Beckley, West Virginia

Beckley, United States

Beckley, West Virginia participates in 48 Bunkabop connections with 2375 other places across 12 topics, spanning sports, history, government, and media. The city's connections reach back to Indigenous history: the surrounding area was an ancestral home of the Catawba-speaking Moneton people, who called it Okahok Amai. Beckley also carries a national memory tied to coal mining; in April 2010, President Obama and Vice President Biden traveled there for a memorial service following the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster. Sports and political figures born in Beckley extend its ties across the United States.