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• Mountain Party

  … gathered 13,000 signatures to gain ballot status. "Denise Giardina":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2105, a noted author with no political experience, agreed to run as the Mountain Party candidate for governor. Every new party needs a …

• Lottery

  … in bars and convenience stores. Nine-thousand video lottery terminals were authorized in their place, licensed by the lottery and limited to … of the lottery’s total revenue. In 2007, the legislature authorized table games at the state's racetracks and at …

• Minnie Kendall Lowther

  Historian and journalist Minnie Kendall Lowther (March 17, 1869-September 18, 1947) was born near Fonzo, "Ritchie County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/85, the descendant of a prominent pioneer family. A horse-riding accident in the …

• Sam Mallison

  Publicist Sam Thomas Mallison (September 9, 1894-January 30, 1979) had a long career as a journalist, politician, and corporate executive. Born and educated in North Carolina, Mallison worked on several small newspapers there before becoming city editor …

• Maps, Atlases, and Gazetteers

  … transportation system, in both eastern and western Virginia, at various times from the 1820s into the 1850s. According to the author "Delf Norona":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1689, the Richardson’s map of 1864, now apparently lost, …

• Jacob Rader Marcus

  … the American Jewish Archives, one of the world’s largest repositories for materials on the Jewish American experience. As author, editor, archives director, and teacher of generations of rabbis and historians, Marcus had a profound influence on American …

• Marijuana Cultivation

  The production, use, possession, and sale of recreational marijuana are illegal in West Virginia, although as of 2021, medical marijuana is now legal under state-approved circumstances. Demand for the drug, both legally and illegally, is strong. West …

• Conservation Movement

  … largely responsible for legislation of 1909 authorizing the governor to appoint a Forest, … stocking. The legislature of 1915 gave authority to the state’s Forest, … habitat restoration and development. Federal funding, authorized by passage of the Pittman- …

• Mountain State Press

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/765 classic _Tale of the Elk_ soon followed. Mountain State Press has published more than 50 books. Authors represent all areas of the state and a wide range of subject matter. Since shortly after its inception, Mountain …

• John Marshall

  … , Adams named him chief justice. Marshall’s great decisions established the basis of American constitutional law and established the authority of the Supreme Court. They include _Marbury v. Madison_, _McCulloch v. Maryland_, and _Gibbons v. Ogden_. …

• Mountaineer Casino

  … annually, more than 50 times as much as was taken from live horse racing. In 2007, the West Virginia Legislature authorized local option elections on allowing table games at race tracks. "Hancock County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Ruth Ann Musick

  Folklorist Ruth Ann Musick (September 17, 1897-July 2, 1974) was born in Kirksville, Missouri. She earned a B.S. in education from the Kirksville State Teacher’s College and an M.S. from the State University of Iowa. After teaching school, she earned a Ph …

• Hunter John Myers

  … to typify the "frontier":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2074 mountaineer. His clinging to the old ways inspired author John Esten Cooke’s first novel, _Leather Stocking and Silk_; or, _Hunter John Myers and His Times_, published in 1854 …

• Karl Dewey Myers

  Poet Laureate Karl Dewey Myers (February 12, 1899-December 4, 1951) was born in Tucker County with disabilities so severe that he was not expected to survive the day of his birth. Although he lived, he never weighed more than 60 pounds, never walked, and …

• Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee

  … the Judiciary Act of 1789, which gave the Supreme Court the right to overrule state courts. With the Supreme Court’s appellate authority under question, Justice Story delivered a second decision on the case, then renamed _Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee_. This …

• The Constitution of West Virginia

  … new state. Voters in Western Virginia had authorized the convention and elected the delegates … the legislature enacted a law that authorized the election of delegates to a … executive powers within the county as authorized by the legislature. They also retain …

• National Coal Heritage Area

  … , Mingo, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, and Wyoming. The legislation authorized the National Park Service to enter into a … West Virginia legislature established an independent National Coal Heritage Area Authority to manage the heritage area. With the addition of …

• Mason County

  … county. It is commonly thought that Mason County was named for Virginia statesman George Mason, an American founding father and principal author of the Bill of Rights. George Mason died barely a dozen years before the creation of Mason County and is the …

• National Forests

  … the 1911 Weeks Act. The act authorized the purchase of forestland for the … purchased by the federal government following authorization by the state legislature. This land … flow regulation of navigable streams. The authorization to purchase land for timber …

• Constitutional Convention of 1861–63

  … for statehood. It convened on November 26, 1861, in "Wheeling":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1168 upon the authorization of the voters the previous month. Fifty-three delegates were in attendance, and John Hall of Mason County was chosen …

• National Historic Landmarks

  … of state or local significance. West Virginia has 17 National Historic Landmarks. The National Historic Landmarks program was authorized in 1935, and most landmarks are identified through rigorous study by National Park Service personnel. The majority …

• John Frederick Matheus

  Writer and scholar John Frederick Matheus (September 10, 1887-February 19, 1983) was born in Keyser. When he was a youth, his family moved to Steubenville, Ohio, and some of the settings of Matheus’s short stories are in the West Virginia-Ohio- …

• National Park Service in West Virginia

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/270, was authorized as a national monument on June … the lower Bluestone River. It was authorized on October 26, 1988. "Gauley … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096, authorized the same date as the Bluestone …

• Roy Bird Cook

  Pharmacist and historian Roy Bird Cook (April 1, 1886-November 21, 1961) was born at Roanoke, Lewis County. He was the son of David Bird Cook, a farmer and newspaper reporter, and Dora Conrad Cook. In 1898, David Cook moved his family to Weston, where he …

• National Road

  … proposed an all-weather road to connect eastern markets with the westward-flowing waters of the Ohio River. Congress authorized construction of the National Road from Cumberland, Maryland, to "Wheeling":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …