On this day in West Virginia history: It's the 90th anniversary of Denmar Sanitarium, now a prison. The West Virginia Colored Tuberculosis Sanitarium was established on February 16, 1917. The West Virginia Board of Control purchased 185 acres of land and several buildings at Denmar in Pocahontas County, and the facility opened in January 1919. Through its various incarnations, many people from our end of the county have been employed here, and there is a body of stories about ghosts on the premises.
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