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Today in WV History
05 May

Follansbee celebrated Lou Holtz Day in honor of the football coach's native city

Follansbee lies in Brooke County in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, six miles south of Weirton and four miles north of Wellsburg. State Route 2 is the town's Main Street. The Mingo Indians once controlled the site, called Old Mingo Bottom...

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