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• Pendleton County

  … , and smaller portions of Augusta and Hardy, Pendleton County was named for Virginia statesman Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803). Bounded on … on the North Fork of the South Branch. By 1747, several families had acquired lands at Fort Seybert on the South Fork, …

• Francis Harrison Pierpont

  … founder of Morgantown. He received his middle name in honor of Gen. William Henry … . He started a coal mine on family property in 1854 and entered into a … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/921, whose family later controlled "Consolidation Coal Company& …

• W. Page Pitt

  … ) was born in New York City. He moved with his family to Shinnston, "Harrison County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … ’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications is named in his honor. A legendary figure on the Marshall campus, …

• Martin Robison Delany

  … in Charles Town. In 1822, the Delany family was forced to flee for violating … forbidding the education of Blacks. The family settled in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. In 1831, … Shenandoah River in Jefferson County was named the Major Martin Robison Delany …

• Pocahontas Times

  … acquired by the Reverend William T. Price and his family. For a number of years, the names of sons James, Andrew, Norman, and then Calvin … 2005. By the 1990s, five generations of the Price family had worked on the paper. The _Times_ is …

• Poultry

  West Virginia’s poultry industry includes some of the best-known names in the business: Pilgrim’s Pride, Perdue, and, … Marketing Cooperative and became WLR Foods, Inc. Hester Industries, a family-owned processing operation, was sold to ConAgra, one of the …

• Harry Powers

  … charges as John Schroeder and as Herman Drenth, perhaps his real name. Standing five feet four inches, weighing 175 pounds, and … 18, 1932. The gruesome story of his victimization of the Eicher family inspired _Night of the Hunter_, a 1953 novel by West …

• Preston County

  … .org/articles/2022. The new county was named for James Patton Preston, then governor of … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1207, named for the majestic trees growing in … some of the largest of many annual family reunions that bring people back to …

• Philip Doddridge

  … near Bedford, Pennsylvania. As an infant he moved with his family, including older brother "Joseph Doddridge":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … ;Doddridge County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1936 was named in his honor in 1845.

• Dolly Sods

  … feet to over 4,000 feet. The high-elevation grass balds, or sods, take their name from the Dahle (pronounced ‘‘dolly’’) family who grazed livestock on these sods at the turn of the 19th century. The Dolly …

• Putnam County

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1319, named for Gen. Winfield Scott, was established … divided state. Friends, neighbors, and even family members separated over the issues … Bancroft, settled in 1848 and first named Energetic, was located three miles …

• Douglass High School

  … , social, and cultural resource for Black families in Huntington. Erected in 1924, on … one in Huntington to bear the Douglass name. The first Douglass School, a building … an increased Black enrollment. When Douglass’s name was transferred, the old school was …

• Quiltmaking

  … ) rather than binding it, and by using the earlier pattern name ‘‘Dutch Girl’’ for an applique figure known elsewhere as ‘‘Sunbonnet … "Cabin Creek Quilts":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/795. Family quilts are preserved and cherished.

• Draft Animals

  … and hauling on farms as settlers began moving into the region. As the name implies, Devon cattle could also be milked and provided beef for the pioneering family. Other oxen breeds used in West Virginia included beef and dairy …

• Rainbow Gathering

  … to stage a yearly event. The name ‘‘rainbow’’ was chosen to signify … court to bar the Rainbow Family from having its reunion in … an unrelated murder. The Rainbow Family returned to West Virginia for … for Best Fact Crime and named to _The New York Times' …

• Lord Dunmore

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2053) were named for him. Dunmore was born … , the Virginia House of Burgesses named two counties in his honor … Dunmore took refuge with his family on a British warship, and … /70. Most places in Virginia named in his honor were later …

• Raleigh County

  … /416 (1802–88), a West Point graduate, named the county after Sir Walter Raleigh, … .org/articles/1334 along the way. He named "Coal River":https://www.wvencyclopedia. … Wildwood, at Beckley, settling there with his family in 1837. The county’s 1850 …

• Folk Music

  … country guitar player from Logan County named "Frank Hutchison":http://www … tunes. In Marshall County, the Perkovic family preserved their "Croatian heritage& … the cooperation of the "Hammons family":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Monongahela Silt Loam

  … as hay, pasture, and timber. Actually a series or family of soils sharing related characteristics, Monohgahela silt loam was … identified in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1921. It was named for the "Monongahela River":http://www.wvencyclopedia …

• Moorefield

  … acres of land belonging to Conrad Moore. The town was named for Moore, and his home, the Old Stone … stands on Main Street. Early property owners included families with the names of Van Meter, Harness, McNeill, Renick, Hite, Cunningham, Williams, Inskeep, …

• Morgan County

  … d warm springs,’’ according to his diaries. Maps named them Medicinal Springs and hundreds of … and Berkeley counties in 1820. It was named for Daniel Morgan, a Revolutionary War … 1996 by former Governor Caperton’s family. U.S. Silica maintains the private …

• Frederick County, Virginia

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/429 led a party of some 16 families into the lower Shenandoah Valley in 1732. Settling a … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/152, now West Virginia. Named for the English shire, Hampshire was to become the oldest …

• Gathering

  … West Virginia. Everywhere, one finds place names associated with gathering: Bee Knob, … of Indian gathering practices persist in names for gatherables such as ‘‘puccoon’’ … /articles/2112, have long supplemented family incomes. Wild produce supplements mountain …

• Gauley Mountain

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/300, and generations of families tell their stories in ballad-like rhythms and … forest. Through it all the old families persist, the pioneer names recurring in individual poems covering nearly two centuries. The land, …

• German Dunkards

  … Brethren (1939), and related sects. The name ‘‘Dunkards’’ originates from the practice of … and Hardy counties are named for Brethren individuals or families, most of whom … Moser, Peterson, Powers, Rotruck, and Teter families are among those prominent in the …