The Moundsville Blog: Stories Around an American Town

The familiar frame of American history wraps itself around revolution and civil war; and an economy that enslaved millions of people. But we should always

Of all the people I’ve met in Appalachia doing the Moundsville project, nobody came at you with a spirit like that of Michael J. Iafrate,

In America, to live is to move. Bust out of that old town. Move, and move again. It’s a creed that suits our national love

Of all the colors of truth to seek — scientific, historical, religious, emotional, empirical, logical —  there’s nothing quite as satisfying something I’ll call Walking Truth. 

The story of America bundles enlightenment ideals, slavery, capitalist innovation, racism, poverty, civil rights, the moon landing, the suburbs, baseball, jazz, the Constitution, and a

Pop star Lady Gaga announced April 1 that she is in talks with Moundsville city council to perform a 4th of July concert on top