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Today in WV History
02 Apr

Beulah McCown Stark, one of West Virginia's first licensed women pilots, was born in Charleston

Aviator Beulah Elizabeth McCown (April 2, 1912 - July 7, 1984), was born in Charleston to Lawrence and Lula Grover McCown. She grew up on the city’s West Side and on Tyler Mountain in western Kanawha County. She attended the Charleston Business Sc...

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