A picture postcard depicting the Pringle Tree in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Upshur County's first settlers, the Pringle Brothers, reportedly lived in the tree in the 1760s.
This is the view from Camden Avenue in Buckhannon, West Virginia, on March 13, 1967. Flood waters covered most of the town in what was
the worst flood since 1918.
Catalog of the Burnsville Academy, "An English, Classical, and Normal School. Designed to Prepare Teachers for Professional Duties in the Public Schools, and to Fit Young Men and Women for College, University, or Practical Life." G. F....
Soldiers; Military education; West Virginia Wesleyan College;
Photo of 1918 military training group. During World War I, West Virginia Wesleyan College hosted a Student Army Training Corps of about 200 men from October through December 1918. They were housed in the old gym (now gone). The Annex building...
Jean Lee Latham was born in Buckhannon and graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1925. She went on to become an accomplished playwright and author. She is particularly well-known for her children's books. One of her children's...
A self-published autobiography of John C. Shaw, educator and former president of West Liberty Normal School (now West Liberty State College) from 1908-1919.
Don Hibbits explains some logistics of making liquor in the woods to interviewer, Belinda Taylor. This takes place in his home in Buckhannon County, West Virginia.
Don Hibbits explains some necessities of liquor making to interviewer, Belinda Taylor. This takes place in his home in Buckhannon County, West Virginia.
Don Hibbits explains some uses of homemade liquor to interviewer, Belinda Taylor. He also tells a story about his friend being caught. This takes place in his home in Buckhannon County, West Virginia.
Don Hibbits explains some logistics of moonshining including that the sheriff helped inform them that the revenue marshals were coming to interviewer, Belinda Taylor. This takes place in his home in Buckhannon County, West Virginia.