History Alive: Thomas Ingles - Dunmore's War 250th

Cacapon State Park Lodge 818 Cacapon Lodge Dr, Berkeley Springs, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Thomas Ingles straddled two cultures before and after the birth of the United States. Born to a pioneer Virginia couple, William and Mary Ingles, Thomas was captured along with his mother in a frontier […]

History Alive: Minnie Reed

Canaan Valley Lodge 230 Main Lodge Rd, Davis, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Minnie Reed is a fictional “composite” character drawn from the lives, singing, and stories of several 20th century West Virginia folk singers, chiefly Maggie Hammons Parker, Sarah Workman, Phyllis Marks, and Kate Toney, as […]

History Alive: Thomas Ingles - Dunmore's War 250th

Tomlinson Run State Park 84 Osage Rd, New Manchester, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Thomas Ingles straddled two cultures before and after the birth of the United States. Born to a pioneer Virginia couple, William and Mary Ingles, Thomas was captured along with his mother in a frontier […]

History Alive: Theodore Roosevelt

Brooke County Public Library 945 Main St, Wellsburg, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. In addition to being the 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize, led the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, served as Governor of New York, authored more than 35 books, ranched […]

History Alive: Pearl Buck

Ritter Park 1599 Mccoy Rd, Huntington, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Born in West Virginia, Buck grew up in China with her missionary parents, but never forgot her West Virginia roots. She received the Nobel Prize for her 1931 novel "The Good Earth"—the first American […]

History Alive: Mark Twain

Parkersburg/Wood County Public Library 3100 Emerson Ave, Parkersburg, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. The pen name of Samuel Clemens, Mark Twain is celebrated today as one of America’s great authors and humorists.

History Alive: Walt Disney

South Charleston Public Library 312 4th Ave, South Charleston, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Young Walt Disney struggled to create an animation company in Chicago, Illinois and Kansas City, Missouri before moving to Los Angeles, California in 1923. After losing the rights to some of his early animated […]

History Alive: Harriet Tubman

Parkersburg/Wood County Public Library 3100 Emerson Ave, Parkersburg, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland but escaped through the Underground Railroad in 1849. She became the most famous leader of that network, aiding slaves in their escape to free states and Canada. […]

History Alive: Thomas Ingles - Dunmore's War 250th

Bluestone State Park 2104 Bluestone Park Rd, Hinton, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Thomas Ingles straddled two cultures before and after the birth of the United States. Born to a pioneer Virginia couple, William and Mary Ingles, Thomas was captured along with his mother in a frontier […]

History Alive: Theodore Roosevelt

Parkersburg/Wood County Public Library 3100 Emerson Ave, Parkersburg, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. In addition to being the 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize, led the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, served as Governor of New York, authored more than 35 books, ranched […]

History Alive: Thomas Ingles - Dunmore's War 250th

Hawks Nest State Park 49 Hawks Nest Park Rd, Ansted, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Thomas Ingles straddled two cultures before and after the birth of the United States. Born to a pioneer Virginia couple, William and Mary Ingles, Thomas was captured along with his mother in a frontier […]

History Alive: Thomas Ingles - Dunmore's War 250th

Beech Fork State Park 5601 Long Branch Rd, Barboursville, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Thomas Ingles straddled two cultures before and after the birth of the United States. Born to a pioneer Virginia couple, William and Mary Ingles, Thomas was captured along with his mother in a frontier […]

History Alive: Thomas Ingles - Dunmore's War 250th

Tu Endi Wei State Park One Main St, Point Pleasant, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Thomas Ingles straddled two cultures before and after the birth of the United States. Born to a pioneer Virginia couple, William and Mary Ingles, Thomas was captured along with his mother in a frontier […]

History Alive: Thomas Ingles - Dunmore's War 250th

Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park 137 Juliana St, Parkersburg, WV, United States

History Alive is a program of first-person portrayals of historical figures by presenters who have conducted scholarly research on their character. Thomas Ingles straddled two cultures before and after the birth of the United States. Born to a pioneer Virginia couple, William and Mary Ingles, Thomas was captured along with his mother in a frontier […]