesville Manufacturing Plant. In this manufacturing business, there was the Woolen Mill. Fairmont W.V. has always been known …
Nestled in the northcentral section of West Virginia is my hometown. Fairmont, the county seat of Marion County. Having a conversation with…
Our attitude towards immigration reflects our faith in the American Ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who start at the …
"It fell like powered sugar,brittle, yet airy and without direction as it covered the land under an unforgiving tomb." …
Doris Silver Oestreicher On Aug 24, 1955, Doris Silver Oestreicher, heiress to the fifth-largest grocery chain in the country, Food Fair Stores …
More and more people who choose to end their lives by suicide make headline news in today's world. Right or wrong, it happens. When a newspaper …
Olive Oatman The year was 1850, and many people were heading to the midwest for a new opportunity in life. Large and small wagon trains …
Back in the 70's I spent my life at the discotheques, and one of my favorite songs to dance to was YMCA by the Village People. A viral song that …
Photo By: Thalia Ruiz From Fire to Electricity Christmas lights are everywhere To bless the world again! Haloed candles' golden …
Empire State Building, just say the name, and it evokes a picture of one of the tallest buildings in the world. From standing on the sidewalk and …
Hello folks! This week we will be going back to Broadway in New York City, to find out how it continued to grow. Remembering that it had its ups …
Where it all begins!! picture by Andy Willis The Curtain Rises on Broadway Broadway is a main artery of New York…
Rugby, Soccer, and Football Why do Brits call what we know in America as soccer, football? From an article in the Smithsonian Magazine,"Brits …
The influenza epidemic of 1918 may well be the greatest scourge ever to afflict humanity, exacting a death toll greater than all the wars of …
From Immigrant to Broadway Star The year is 1849 and Mauritz Strelinger has just been born. This little Jewish Hungarian baby has no idea, …
" The fear of Death follows from the fear of Life. A man who lives fully is Prepared to Die at anytime. …
I've always had a thing for theme parks and their less-glorious cousins, amusement parks, the carnival midway, and others of such ilk. …
PLANES, TRAINS, and PONIES Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their …
The Year 1894 The time is 1894 and many things are happening around the country. The vaccine for diphtheria had been announced by Dr. …
Hospital ,an institution that is built, staffed, and equipped for the diagnosis of disease: for the treatment, both medical and surgical, of …