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• Hawks Nest Strike

  … Coal Valley miners were charged in Fayette County civil court with intimidation and unlawful interference with … Regiment, the famous black regiment in the Civil War, later became West Virginia adjutant general. William Nelson Page, seeing the advantages …

• Harry Hill Bandholtz

  … end the West Virginia "Mine Wars":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … President Harding ordered him to restore civil authority in southern West Virginia. … shot, Bandholtz effectively ended the Mine Wars. Bandholtz expressed disgust that West …

• The Barnette Case

  … School District v. Gobitis_, that such requirements did not violate the Constitution. America’s involvement in "World War II":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1353 made refusal to salute the flag especially unpopular, but Jehovah’s …

• Frank Hereford

  … he practiced law. He was Sacramento district attorney from 1855 to 1857. Soon after the Civil War, Hereford returned east, establishing himself in "Union":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/818, …

• Highway Development

  … "turnpikes":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/797 that spanned present West Virginia before the Civil War. In the late 19th century, new highway construction slowed and many established routes either devolved …

• Hilltop House

  … years, resulting primarily from rebuilding after two fires. The Lovetts came to Harpers Ferry after the Civil War. "Storer College":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/599 hired William and Sarah Lovett, …

• Shenandoah River

  … Valley was an important military objective during the Civil War. "Gen. Thomas ‘‘Stonewall’’ Jackson":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/948 … valley against federal troops early in the war. One of the first recorded floods of …

• Sistersville

  … was incorporated in 1839. Like some other Ohio Valley communities, Sistersville had mixed allegiances during the Civil War, with a sizable minority favoring the Confederacy. The Ohio River Railway was built through …

• Homer Laughlin China Company

  … Shakespeare, arrived in East Liverpool following the Civil War. After an unsuccessful stoneware-making venture with Nathaniel Simms, they began to … s business peaked in the years following World War II, then suffered as imported dinnerware began …

• Joseph Lawton Beury

  … 3, 1903) was born in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania. He served as a Union captain during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 though he was later known as ‘‘colonel’’ in the …

• Big Sandy River

  … world was by river. The Big Sandy Valley saw some of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, with the battles of Middle … from the 1830s to the eve of World War II, bringing needed things to isolated areas, …

• Jacob Beeson Blair

  … the bar in 1844. Shortly thereafter he was elected prosecuting attorney of Ritchie County. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Blair was an ardent Unionist. He supported the "Reorganized Government of …

• State Flag

  … and individual flags were presented to each of the state’s military regiments before the end of the Civil War. Although the details of the flag had not been designated by the legislature, all the regimental flags …

• Bluestone River

  … sacrificed for the lake, as was Green Meador’s place, once a campground for Union troops in the Civil War. Part of the river is included in "Bluestone":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/579 and & …

• William E. Stevenson

  … term ended and bought a farm. As the Civil War approached, Stevenson was a strong believer in the Union. While advocating for … Southern sympathizers who had been disenfranchised following the war. He and some others believed, wrongly as …

• Stonewall Jackson Jubilee

  … where "Stonewall Jackson":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/948 lived as a boy. A Civil War reenactment and pioneer encampment provide Jubilee visitors with a glimpse of regional life in the 18th …

• Bollman Truss Bridge

  … ;O. In 1862, four Bollman truss spans were built from the Maryland side. Although damaged during the Civil War, they were repaired and new Bollman spans were added. The new Harpers Ferry bridge was completed in 1868 …

• Boyd B. Stutler

  … enlisted in the army in World War I, rising to the rank of … American offensives of 1918. After the war, Stutler became chief clerk to … his book _West Virginia in the Civil War_ was published. In 1976, … from 1936 until 1954. During World War II, he was a …

• Festus Paul Summers

  … as chairman of the history department. Summers’s interests centered around the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 … books include _The Baltimore and Ohio in the Civil War_ and _William L. Wilson and Tariff …

• George William Summers

  … of the Peace Conference that assembled in Washington on February 4, 1861, to try to avert the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193. He was then elected a member of the Richmond secession …

• Bourbon Democrats

  … state governments in the years following the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193. … that the Democrats had learned nothing from the Civil War and were intent upon reclaiming political power, preventing blacks from voting and …

• Belle Boyd

  Spy Marie Isabelle ‘‘Belle’’ Boyd (May 9, 1843-June 11, 1900) was born in "Martinsburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1552, the daughter of Benjamin R. Boyd, a merchant. In 1853, Mr. Boyd purchased land at the corner of Race and Spring …

• Bridges

  … Charles Town native who became the highest-ranking African-American officer in Union service during the Civil War. From 2020 to 2023, according to the the Federal Highways Administration, West Virginia ranked …

• Sweet Springs

  … the spring. William Lewis was a Revolutionary War veteran and the brother of General … resort was from 1820 until the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … termed the ‘‘Springs Region’’ of pre-Civil War Virginia. Guests would frequently make …

• John Brown

  … person for the coming of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … of Union armies in the ensuing war, and (now with new words as … the country’s history. After the war, he became an iconic figure in the civil rights world. In 1906, the first …