Marion County Historical Society and Museum

08/14/2025

BOOK
SIGNING
Please join us at the Marion County Historical
Society Museum for a book signing event with
local author Ted Dreisigner!
Saturday August 16, 2025
10:30-1:30
211 Adams Street
Fairmont, WV 26554
While traveling around the world
lecturing in his professional life,
Dreisinger collected small stories and
observations of people, places, and his
family. He now shares those stories
with us!
Books will be available to purchase for signing.
Light refreshments will be provided!
Please call 304-367-5398 for more information

07/01/2025

05/23/2025

Saturday, May 24-

Join the Marion County Historical Society and Museum from 11-1 for a Julia Pierpont Day!

The event will be held at The Gatherings in downtown Fairmont, 216 Monroe St, and will be followed by a wreath-laying Ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery.

There will be proclamations made by state, county, and city representatives, as well as historical interpreters showcasing Julia and Francis Pierpont. Music will be provided by “We Three Plus” and light refreshments will be served.

This event is free and open to the public!

04/23/2025

The Marion County Historical Society and Museum will be holding their monthly meeting on Saturday on April 26th from 10 until 11:30. (the time is a little earlier than usual because of the Civil War Bus trip around Fairmont starting at 12:00) The Meeting is open to the public.
The Meeting is held at the Central United Methodist Church located at 301 Fairmont Avenue in the Social Hall. (enter from the back parking lot)
If you have any questions, call 304-367-5398. Hope to see you there!

10/24/2024

Looking for something fun to do with the kids this Halloween?🎃 or with the adults ? 😈

The Marion county historical museum is hosting its annual Halloween haunted jail tours! Food trucks 🌭 books for sale 📕

10/10/2024

Looking for something fun to do with the kids this Halloween?🎃 or with the adults ? 😈

The Marion county historical museum is hosting its annual Halloween haunted jail tours! Food trucks 🌭 books for sale 📕

And new this year.. A COSTUME CONTEST!! 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️👯‍♀️. Dress up with your bestie, group, or even by yourself and enter to win a Marion county small business basket including gifts cards from The Grazing Goat Charcuterie , Mikey C's Cuisine , MoCo's Bar and Grill and many more!!!

10/08/2024

Our last new book from The Marion County History Museum. The Devils Tea Tables written by Mack Samples. $13

In the spirit of Chaucer’s famed Canterbury Tales, West Virginia writer Mack Samples has produced an entertaining gem with his latest book, The Devil’s Tea Tables. The author has created a busload of gregarious travelers who share their strange and ghostly tales as they traverse the West Virginia hills. The stories tell about all kinds of strange dealings, some with horse traders, disturbed graves, kind hobos, vanishing moonshine, and fiddle-playing preachers. Many of the stories the author heard growing up along the Elk River. Sit back and read some mysterious tales about bygone days in the hills of West Virginia.
Sounds like a wonderful read. Please stop by the museum at 211 Adams St. Fairmont or call 304-367-5398 to have them send you copy for just $5 shipping fee.
Don’t forget we also have many copies of the Telltale Lilac Bush and Coffin Hollow that are staple reads for this area.
We at the museum appreciate the citizens that help to support us.

10/04/2024

Lies, Lore and Gossip written by Anna Lee Robe- Terry a local gal from Bunners Ridge right here in Marion County is our next new book at the Marion County History Museum for the Halloween season. Here is an overview of what it is about—

Anna Lee wrote these stories as she remembered them—all from the place she grew up andreturned to later in life, Bunner Ridge in Marion County, West Virginia.

Anna Lee’s stories are about country life: interesting. You can tell by the titles:
The pregnant woman, the burglar and the midwife.
Funeral on the highest hill
Hoeing corn and the circus
Headless Horse of Nebo Hill
Panthers and vanishing people
Sniper hunting and milking

The book is also full of wonderful almost-lost knowledge on home remedies, hog-nosed snakes, and how to train a baby.

Want to find out about the man who mistook his wife for a horse, or how to take one shot and kill three squirrels? Want to learn about traveling peddlers or adventures to have when fetching the mail?
I can’t wait to read this. Please stop by the museum at 211 Adams St. Fairmont WV and pick up a copy for $10, or simply call 304-367-5398 and for a extra $5 fee one can be shipped to you.

10/03/2024

One of the new books that the Marion County History Museum is featuring this Halloween season is Monsters and Ghosts of West Virginia, written by Erin Turner and Isaac McKinnon. Here is a little bit about the book—

A collection of fifteen stories some well-known, some lesser known, and some brand new about West Virginia ghostly creatures. Beautifully illustrated with original paintings by Erin Turner, the stories are perfect for children s story time or a family campfire. Natives will recognize and enjoy tales of the state s most famous creatures and ghosts: the red-eyed Mothman, the green-cloaked Flatwoods Monster, and the unstoppable Greenbrier Ghost. Other stories focus on strange beings spotted the world over: aliens, the fabled Bigfoot, and UFO s. The Mountain State s seclusion has attracted stories about giant catfish, apple pickers, and mythic birds. Headless ghost, the ogua water monster, and haunted houses are also included. As home to a volatile and sometimes bloody history we ve been left with more than our share of disgruntled spirits.

Wow this sounds like a perfect dark rainy evening read. Please stop by the museum at 211 Adams St. In downtown Fairmont and pick up a copy. Great price too just $20. Or you can call ( 304-367-5398 ) and the museum will gladly ship you this book for just an added $5 fee.
I hope after reading this you will be able to sleep!

10/02/2024

With Halloween right around the corner the museum is getting you ready with some strange and spooky stories from the mountain state and right here in the area.
We have some new books this year for your reading pleasure. Along with the popular Telltale Lilac Bush, and Coffin Hollow we give you our new selections. I will show you all the new books we have today and starting tomorrow I will give you a small selection of each
Stop by the Marion County History Museum at 211 Adams St. ( next to the courthouse) or you can call the museum at 304-367-5398 and they can ship books also for a fee.
Enjoy these selections!
Prices are under the picture of the book.