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• Demography

  … at the "saltworks":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/168 of Kanawha County. After the Civil War, the "coal industry":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 began to grow quickly …

• Marmaduke Dent

  … of conflict over slavery, secession, and the Civil War. His father, Marshall Mortimer Dent, … from 1893 to 1905. Justice Dent declared war on the railroads by trying to … in the majority on the pioneering 1898 civil rights case, "_Carrie Williams v. …

• DeSales Heights

  … of Holy Mary, a teaching order, did not arrive at their destination until August 6. The turbulent Civil War delayed their railroad journey three times. In 1867, the sisters established a benevolent school for poor …

• Politics

  … , under the unnatural conditions of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, prompted former Virginia Gov. Henry … those states experienced troop occupation after the Civil War and delayed readmission to the Union, …

• Potomac River

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/263, where the Shenandoah joins the Potomac. In Civil War times the Potomac River served as the boundary between the Union and … as early as the French and Indian War, and still does today. The worst flood …

• Presbyterians

  … and southern factions as the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org … Presbyterian congregation remained neutral during the war, but in 1872 split into … Representatives. During and beyond the "Civil Rights":https://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• Preston County

  … in use, the American Revolution and the War of 1812 were past, and the … men gave their lives in the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, mostly on the side … answered the calls for service in World Wars I and II, the Korean War, …

• Quiltmaking

  … well-off. During the decades before the Civil War, prosperous quiltmakers with cultivated taste … scraps) are typical. After the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … a way to raise money. The federal War on Poverty engendered a number of …

• Draft Animals

  … including a Lewisburg-to-Charleston line whose coaches were pulled by four to six horses. After the Civil War, as railroads replaced turnpikes in West Virginia, draft animals supplied the muscle for conveying cargo to …

• Anne S. Dudley

  … -July 28, 1923) was born in Maine. She militantly opposed slavery before the Civil War and was one of 25 Free Will Baptist missionary school teachers who taught … of West Virginia at the end of the war. Arriving in 1865, she taught in Charles …

• Railroads

  … the Ohio River at Wheeling by 1853. This line was important in the Civil War. In the south, the Virginia Central (later "Chesapeake & Ohio" … is now southern West Virginia before the war. After the war the Virginia Central and the …

• Z. D. Ramsdell

  … the business until the outbreak of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193. In 1861, he became a captain … when the western counties gained statehood. After the war, President U. S. Grant appointed Ramsdell a …

• Easton Roller Mill

  … Henry Koontz bought a 600-acre farm there in 1859. Construction of the mill began in 1864, during the Civil War, and the mill was in operation by 1867. Koontz milled flour and meal from wheat, corn, and …

• The Economy

  … 's modern economy has its roots in the rapid development of railroads, mining, and industry following the Civil War. The economic expansion attracted African-Americans from the South as well as immigrant workers from …

• Billy Mitchell

  … in rugged, mountainous terrain and be useful in quelling civil disturbances. Arriving in Charleston on August 26, Mitchell ordered the … controversial part of the story of the West Virginia Mine Wars, were used for reconnaissance and did not exercise force …

• Battle of Moorefield

  After burning Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Confederate cavalry under "Gens. John McCausland":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1612 and Bradley Johnson camped on August 6–7, 1864, in the fertile South Branch Valley at Old Fields, about three …

• Morgan County

  … was named for Daniel Morgan, a Revolutionary War hero who was said to have … and gone, bathhouses have been built and razed. Repeated fires and the Civil War took their toll. One of … in Morgan County since before the Civil War, making its way parallel to …

• Gauley Mountain

  … life from 1750 to 1935 and draw into focus the "Indian wars":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/838 and Civil War, the coming of hard roads, railroads, and immigrant laborers, as well as the cutting of the …

• Ghostlore

  … were preyed upon by Indians or white renegades. The Civil War left many fatalities in the hills, not … Hills of Magic: West Virginia Folktales from Europe_. Other collections include Stephen Brown’s Civil War spirits in _Haunted Houses of Harpers Ferry_; …

• Glass Sand Mining

  … States is in Morgan County, giving rise to a sand-mining industry. Local mining started after the Civil War along the "Oriskany sands":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1769 formation, which runs from …

• The Government of West Virginia

  … created as a result of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … . A personnel division recruits and trains civil service workers using modern merit system … and process criminal misdemeanors and minor civil cases, and the municipal courts, …

• Grave Creek Mound

  … the mounds were built by a lost tribe or civilization. Others believe that the tablet was a hoax. … throughout the remainder of the 19th century, the mound had a saloon and Civil War artillery on its summit, and horse races were often run around the base. …

• Education

  … the only counties in present West Virginia providing free public schooling before the Civil War. Marshall and Mason counties, while … did not have functioning schools until after the war. Funds continued to support the poor attending …

• Greenbrier College for Women

  … , with Philander Custer and Alex Mathews being two of the most successful. Having closed because of the Civil War, the academy was reopened in 1875 and its name changed to Lewisburg Female Institute. Across town …

• William Henry Edwards

  … quot;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/918 oil works in 1856, and opened mines at Coalburg in 1863. After the Civil War, Edwards had a steam towboat built in Wheeling at a cost of $30,000. The towboat, used …