Andrew's world West Virginia history

       Charleston, WV just had it's first emo/ pop punk festival on July 13th, 2024. J.T. Woodruff of the band Hawthorne Heights said "it's hard to bring an emo festival to West Virginia because it's not mainstream and we didn't know how many people would show up" But there was a huge turnout. West Virginia has a huge music scene, despite being a small state. We truly don't get the shows we deserve. These weren't fans just getting into the music, most were fans like myself who have been fans of these bands for at least 20 years.  J.T. also said "I'd like the record to show that I'm from West Virginia" he went on to talk about how he had to move three hours away (Dayton, Ohio) to play music because back then there was no talent in West Virginia. But now there was enough talent to put together a whole stage [All day] I guess that means we should be proud of our little state. J.T. who sings lead vocals and plays rythym guitar...

Photo sourced from britannica.com        Daniel Boone was an amazing man by anyone’s standards. He was a noted frontiersman and has certainly earned his spot in history books. Most books overlook the ten years he spent in the Kanawha Valley, though. I don’t know if that's because most historians and biographers of his just don’t think it was interesting enough to write about or if it just isn’t widely known, who knows?    In any event, he lived in a cabin not far from Fort Clendenin or Fort Lee as it was later renamed and would eventually become the City of Charleston. There's a park, on the opposite side of the river from where he lived, he lived on the south side of the river, which nowadays I guess you could say is the U.C. side or the Kanawha City side .  Nothing is left of his cabin, but the park which was named in his honor does have the Ruffner cabin, which is said to be the oldest extant structure in the Kanawha Valley, it also has the Cr...