GHENT, WV (WVNS) — Public executions are often viewed as a thing of the past, and as they started to disappear as a whole, they also became far less common in West Virginia. So, when did the last public hanging take place in the Mountain State? According to the West Virginia Encyclopedia, the last public […]
CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.