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• New Cumberland

  … comply. Additional elections were held until New Manchester won the popular vote. … election finally resolved the matter, and New Cumberland became the permanent county … Virginia Volunteer Infantry was organized in New Cumberland. Among the oldest newspapers …

• New Deal

  … system of unemployment relief and welfare. New Deal agencies also sponsored experimental … and public housing facilities built under New Deal programs continue in service. … social legislation associated with Roosevelt’s New Deal assured that West Virginia …

• New Martinsville

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1158. Long called ‘‘New’’ Martinsville to distinguish it from the … town was officially renamed in 1871. New Martinsville has seen massive floods, … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1076. New Martinsville is a partner in …

• Jennings Randolph

  … was the last member of Congress to have served during Roosevelt’s first term. He was a solid supporter of Roosevelt’s "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2265 and something of a Roosevelt favorite. He worked with "First Lady …

• Roadside Historical Markers

  … agency of President Franklin Roosevelt’s "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … sites were marked. Since that time, new markers have been added yearly, as … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/375. New markers are approved by the Archives …

• Eleanor Roosevelt

  … studying in England at the turn of the century. She was born in New York City. In 1905, Eleanor’s uncle, President Theodore Roosevelt, walked … Human Rights Commission and the National Commission on the Status of Women. She died in New York City.

• Rural Electrification

  … rural areas. When the Rural Electrification Administration was created in 1935 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2265, less than ten percent of farms in West Virginia had electricity. The …

• Scotts Run

  … County, was constructed as a pilot program to relocate ‘‘stranded’’ industrial workers in more favorable settings, and most of the new residents of Arthurdale were from Scotts Run. By "World War II":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1353, …

• Hancock County

  … 1897 to 1970. The county seat, "New Cumberland":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … two sizable unincorporated communities, Newell and New Manchester. Newell is home to the … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1907. New Cumberland was the nation's …

• Arthurdale

  … centers to government-planned communities. More than 100 "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2265 communities … It also offers regular programming and classes, and celebrates a New Deal Festival and Eleanor Roosevelt's birthday. In …

• Cleve Bailey

  … in 1944. Rohrbough came back to defeat him in 1946, but Bailey won again in 1948 and in the next six contests. A "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2265 liberal, Bailey’s main focus as a congressman was protection of West Virginia …

• History of West Virginia

  … overshadowed by economic inequities. The new constitution shifted the tax burden … state is still governed. The new constitution eliminated the township system … Charleston, Parkersburg, Newell, Wellsburg, Benwood, New Cumberland, and Huntington. World War …

• Van Bittner

  … 17 president, capitalizing on the protections offered by "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2265 labor … an influential figure within the state Democratic Party’s New Deal faction. In 1936, Van Bittner became midwestern director …

• State Parks

  … upon the federal work programs of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. The "Civilian Conservation Corps":http://www. … Resort State Park was developed at century’s end, another new method was pioneered as a private developer supplied funds for …

• Bluestone Dam and Lake

  … of any dam in the state. It is built across "New River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1637, one mile … .org/articles/33 and two miles below the confluence of New River and "Bluestone River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles …

• Brick Industry

  … near particularly fine clay deposits around "New Cumberland":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … and upstream to Pittsburgh and points east. New Cumberland, located on a bend in … , 75 freight cars a day left New Cumberland loaded with brick and other …

• Tygart Dam and Lake

  … -Barbour county line. The dam was built during the Great Depression as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2265, its construction ironically justified by both flood and drought. Pittsburgh …

• Cabwaylingo State Forest

  … ’s early history is intertwined with the "Civilian Conservation Corps":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1195 (CCC). A New Deal agency created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the CCC employed youth between the ages of 18 to 25 to work on …

• Tygart Valley Homesteads

  … administration during the "Great Depression":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2155. The idea was to provide a new start for unemployed farmers, miners, and timber workers. This was one of three resettlement projects in West Virginia, the …

• United Mine Workers of America

  … the National Miners Union. With Roosevelt’s New Deal, the legal climate improved. New federal legislation outlawed yellow-dog contracts, placed limits on anti-union … Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, into the new century. As of 2023, District 17 …

• Camp Washington-Carver

  … , and its great chestnut lodge is the largest log structure in West Virginia. The camp was constructed under two "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2265 work programs, the "Works Progress Administration":http://www. …

• Camp Woodbine

  … of fire trails and road building, fire fighting, traffic surveys on State Routes 39, 44, and 94 to determine if a new Richwood to Marlinton road was needed, timber stand improvement, and Woodland Park, now known as Woodbine Picnic Area. Members of Camp …

• West Liberty University

  … sell the school to the new state of West Virginia. The … student union in West Virginia. New programs were added in art … students tripled by 1970. Five new dorms opened, as did the … Hall), Bartell Fieldhouse, and a new academic, sports and athletic complex …

• West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State

  … be replaced by "Matthew Mansfield Neely":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1628, a Democrat more sympathetic to labor and the New Deal. With Neely’s approval, the chapter on labor was restored and the West Virginia guide, one of the last of …

• West Virginia Northern Community and Technical College

  … to a third campus in "New Martinsville":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org … a variety of subjects. Campuses in New Martinsville and Wheeling are linked by … systems. The Weirton campus built a new telecommunications classroom. West Virginia Northern …