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• Dyke Raese

  … . Long Island was coached by "Clair Bee":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/422, also from Grafton and a best-selling author of boys sports books. Raese coached at WVU from 1938 to 1942, with a win-loss record of 55-29, before serving in …

• Nick Joe Rahall

  … to tourism to diversify his district's economy, which historically had depended heavily upon natural resource extraction. In 1978, he authored legislation establishing what would become the "New River Gorge National Park and Preserve":http://www. …

• Railroad Strike of 1877

  … the violence at Martinsburg, and the strike ended later in the summer of 1877. The strike showed that West Virginia authorities were ill-prepared to handle unrest among laboring groups and led to calls, mostly unheeded, for development of a professional …

• Lord Dunmore

  … upper Ohio Valley and attracted by the possibilities of land speculation, he visited the Forks of the Ohio (Pittsburgh) and authorized the rebuilding of a stockade there, Fort Dunmore. With renewed hostilities on the "frontier":https://www. …

• Raleigh County

  … on a petition from farmers in Monroe and Giles counties, authorized a primitive state road through Raleigh and Fayette to the … the Southern army. Numerous civilians were arrested by federal authorities and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, including Alfred …

• Monongahela National Forest

  … and damage to woodlands and streams in other areas of the United States, Congress enacted the Weeks Law in 1911 which authorized the federal government to cooperate with the various states to purchase land for the protection of the watersheds of navigable …

• Forest Fires

  … works with the federal government and private land owners in its fire program. Congress passed the Weeks Act in 1911, authorizing the federal government to purchase forestlands and to cooperate with the states in forest fire prevention. West Virginia …

• Margaret Prescott Montague

  Writer Margaret Prescott Montague (November 29, 1878-September 26, 1955) was born at Oakhurst estate at White Sulphur Springs. Her father, a graduate of Harvard who had studied law in London, had moved to West Virginia for health reasons. Montague’s …

• Fred Mooney

  Unionist Fred Mooney (January 23, 1888-February 24, 1952) was secretary-treasurer of "United Mine Workers of America":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/835 District 17 from 1917 to 1924 and was a radical leader in the West Virginia Mine …

• Arch Moore

  … West Virginia governor with full budget-making authority, and the Governor’s "Succession … to exploit them thanks to the bonding authority provided by the 1968 Roads Development … , mostly by his use of executive authority. For example, when 2,627 highway …

• Formation of West Virginia

  … in the regular spring election on May 23, but Virginia authorities began acting as though the matter were settled. State … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2141. Most local authorities, even in Western Virginia, went along with these actions, …

• Ruel E. Foster

  Scholar Ruel E. Foster (November 30, 1916-November 10, 1999) joined the faculty of "West Virginia University":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1127 in 1941. He chaired the English Department and served as Benedum Distinguished Professor of …

• Edward Bates Franzheim

  … Wheeling, and began a second career. For five years he managed the theater, took leading roles in its productions, and authored plays. Architecture remained his first love, however, as evidenced by his lavish domestic designs, in many different styles, for …

• French and Indian War

  … and the official pacifism of Quaker Pennsylvania, left the Ohio Indians little choice but to join with the French. British authorities dispatched Maj. Gen. Sir Edward Braddock and 1,400 regular troops to the Ohio frontier in 1755. Braddock accepted …

• Lynette ‘‘Squeaky’’ Fromme

  … Prison Camp":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/184 in Alderson, West Virginia, she escaped on December 23, 1987. Authorities captured her two days later near the prison. Upon sentencing for her escape, Fromme was transferred to the Lexington …

• Anna Johnson Gates

  … the time. Gates was also successful in getting a bill passed that provided the Kanawha County Board of Education the authority to establish, support, and maintain a public library. She chaired the House Committee on Arts, Science and General Improvements. …

• Gauley Mountain

  _Gauley Mountain_ was the master work of West Virginia poet "Louise McNeill":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1659. The collection of poetry was published by Harcourt, Brace and Company in 1939, accompanied by a lavish introduction by …

• Ghostlore

  West Virginia is an ideal place for ghostly encounters. Its hills cast long shadows into deep hollows, and patchy valley fog rises from cooling waters to hang from green ridges and skitter through the forest. Suddenly, a breath of wind cuts the fog into …

• Denise Giardina

  Writer and American Book Award winner Denise Giardina was born October 25, 1951, in "Bluefield":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/562. She lived during her early years in a "coal company town":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Glenville State University

  … educate teachers, preparatory courses were also authorized to prepare students for college work … Rohrbough, in 1930 the school was authorized to begin granting four-year Bachelor … 1956, the state Board of Education authorized the construction of the student …

• Nathan Goff Jr.

  … at Moorefield in January 1864 and imprisoned in Richmond’s notorious Libby Prison before being released in an exchange personally authorized by President Lincoln. Goff began the practice of law in Clarksburg in March 1865. He served in the West …

• Goldenseal

  … who moved to West Virginia in 1971 to work in the state Department of Commerce’s Arts and Crafts Division. A folk arts authority, Screven feared that West Virginia’s folklore was in danger of being lost as the state’s older generations died. In 1973, he …

• The Government of West Virginia

  … cities. There is limited home rule authority. Unincorporated municipalities are governed by … West Virginia. In 1963, the legislature authorized counties to cooperate with other … the creation of regional development authorities to handle floods, fires, and …

• Grafton National Cemetery

  Grafton National Cemetery was authorized in 1865 when Congressman Swinton Burdett of Iowa introduced a bill creating a National Cemetery in northern West Virginia. As commander-in-chief of the "Grand Army of the Republic":http://www. …

• Grant County

  … , as the Hampshire Southern Railway completed construction to Petersburg. Today the local railroad is operated by the State Rail Authority as the South Branch Valley Railroad. Petersburg also boasts the area’s best airport, with a paved runway capable …