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• Education

  … poor farmers’ children. An alderman system, authorized in 1796, provided for the … of the state. Legislation in 1846 authorized school commissioners to use local … ,000 students. In 2019, the legislature authorized the establishment of charter schools …

• Greenbrier Division

  … on January 8, 1958. In 1975, the C&O requested authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon the line. The authority was granted in 1978 and the last trains ran on December 27 …

• William Henry Edwards

  Businessman and entomologist William Henry Edwards (March 15, 1822-April 4, 1909) was born in Greene County, New York. He graduated from Williams College in 1842 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1847. Edwards came to the Kanawha Valley to …

• Ann Kathryn Flagg

  Playwright, teacher, and actress Ann Kathryn Flagg (April 29, 1924-October 27, 1970) was born in Charleston. She graduated from "Garnet High School":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2081 in 1941 and West Virginia State College (now " …

• Floods

  … often overlook the fact that floodplains are parts of rivers and are unprepared for the inevitable occasions when rivers exert their authority over their entire domain. It is human nature to blame the stream for causing damage, when in fact the real …

• End of the World

  … ballad. The End of the World was a favorite spot of "W.E.R. Byrne":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/765, author of the classic book, _Tale of the Elk_, and the river’s most famous chronicler. Byrne, who contracted his final illness at …

• Thomas Dunn English

  Poet Thomas Dunn English (June 29, 1819-April 1, 1902) was born in Pennsylvania. English, also a physician and lawyer, lived in Logan County from 1852-1856. He is best known for his 1843 ballad ‘‘Ben Bolt.’’ His West Virginia poems include ‘‘The Logan …

• Flora of West Virginia

  … L. Core":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1598, their associates, and successors. In compiling the classic book, the authors drew upon resources at the WVU herbarium, library studies, and field work. _Flora_ describes the general features of …

• Exploration

  … Peytona, "Boone County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/609, they discovered fine coal seams. French authorities in Canada countered Virginia’s moves by sending "Celoron de Blainville":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Fairmont State University

  … dropped below 1,200 during the Depression years. The school shifted toward a college curriculum in 1912. In 1923, it was authorized to offer a four-year program but was to confine itself to training teachers. Renamed Fairmont State Teachers College in …

• Filmmaking

  … /1675_ was partly filmed along the Ohio River near Moundsville. The movie was based on the suspense novel by Moundsville author "Davis Grubb":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/84 and starred actor Robert Mitchum. In 1971, James Stewart …

• The Law

  … v. Strong_ (1947) significantly limited surface mining; it established that deeds severing and conveying mineral rights did not authorize the owner of the minerals to use methods of extraction that were more disruptive to the surface owner’s rights …

• Margaret Agnew Blennerhassett

  Margaret Agnew Blennerhassett, wife of "Harman Blennerhassett":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/538, was born in the northern England town of Bishop Auckland in 1771. She lived from 1800 to 1806 in a grand 16-room mansion she and her …

• Magistrate Courts

  … prohibits both the legislature and the court system from ever requiring that magistrates must be lawyers. The section also authorizes the legislature to provide for magistrates’ jurisdiction, except that it may not include felonies, civil cases involving …

• Bridgemont Community and Technical College

  … of Technology resulted in a new name, the Community and Technical College at WVU Tech. In 2000, the legislature authorized community and technical colleges to seek separate accreditation, and the Community and Technical College of WVU Tech was accredited …

• Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College

  … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1106, in the 1950s. Subsequent legislation authorized the creation of the West Virginia State Community and Technical College. In 2000, the legislature authorized the community college to seek separate accreditation from …

• Robin Jean Davis

  … programs that educate students about the court system. She is the author of numerous articles in the _West Virginia Law Review_ and the co-author of the _Litigation Handbook on West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure_. …

• Glen B. Gainer III

  … of West Virginia state government. In 2009, Gainer discovered and reported suspicious payment activity to federal and state authorities that later proved to be part of an international conspiracy targeting vendors and various state governments. West …

• William H. H. Flick

  William Henry Harrison Flick (February 21, 1841-June 7, 1904) was the author of the "Flick Amendment":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2195, which removed voting restrictions on former Confederates. Flick was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. …

• The Semi-Centennial

  … /articles/1127. Funding for planning and the celebration itself was authorized by the legislatures of 1911 and 1913. The major focus … and a reading of “Ode to West Virginia,” by its author, J. R. Taylor of Chicago. Joining these dignitaries were five …

• Capital Cities

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/614 asked the legislature to choose a permanent seat of government. The legislature declined and authorized the governor to acquire the Linsly Institute building to serve as a temporary capitol. By 1869, Wheeling’s …

• Washington's Western Lands

  … however, the English Secretary of State for the Colonies authorized the renegotiation of the colonies’ western boundary with … return Washington again consulted with his officers, and they authorized Captain William Crawford, the surveyor of Augusta County …

• Flood of 1937

  … city. As happened in 1936, "Wheeling Island":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1218 was submerged and authorities ordered its 10,000 inhabitants evacuated. At "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 on January …

• Afghan War

  … , and a cadre of his followers had been given sanctuary by the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan. President George W. Bush authorized military action to destroy terrorist bases in Afghanistan and the government that had allowed them. The United States, …

• Persian Gulf War

  … Iraqi invasion. United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, approved on November 29, 1990, demanded that Iraq withdraw from Kuwait and authorized the U. S.-led coalition to launch an offensive if Iraq did not comply by January 15, 1991. When Iraq …