Join the City of Beckley for their Founder's Day celebration on May 20th, 2023 from 11 am-2 pm. There will also be a wreath dedication by the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution at 9:30 am at the memorial to Alfred Beckley on the Courthouse Lawn.At Wildwood we will... View Article
Leave the hustle and bustle behind and step back into a more tranquil Christmas for a couple of hours this holiday season from at Beckley’s Wildwood House Museum. Home of the city’s founder, Gen. Alfred Beckley, will be filled with fresh greenery, vintage art displays, cookies and mulled cider and the sounds of Victorian carolers.... View Article
Join Haunted Beckley for this historic event! We are hosting a Flashlight Tour of the historic Wildwood Museum. Meet costumed characters as they relate life, and death, stories from the 1800s.At the conclusion of the tours in the house, we will regroup in the nearby historic Wildwood Cemetary for a Ghost Tour and Investigation. Tickets... View Article
Join the Raleigh County Historical Society as they celebrate the 12th annual Founder's Day Celebration at Beckley's Wildwood House! Celebrate and remember the history of the town of Beckley and the Beckley family. There will be vendors, historical re-enactors, music, lunch, and tours of the almost 200-year-old Wildwood House. Rain or shine, kids welcome!
Join as Travis Henline of Wheeling will enact Francis H. Pierpont, governor of the "Restored Government of Virginia" following secession in 1861. Pierpont is widely acclaimed as the "Father of West Virginia" Immediately after Raleigh County Historical Society will hold a brief dedication of two markers commemorating the mysterious Ferguson Rock. the rock is the... View Article
