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Field trip, July 11: Meadowcroft Rock Shelter Group will leave OCPL at 10 a.m. There is a cost. Along with the Rockshelter site, participants can enjoy the Native American village, the 1800s village and the Farm Museum. Those interested must RSVP. Bring your lunch. They only sell snacks and drinks at the facility.
Class 3: July 14: The Ins and Outs of Archaeology Heather Cline will talk about the "Ins," which is what happens to artifacts and documentation after being brought into the lab. Andrea Keller will discuss the "Outs," which is the archaeological field work. Instructors: Heather Cline, lead curator, Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex and Andrea […]
Field Trip: Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex Group will leave OCPL at 9 a.m. There will be an introductory slide program followed by a guided tour of the museum and the Mound. Heather Cline will talk to the group about the work being done in the lab. Weather permitting, the group also can tour the […]
Class 4: July 21 Prehistoric Petroglyphs Class will explore possible symbolic meanings represented by some of the prehistoric rock carvings found in W.Va. Instructor: Andrea Keller, Cultural Program coordinator, Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex
Gettysburg resident Kenneth Serfass, a retired U.S. Marine and living history professional, will portray Union Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant. Serfass has portrayed Grant for a History Channel documentary and is the bandmaster for the Antebellum Marine Band. Lunch With Books Programs are free and start at noon on most Tuesdays in the auditorium. Bring […]
Grant's Last Battle: The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (Emerging Civil War) with author Chris Mackowski. The former general in chief of the Union armies during the Civil War . . . the two-term president of the United States . . . the beloved ambassador of American goodwill around the globe […]
An expert in historic restoration and preservation and a gifted storyteller, Sarel Venter will share some of his favorite tales as a South African living in WV.
A time-traveling salamander; a UFO abducting a vintage covered bridge; an autobiography of light; musings on dinosaur religion and explorations of life, meaning and existence are among the subjects of Weimer's 4th published work. This collection of philosophic essays, speculative short stories and prose poetry emerged from the author's life and observations while living in […]
Meet the lone female member of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery. Aside from her value as an interpreter with knowledge of the landscape, her presence with the expedition also communicated to tribes along the way that the Corps had peaceful intentions. Sacagawea is portrayed by Mary Dailey courtesy WV Humanities, History Alive.
Weirton based writer Susan Spencer-Smith’s “inspirational, cozy” mysteries are set in fictional Biddlebourne, WV. Her cookbook features recipes of “southern comfort” foods of West Virginia and Ohio.
