On April 28, 1924, 119 miners were killed in an explosion at the Benwood mine of the Wheeling Steel Corporation.
Learn more:
"Dead Bodies Cover Mine Floor (Benwood Mine
Disaster)
Department of Mines Report on Benwood
Explosion
List of Victims, Benwood Mine Disaster
Eccles/Benwood Coal Mining Disasters
On April 28, 1758, Native Americans attacked Fort Seybert in present-day Pendleton County, killing or capturing more than forty settlers.
Learn more:
"New Interpretations of Fort Seybert"
Description of the Fort Seybert Massacre, From
Chronicles of Border Warfare
"Pendleton Indian Massacre One of History's
Worst"