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  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

    … a survey in 1937. In 1944, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the bill establishing Harpers Ferry National Monument, including the authorization to accept 1,500 acres of donated land, effective June 30. The West Virginia legislature appropriated $350, …

  • Thomas Maley Harris

    General Thomas Maley Harris (June 17, 1813-September 30, 1906) was born at present Harrisville. He rose to prominence after the Civil War, when he served on the military commission that tried conspirators who acted with John Wilkes Booth in the …

  • Harrison County

    Harrison County lies in north-central West Virginia, at the juncture of Interstate 79 and U.S. 50. The county covers 416.6 square miles, with a 2020 population of 65,921, a decline of nearly one-fourth from its peak of 85,296 in 1950. "Clarksburg& …

  • Arthurdale

    … communities founded under the "National Industrial Recovery Act":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2264 of 1933. The act authorized $25 million in federal funds to create subsistence homesteads in the United States. The idea was to relocate …

  • George W. Atkinson

    George Wesley Atkinson (June 29, 1845-April 4, 1925) was the tenth governor of West Virginia. He was born in Charleston. His ancestors from Cumberland County, England, and County Armagh, Ireland, had settled in Virginia by 1750 and on the Ohio River by …

  • Attorney General

    … state in all claims against the state, but he also is charged with the power to initiate criminal proceedings on office authority alone. The attorney general serves on numerous boards, such as the Housing Development Board, the "Board of Public Works …

  • Aviation

    … and "Stephen Coonts":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1587, a navy pilot during the Vietnam War and bestselling author. Among Coonts’s books are _Flight of the Intruder_ and _The Cannibal Queen_, the latter named for his 1942 Stearman open …

  • Hatfield-McCoy Trail

    … users. The Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority was created by the legislature … crisscross the mountains. The Recreation Authority provides insurance to limit landowners … from the West Virginia Parkways Authority. Ultimately, the fees from trail …

  • Harry Hill Bandholtz

    … /1351. Bandholtz was commander of the Military District of Washington in 1921 when President Harding ordered him to restore civil authority in southern West Virginia. With a 2,000-man detachment from four U.S. Army regiments and 14 bombers commanded by …

  • Banking

    … a bank examiner. The agency’s authority included state-chartered banks and similar … not national banks. Similar lines of authority apply today. The West Virginia Division … , which are also examined by federal authorities. All national banks are overseen by …

  • Baptists

    West Virginia Baptists follow the same basic patterns of beliefs that have distinguished Baptists historically: the Bible as the sole authority for rule and practice; the belief in baptism by immersion for believers; the complete autonomy of each local …

  • Waitman Barbe

    Writer, newspaperman, and educator Waitman Barbe (November 19, 1864-October 30, 1925) was born in "Monongalia County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2022. He was educated at "West Virginia University":http://www.wvencyclopedia. …

  • Barbour County

    … and voted for secession. U.S. District Judge "Alston G. Dayton":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1731 authored a historic legal decision in the 1907 _"Hitchman":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/426_ case, which sanctioned …

  • Gray Barker

    Flying saucer investigator Gray Barker (May 2, 1925-December 6, 1984) was born in Riffle, "Braxton County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/644. He grew up in Braxton County and spent most of his life in central West Virginia. After …

  • Department of Health and Human Resources

    … Public Assistance. In 1936, the legislature authorized creation of county departments of … also managed the state Health Care Authority, Office of Health Facilities, and … for Threat Preparedness, Health Care Authority, Office of Inspector General, and …

  • Walter Barnes

    Professor Walter Barnes (July 29, 1880-August 27, 1969) was an early leader in the preservation of West Virginia "folklore":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2004. Barnes was born in Barnesville, Ohio. He graduated in 1905 from "West …

  • Highway Development

    … Aid Highway Act of 1944, which authorized designation of a ‘‘National System … Division of Public Transit; Public Port Authority; Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism … Virginia Turnpike); "State Rail Authority":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

  • Division of Highways

    … federal aid. The 1920 "Good Roads Amendment":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2133 to the state constitution authorized the legislature to pass a law providing for designation, construction, and maintenance of a state road system and …

  • Historic Preservation

    … legislature created the West Virginia "Antiquities Commission":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/228 with the authority to identify historic sites, determine state preservation needs, and set priorities. The Antiquities Commission undertook …

  • Shepherd University

    … . In 1865, as a wartime measure, Union authorities moved the county seat from " … as a four-year teachers college with the authority to issue the bachelor of arts degree … arts degrees, and in 1943 the legislature authorized a return to the original name, …

  • Shinnston

    … . However, by 2020, its population had rebounded to 2,332, a 6.0 percent increase from the 2010 census. Author and state founder "Granville Davisson Hall":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/123 fictionalized a Shinnston tavern in his 1899 …

  • Short-Line Railroads

    … a Western Maryland Railroad connection, and survived until 1936. Nearly all the state’s short lines are gone, but the State Rail Authority owns two, the South Branch Valley (once B&O) south from Romney, and the West Virginia Central (formerly B& …

  • Batts and Fallam Expedition

    … be discovered. Acting under a commission granted to "Abraham Wood":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1335 and authorized by the Virginia House of Burgesses, the Batts and Fallam group is credited with discovering Woods River, now called the …

  • History of West Virginia

    … the emancipation of slaves and increased federal authority in order to maintain statehood. Conservative … to time voters have declined to authorize a new convention to modernize the … /articles/756, known nationally as an authority on Senate history and the U. …

  • Beckley

    … and the first Librarian of Congress. The town of Beckley was established in 1838 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly that authorized Alfred Beckley to lay out a town on 30 acres of his property lying at the 23rd mile marker of the old Bluestone …

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