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• The Revolutionary War

  … . There was considerable, usually nonviolent, resistance to Patriot authorities in the "Potomac Highlands":http://www. … .org/articles/841 were encouraged and supplied by British authorities in the west, especially General Hamilton at Detroit. Often …

• Chuck Ripper

  … While Ripper was a student at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, he had his first bird painting published in _Nature_ magazine. An author saw it and, not knowing Ripper was only 19 years old, invited him to illustrate his forthcoming book. The young artist …

• Davis Grubb

  Novelist Davis Alexander Grubb (July 23, 1919-July 24, 1980) was born in Moundsville in an area where both sides of his family had lived for generations. He came from prosperous forebears, his grandfather William Davis Alexander having been among the …

• John P. Hale

  Historian, physician, and businessman John Peter Hale (May 1, 1824-July 11, 1902) was born at Ingles Ferry in the New River Valley of Virginia, the great-grandson of the legendary "Mary Draper Ingles":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/849. …

• Rocket Boys

  In 1998, retired NASA engineer and McDowell County native "Homer Hickam":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/371 published his boyhood memoir, _Rocket Boys_. The book recalls the waning days of coal mining in the town of Coalwood, the dawn of …

• Jack Rollins

  … host of "Mountain Stage":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1446, recorded a version of the song in 1976. Rollins, who authored about 500 songs, also wrote ‘‘Smokey the Bear’’ with Nelson in 1952 for the U.S. Forest Service. The character …

• Granville Davisson Hall

  The chronicler, businessman, and state founder Granville Davisson Hall (September 17, 1837-June 24, 1934) was born in Harrison County. Hall began his career as a school teacher in Harrison County when he was 17. In 1859, he left Harrison County to work in …

• William Starke Rosecrans

  … ), conceiving and executing the maneuver which won. Succeeding McClellan as regional commander on July 23, he suppressed rampant marauding by authorizing each town or district to elect a five-man committee of public safety. Meanwhile, "Gen. Robert E. …

• Anne Newport Royall

  Journalist Anne Newport (June 11, 1769-October 1, 1854) was born and raised on the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontiers. At 17, she moved to Sweet Springs, "Monroe County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2024, with her widowed mother, who …

• Ruffner Family

  … was a Presbyterian minister who in 1819 organized the first church of that denomination in Charleston. Henry Ruffner was the author of the anti-slavery ‘‘Ruffner Pamphlet’’ and other published works and was president of Washington College, now Washington …

• Henry Ruffner

  Pamphleteer Henry Ruffner (January 16, 1790-December 17, 1861) was born in Luray, Virginia. He attended Lewisburg Academy (1809–12) and Washington College (1812–13), now Washington and Lee University. After licensure in 1815 with the Lexington Presbytery, …

• Sandy Creek Expedition

  … settlers retreated across the Alleghenies or to the Shenandoah Valley. Frontiersmen who remained behind demanded that Governor Robert Dinwiddie authorize a force of militia to punish the Shawnees. Several companies totaling more than 300 men, of whom …

• Department of Agriculture

  … , and wool. Consumer protection later became one of the department’s primary responsibilities, after the legislature assigned it the authority to enforce the state’s pure food laws. The Department of Agriculture has many responsibilities: 1) to prevent, …

• Air National Guard

  … 167th Fighter Squadron in "Charleston":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1089, and it was recognized by federal authorities on March 7, 1947. The 167th’s first P-47D Thunderbolt fighter planes were delivered from Wright-Patterson Air Force …

• Allegheny Lodge

  … owners. Sometimes it was used as a private estate. Other owners operated it as a resort hotel. Famous visitors, including author "Pearl S. Buck":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/676 and Olympic gold medal skier Jean Claude Killy, were …

• School Consolidation

  … was sometimes hard to maintain standards. The state School Building Authority, established in 1989 at the urging of "Governor … a major force in school consolidation in recent decades. The authority has required consolidation in some cases and has been …

• Charles Henry Ambler

  A key figure in applying modern approaches to the study and writing of West Virginia history, Charles Henry Ambler (August 12, 1876-August 31, 1957) was born in New Matamoras, Ohio. He grew up in "St. Marys":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Secondary School Activities Commission

  … 1967, the West Virginia legislature recognized the SSAC as a legal entity, an arm of the county school boards. It is authorized by law to make rules and regulations governing the interscholastic athletic and band activities of its members. The original …

• Secretary of State

  … , the legislature has given the secretary of state broader authority. Today, the office has two business divisions and … include those for athletic agents, private investigators, ministers authorized to perform marriages, and newspapers certified to accept …

• Alberta Pierson Hannum

  Writer Alberta Pierson Hannum (August 3, 1906-February 18, 1985) was born in Condit, Ohio, and spent the greater part of her life in the Wheeling area. A graduate of Ohio State University (B.A., 1927) with graduate study at Columbia University in 1928, …

• David Selby

  … celebration of Lincoln's birth. Selby was inducted into the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2007. He is also the author of several books including a novel based on the life of Abraham Lincoln, _Lincoln's Better Angel_. David Selby married …

• Senate

  … is equal to the House of Delegates in passing resolutions and bills, including the state budget. But the Senate has the sole authority to confirm or reject appointments made by the governor. In the impeachment process, it is the Senate’s duty to hold a …

• Seneca

  … fortress at Niagara. Fort Niagara became the base for a renewed French thrust southward into the Ohio Valley. Sent by Virginia authorities to warn the French away from the region in 1753, the young "George Washington":https://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• Roy Lee Harmon

  Poet Roy Lee Harmon (October 7, 1900-April 7, 1981) was the founder of the West Virginia Poetry Society and served as the state’s poet laureate under four governors for 38 years. He was born in Boone County, grew up in Danville, and graduated from Scott …

• Harpers Ferry Armory and Arsenal

  In 1792, Congress authorized the building of two national arsenals for the storage of arms and, in 1794, provided funds for the building of two armories for the manufacture of small arms. "Harpers Ferry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …