Historian and journalist Minnie Kendall Lowther died Sept. 18, 1947. Born in Ritchie County, she was one of the first West Virginia women to become a newspaper editor.
Confederate Gen. Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson forced the surrender of a Union garrison at Harpers Ferry on Sept. 15, 1862.
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Henry Louis Gates at the 73rd annual Peabody Awards.
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Historian and journalist Minnie Kendall Lowther died Sept. 18, 1947. Born in Ritchie County, she was one of the first West Virginia women to become a newspaper editor.
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Dorothy Vaughan
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Filming began Sept. 21, 1970, in Moundsville on the movie 'Fools人妖色情片 Parade,' based on the novel by Davis Grubb.
CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at .
Sept. 15, 1861: In the aftermath of the Battle of Carnifex Ferry, Union forces under the command of Gen. Jacob Cox occupied the area of Spy Rock. Spy Rock is a natural landmark located on U.S. 60, 18 miles east of Hawks Nest.
Sept. 15, 1862: Confederate Gen. Thomas J. 人妖色情片淪tonewall人妖色情片 Jackson forced the surrender of a Union garrison at Harpers Ferry prior to the Battle of Antietam. The 12,500 prisoners taken by Jackson was the largest surrender of U.S. Army troops in the war.
Sept. 15, 1875: Henry Hatfield was born near Matewan, Mingo County. As a doctor in the coal camps, he helped secure funding to establish three miners hospitals for the southern part of the state. In 1912, he was elected the state人妖色情片檚 14th governor.
Sept. 15, 1906: Songwriter Jack Rollins was born in Keyser. Rollins wrote the lyrics to 人妖色情片淗ere Comes Peter Cottontail人妖色情片 and 人妖色情片淔rosty the Snowman,人妖色情片 two of America人妖色情片檚 most popular songs.
Sept. 16, 1876: The town of Milton in Cabell County was incorporated and named in honor of Milton Rece, a large landowner at the time.
Sept. 16, 1926: Writer John Knowles was born in Fairmont. He attained literary fame in 1959 with his first novel, 人妖色情片淎 Separate Peace.人妖色情片
Sept. 16, 1950: Scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. was born in Keyser. Gates is one of the leading Black intellectuals in the United States. His books include 人妖色情片淐olored People: A Memoir,人妖色情片 about growing up in Mineral County. He hosts the popular PBS program 人妖色情片淔inding Your Roots.人妖色情片
Sept. 17, 1848: Artist Lily Irene Jackson was born in Parkersburg. Jackson was best known as a painter of animal portraits and floral arrangements, and as an advocate for the arts.
Sept. 18, 1947: Historian and journalist Minnie Kendall Lowther died. Born in Ritchie County, she was one of the first West Virginia women to become a newspaper editor.
Sept. 18, 1989: Playwright Maryat Lee died in Lewisburg. She established Eco Theater in Summers County as an indigenous mountain theater, using Summers County people as actors.
Sept. 19, 1862: The two-day Battle of Shepherdstown opened with an artillery exchange between Union and Confederate troops. Following the Battle of Antietam, it ended Robert E. Lee人妖色情片檚 Maryland Campaign and helped convince Abraham Lincoln to issue his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Sept. 19, 1892: William 人妖色情片淏ill人妖色情片 Blizzard was born in Cabin Creek, Kanawha County. Blizzard became one of West Virginia人妖色情片檚 most influential and controversial labor leaders of the 20th century.
Sept. 20, 1910: Dorothy Johnson Vaughan was born in Kansas City but moved at a young age to Morgantown, where she was valedictorian of Beechurst High School. Like fellow West Virginian Katherine Johnson, Vaughan became a mathematician and computer expert for NASA and made key contributions to the U.S. space program.
Sept. 20, 1914: Ken Hechler was born on Long Island, New York. Hechler served 18 years in the U.S. Congress and four terms as West Virginia人妖色情片檚 secretary of state.
Sept. 21, 1895: Samuel Ivan Taylor was born in Mercer County. Taylor was the first member of the West Virginia state police. He was part of the force that faced off against union miners during the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain in Logan County.
Sept. 21, 1937: The West Virginia Conservation Commission acquired 6,705 acres in Kanawha County to create Kanawha State Forest. Redevelopment of the land, which had been heavily mined and timbered, began the next year by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Sept. 21, 1970: Filming began in Moundsville on the movie 人妖色情片淔ools人妖色情片 Parade,人妖色情片 based on the novel by Davis Grubb. The filming concluded one month later when Grubb came to Moundsville for a dinner, accompanied by his dog, making the $750 round trip from New York City in a taxi.
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