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Halloween

A fun Guide to learn more about Halloween, WV Cryptids, Dia de los Muertos, and how to stay safe this holiday season.

Halloween during the 1918 Flu Pandemic

The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.), 26 Oct. 1918. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092536/1918-10-26/ed-1/seq-2/>

The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.), 21 Oct. 1918. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092536/1918-10-21/ed-1/seq-3/>

Spooky Pictures from the Archives

Halloween Traditions

History of All Hallow Eve and All Saints Day, Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, 2 November 1855

Plays for Halloween...A Pretty Custom 500 years old, Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, 31 October 1893

Halloween Party Suggestions, McDowell Times, 25 October 1940