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• Pruntytown Correctional Center

  Pruntytown Correctional Center, located at Pruntytown near Grafton, is a minimum- and medium-custody facility for male inmates. Pruntytown Correctional Center was originally established as the Industrial School for Boys in 1891 and served as a male …

• Memphis Tennessee Garrison

  Teacher and civic activist Memphis Tennessee Carter (March 3, 1890-July 25, 1988) was born in Hollins, Virginia. Her father was a former slave who became a coal miner, and she grew up in the southern West Virginia coalfields. She married William Melvin …

• Gauley Bridge

  Gauley Bridge, population 549 in 2020, is located in "Fayette County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2245 at the picturesque confluence of the "Gauley":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096 and "New":http://www …

• Gilmer County

  Gilmer County, located in the heart of West Virginia, was established on February 3, 1845, from parts of Kanawha and Lewis counties. It was named for Thomas W. Gilmer, a governor of Virginia. Gilmer County has an area of 339.7 square miles and a 2020 …

• Great Bend Tunnel

  Great Bend Tunnel, also known as Big Bend Tunnel, is the place where "John Henry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/361 defeated the steam drill, becoming one of the world’s great folk heroes. It is located 10 miles east of Hinton on the …

• Green Bottom

  Green Bottom Plantation, located on the Ohio River in Cabell County, was the home of "Albert G. Jenkins":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1005, a U.S. and Confederate congressman and Confederate general. Joshua Fry received the Green …

• Ethnic Life

  … Companies sent representatives to Europe and the American South to find workers. For many years … 92.8 percent, was native-born white. African-Americans made up the second largest … (2.1 percent), Asian (0.9 percent), American Indian (0.3 percent), and small …

• Ferdinando Fairfax

  Ferdinando Fairfax, a "Jefferson County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/993 planter, was born in Virginia in 1774. He would have been second in line to become Lord Fairfax, if his father, Bryan Fairfax, had not declined the title in …

• Charles James Faulkner

  Statesman Charles James Faulkner (July 6, 1806-November 1, 1884) was born in "Martinsburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1552, the son of an Irish immigrant. Faulkner attended Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) in Washington …

• Harrison H. Ferrell

  Dean Harrison Herbert Ferrell Jr. (August 28, 1900-November 18, 1977) served West Virginia State College (now "West Virginia State University":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1106) for 42 years. He was professor of German, 1928–66, and …

• The Law

  … has exerted a profound influence on many members of the bar. In 1994, he became the state’s first African-American justice on the Supreme Court, where he served until 1996. During that time, he wrote many scholarly …

• Mary McClain

  Singer Mary Smith McClain (August 27, 1902-April 4, 2000) was one of West Virginia’s few blues legends. Her career was long, but it wasn’t until she was in her 80s and 90s that she received the recognition she deserved. She performed at Carnegie Hall, the …

• Charles Rogers

  … May 14, 1970. He was the highest ranking African-American to receive the medal. Rogers remained in the military and retired as … , he spent his final years ministering to American soldiers in Germany. His remains were interned …

• Katherine Johnson

  … . Johnson left home to attend an African-American high school associated with " … calculations were central to many prominent American space flights during her tenure at … Lee Shetterly's book _Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of …

• Appalachian Basin

  … ), as those lands were being intermittently raised by continental collisions between the North American and European-African plates; this uplifting accelerated erosion. With time and the tremendous pressures of …

• Appalachian Orogeny

  … included within this belt. It was produced during the ancient collision of the North American, European, and African continents. The current "Appalachian Mountains":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2259 …

• William Robinson Leigh

  … the masterpieces of late 19th-century American portraiture. In 1906, influenced by Thomas … with scientific safaris, organized by the American Museum of Natural History. He subsequently … painted backdrops for the Museum’s African Hall. Leigh was also an …

• Geology

  … .org/articles/2259 were caused by collisions and separations of the North American continental plate with the European-African plate. Cycles of deposition and subsidence, along with periodic climate changes, …

• Grave Creek Tablet

  … Celts from ancient Spain or Britain, rather than early American Indians. With this pronouncement, the Grave Creek Tablet became … as well as those from Algiers, Libya, and the African interior. Other scholars, most notably archeologist Ephraim George Squier …