The Cowen B&O Railroad Depot was the center of community life beginning in 1893 until the last passenger train pulled away from the depot in 1956. The Cowen Fire of 1911 completely destroyed the building, but it was rebuilt in less than 30 days to . . . — — Map (db m228706) HM
June 10, 1905 shootout on crowded train between Wild West Circus performers and B&O Railroad police left three dead and six wounded. — — Map (db m228704) HM
One of several partisan groups in western VA during the Civil War, the Moccasin Rangers were Southern sympathizers who operated in the central counties of present-day WV, conducting raids and terrorizing local Unionists. After they looted Ripley in . . . — — Map (db m178870) HM
