The Pocahontas Opera House again takes center stage during the Smithsonian Exhibit’s “The Way We Worked” this week. On Thursday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m., students from Pocahontas County High School will perform a theater reading of W. E. Blackhurst’s book “Of Men and a Mighty Mountain.” The book, written in 1965 is a set [...]

Greetings from Pocahontas County Historical Museum in Marlinton! In 2011 the Society celebrates 50 years of preserving the history of our unique area. Recently we have had 14 people representing different regions of our large county join our board of directors. The energy and enthusiasm among this group is high and they are already making [...]

Genealogy is an addictive hobby: the fact that you are reading this probably means that you have been smitten. There are a number of theories as to why genealogy has become so popular in the last few years; the huge growth of the Internet, the availability of information on CD-ROM or because North American society, [...]