Aull About History

Welcome to the twelfth episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung explore the origins and impacts of the Whiskey Rebellion in the 1790s on the Morgantown area. Learn about the role of liquor in the frontier economy, and the growing pains of the early United States.Follow the Aull Center on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeMqWSbf/Music in this episode, courtesy of the Free Music Archive:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonzehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell

Welcome to the eleventh episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung take turns looking at two of West Virginia's most famous sons and their roles in the American Civil War. Both spent formative years in our region, and both earned themselves some very interesting nicknames.Follow the Aull Center on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeMqWSbf/Music in this episode, courtesy of the Free Music Archive:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonzehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell

Welcome to part two of the ninth episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Listen to part one of this episode: https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/06/11/aull-about-history-9-morgantown-land-before-time-part-1/Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, part two of two, historian Nathan Wuertenberg takes a look at our region's history of petroglyphs, runestones, and Morgantown's role in the evolutionary debate. Hear about the petroglyphs still buried just off of Route 119, as well as the debate between West Virginia University professors and William Jennings Bryan in the leadup to the famous Scopes trial.Follow the Aull Center on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeMqWSbf/Music in this episode, courtesy of the Free Music Archive:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonzehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell Lofi Sadness by RamolProLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6789-lofi-sadnessLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Welcome to the ninth episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, part one of two, historian Mike McClung takes a look at Morgantown's ancient history. Hear about our region's history as an ancient shallow sea and the creatures that lived in it, the fossil records that survive from that era, as well as some of our aquatic friends still living in our waters today.Follow the Aull Center on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeMqWSbf/Music in this episode, courtesy of the Free Music Archive:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonzehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell Lofi Sadness by RamolProLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6789-lofi-sadnessLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Welcome to the eighth episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung take a look at Morgantown's rich history of flight. Hear about the first airplane built in West Virginia, hometown war heroes, and President Nixon's Air Force One pilot.Follow the Aull Center on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeMqWSbf/Music in this episode, courtesy of the Free Music Archive:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonzehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell Lofi Sadness by RamolProLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6789-lofi-sadnessLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Welcome to the seventh episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung take a look at some of Morgantown and Monongalia County's American India history through the years. This episode probably covers the largest swath of history of any Aull About History episode yet, from the Holocene right up to the 20th century.Follow the Aull Center on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeMqWSbf/Music in this episode, courtesy of the Free Music Archive:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonzehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell Lofi Sadness by RamolProLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6789-lofi-sadnessLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Welcome to the sixth episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung take a look at some of Morgantown and Monongalia County's Black history through the years. We cover everything from Revolutionary war veterans to local civil rights activists.See all of Nathan's original videos at the Aull Center's TikTok page: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeMqWSbf/Music in this episode, courtesy of the Free Music Archive:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonzehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell Lofi Sadness by RamolProLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6789-lofi-sadnessLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Welcome to another episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia.All through October, our friends at the Aull Center have been presenting Haunted History Month, a series of events related to all things, spooky, spectral and mysterious for Morgantown and West Virginia history.Happy Halloween! For this episode, Nathan and Mike are treating us to a spectracular sampler of the past month's Haunted History presentations. Fair warning, all of these stories are both highly local and true, but some are quite gruesome, and may not be appropriate for some of our younger history buffs. Listener discretion is advised.Music this week is from filmmusic.io. “Ghost Processional” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Welcome to another episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia.All through October, our friends at the Aull Center have been presenting Haunted History Month, a series of events related to all things, spooky, spectral and mysterious for Morgantown and West Virginia history.With Halloween just a few days away, the Aull center is bringing you Jason Burns, West Virginia ghost storyteller extraordinaire. He finds ghost stories around every corner and spirits behind every door. This year, however, Jason endeavors to bring the listener into the scary story process, by sharing the sources of some of his favorite stories, as well as giving some tips for the aspiring campfire chronicler out there.Music this week is from filmmusic.io. “Ghost Processional” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Welcome to the fifth episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung look back on a visit to Morgantown almost 100 years ago by some pioneers of the American road trip. The visitors in question? None other than Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison facetiously known as 'The Vagabonds.'Music in this episode, courtesy of the Free Music Archive:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonzehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell"Dance of the Priestesses of Dagon Saint Sans" by the Victor Herbert Orchestrahttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Victor_Herbert_Orchestra/Edison_Cylinders/victor_herbert_orchestra_-_edison_cylinders_-_1911_-_dance_of_the_priestesses_of_dagon_saint-sans"Dream Medley (Naughty Marietta intermezzo)" by the Victor Herbert Orchestrahttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Victor_Herbert_Orchestra/Edison_Cylinders/victor_herbert_orchestra_-_edison_cylinders_-_1911_-_dream_medley_naughty_marietta_intermezzo

Welcome to the fourth episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung examine the impact of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, better known as the Spanish Flu, on Morgantown and the surrounding area.Music in this episode:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonze, courtesy of the Free Music Archivehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell Music from https://filmmusic.io"Laid Back Guitars" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Welcome to the third episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia. In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung explore the Confederate raid on Morgantown during the American Civil War.Music in this episode:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonze, courtesy of the Free Music Archivehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell Music from https://filmmusic.io"Laid Back Guitars" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Welcome to the second episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia.In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung explore the early development of Morgantown from a frontier outpost to bustling college town.Music in this episode:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonze, courtesy of the Free Music Archivehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell Music from https://filmmusic.io"Laid Back Guitars" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Welcome to the first episode of Aull About History, the local history podcast from The Dominion Post in partnership with the Aull Center, a branch of Morgantown Public Library. Follow along as we explore the rich history of Morgantown and North Central West Virginia.In this episode, historians Nathan Wuertenberg and Mike McClung explore the early life of Morgantown's founding father Zackquill Morgan.Music in this episode:"Frog In The Well" by Lucas Gonze, courtesy of the Free Music Archivehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Gonze/Ghost_Solos/LGonze-GhostSolos-FrogInTheWell Music from https://filmmusic.io"Laid Back Guitars" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

A special Thanksgiving themed episode relating the story of how a small town in West Virginia came to provide the main course to the Roosevelt White House.

A special Christmas episode about the raucous nature of early American Christmas celebrations and why the holiday was almost regulated away.