True Stories

I live in Wayne County, West Virginia. About 14 years ago, my wife, Jacklyn, and I stayed at Cabwaylingo Park for the weekend. We...

When I was a child, my family used to take vacations to visit West Virginia’s state parks, and my dad especially loved Droop Mountain...

I had just started working at a McDonald’s in Huntington. I was only in my first week, but I was already seeing a lot...

I would like to start by letting everyone know that I grew up in Widen. I have lived in seven different homes in this...

In the 1990s, I worked as a lifeguard at Cabwaylingo Pool. Late one evening, I was the only one there cleaning up. I was out...

This happened just a few days ago. My girlfriend and I had gone to September Fest. We stayed out late eating and hanging out...

My grandparents bought a farm in Wayne, West Virginia, and in the summer of 1998 my family came to visit them. One day, my...

On September 12, 1952, just before dark four boys were playing football on the playground at Flatwoods School. These were local boys and they...

I was 14 when my baby sister, Tinsley, was born. When Tinny turned 3, she started acting like she had an imaginary friend. She...

I was 25 years old and dating the woman who is now my wife. My family was using the Dunlow Community Center for our...

I will never forget the morning when I was heading to work as an RN at the old Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch, WV....

My family, the Clay family, stayed in the Group Camp at Cabwaylingo State Forest for years upon years, but three years ago we stayed...