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• West Fork River

  … it held up construction for decades. The "Stonewall Jackson Lake":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/597 was finally authorized in 1966. The dam continued to be bitterly opposed and was not completed until 1988. It is located at Brownsville, …

• West Virginia Archives and History

  … in the state capitol. Upon formation of the bureau, these materials were transferred to Archives and History. Prominent historian and author "Virgil Lewis":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1367 of Mason County was appointed the first state …

• Cedar Lakes Conference Center

  The Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Jackson County originated in a 1949 act of the state legislature authorizing the development of a leadership training facility for students. The legislation was the result of a cooperative effort by the state …

• West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey

  … from WVU to the Mont Chateau Research Center east of Morgantown. In 1981, the legislature gave to the governor the authority to appoint the agency’s director. The current director and state geologist is Jessica Moore. The West Virginia Geological …

• Charles Town

  … and vicinity. Bishop’s novel _Act of Darkness_ incurred the wrath of his neighbors for its transparent use of local residents. Author "Julia Davis":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1721 also lived much of her adult life near Charles Town. …

• West Virginia Humanities Council

  … and periodic lectures. Since 1981, the annual Betsy K. McCreight Lecture in the Humanities has featured leading national scholars and authors, and the Humanities Council is a charter co-sponsor of the annual West Virginia Book Festival, held in Charleston. …

• Judicial Branch

  … with a system of magistrate courts, and gave the legislature the authority to establish a court of appeals between the circuit courts … chooses to hear. The court also serves as the administrative authority over the unified court system. In this capacity, it …

• West Virginia National Guard

  … 1880, 1894, 1902, and 1912. Though there were hundreds of strikes during this period, most were controlled by local police authorities. When this failed, troops were called to duty. The most prolonged service took place in 1902, when a national coal strike …

• West Virginia Review

  … education and the state’s scenic beauty. Articles about women appeared regularly, and over the years many of the contributing authors were women. Dwight Teter left the magazine in 1924. In subsequent years, Conley was assisted by several others, among …

• Kanawha County

  … River, Mill Creek, and Cannelton. Further, sluice dams and dredging in the 1820s that allowed steamboat traffic, the 1829 authorization to complete the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/978 to the " …

• West Virginia State University

  … and made graduation requirements more rigorous. In 1915, the legislature renamed the school the West Virginia Collegiate Institute and authorized it to grant college degrees. Over its first half-century, the institution grew from a secondary school into a …

• Charleston Town Center

  … ’s two parking garages and the parking garage at the nearby Marriott. The city of Charleston obtained a federal Urban Mass Transit Authority grant to pay for a walkway from downtown Capitol Street to the new shopping center. In the end, the mall signaled …

• West Virginia Turnpike

  … much public debate, the legislature in 1989 authorized the issuance of new bonds, which … the West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority. In 1996, the Authority opened "Tamarack":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/681, a …

• Lemuel Chenoweth

  … had completed many bridges on the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, bids were taken for bridges on the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike which had been authorized in 1848. One of two bridges was to cross the Tygart Valley River at Philippi and the other to cross the …

• West Virginia University

  … was changed to West Virginia University in 1868. The legislature provided no financial support the first year. It did, however, authorize the use of $5,000 from assets received from the Monongalia Academy to acquire land contiguous to the Woodburn …

• Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike

  … antebellum period. The Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike Company was authorized by the Virginia General Assembly March 25, 1848, with a … , in this case $18,000. Later, another $15,000 was authorized, bringing the total capital stock to $45,000. Local …

• Weston State Hospital

  … with mental health issues from 1864 to 1994. Built on 269 acres across the West Fork River from Weston, it was authorized by the Virginia legislature in the early 1850s as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Politics may have been the overriding reason in …

• Sam Chilton

  … coach. Chilton entered the family law firm but apparently never practiced seriously. He was an avid baseball fan and an authority on horse racing. He lobbied the legislature for the passage of the bill permitting horse racing in West Virginia, and was …

• Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

  … of Bethany, (West) Virginia, a college founder, scholar, and author, and the editor and publisher of a powerful religious press. … teachings of the New Testament as the central source of authority. Disciples are ecumenical in spirit and affirm diversity of …

• Benjamin F. Kelley

  … in July 1863, General Kelley participated in the pursuit of General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. In August 1863, federal authorities acting on Kelley’s orders arrested the wife and four-year-old son of Captain McNeill. Seeking revenge, a detachment …

• John E. Kenna

  … described as pleurisy complicated by heart trouble. Remembered by "W.E.R. Byrne":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/765, author of the West Virginia nature classic, _Tale of the Elk_, as a ‘‘great lover of the outdoors,’’ John Kenna was a …

• Samuel Kercheval

  Historian Samuel Kercheval was born in 1767 in Frederick County, Virginia. He married Susan Chinn of Lancaster County, Virginia, on September 23, 1787, and they had 12 children. Kercheval interviewed longtime residents of the lower Shenandoah, the Potomac …

• Harley Kilgore

  … ’s Fair Deal and foreign policies, influenced the appointment of Clarksburg native Louis A. Johnson as secretary of defense, authored the liberalized Displaced Persons Act and Youth Corrections Act, and continued to examine the problem of monopolies. He …

• Wheeling Island Hotel, Casino & Racetrack

  … machines in 1994, and in 2004 there were 2,183 machines at the track. In 2007, after the West Virginia Legislature authorized local option voting on casino gambling, Ohio County voters approved a proposal to allow the establishment of table games at the …

• Wheeling National Heritage Area

  … the Wheeling National Heritage Area were in large part generated by Harry Hamm, editor of the _Wheeling News-Register_, who authored the 1987 report ‘‘Wheeling 2000.’’ The project was supported by Wheeling businessmen and organizations, Sen. "Robert C …