WEIRTON, W.Va — West Virginia's remarkable shape is partly defined by its odd northern panhandle, a finger of land that extends northward more than 60 miles from its central mass. Home to its first capital, Wheeling, the panhandle's origins date back to the 1700s and a contentious boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania that helped […]
WEIRTON, W.Va — West Virginia's remarkable shape is partly defined by its odd northern panhandle, a finger of land that extends northward more than 60 miles from its central mass. Home to its first capital, Wheeling, the panhandle's origins date back to the 1700s and a contentious boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania that helped […]