On May 23rd at the Cottrill Opera House, guest lecturer Tom Rodd told stories from notable cases in Tucker County’s legal history.

In 2009, J.R. Clifford’s story was featured in The West Virginia Lawyer, with an article focused on his pioneering law career.

The DuBois High School in Fayette County was established in 1917 to serve African-American students during the era of segregation in West Virginia.

The second meeting of the Niagara Movement was held August 15-19, 1906 at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

J.R. Clifford was one of many soldiers to pass through Camp Nelson during the Civil War.