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• The Greenbrier

  The Greenbrier, situated on the eastern edge of Greenbrier County in West Virginia, traces its origins to the late 18th century and the health-restoring use of the mineral water from the White Sulphur Spring. The area remained remote, however, until made …

• Bats

  … in caves, these species may migrate south to avoid the cold of winter. Tree bats found in West Virginia include the red … Monongalia counties. The syndrome appears to be caused by a cold-loving fungus that affects bats while they hibernate. Affected bats …

• Tony Beaver

  … his lumbering camp. Folks often sent Tony word, by a jaybird, that they desperately needed help. One winter it got so cold and snowy that they couldn’t get outside for firewood. Tony just strolled out across those snowbanks and cut hundreds of tree …

• Hopemont Sanitarium (now Hospital)

  … bill through the legislature in 1911 to build a sanitarium. In those times, physicians believed such hospitals should be in high, cold places, and the site chosen was a farm near Terra Alta in Preston County. Hopemont started with a receiving building with …

• Snakes

  There are 20 species of snakes in West Virginia. All are cold-blooded, and their temperature approximates that of their surroundings. Ringneck snakes and black rat snakes are the most common in and around houses. The ringneck is easily identified by the …

• Snowshoe Mountain Resort

  … South, Brigham invested in the Cheat Mountain location which receives an average annual snowfall of 200 inches. The area’s unusually cold weather makes it the most southerly home of snowshoe hares, which gave the resort its name. It also allows Snowshoe …

• Spruce Knob

  … glaciers did not reach West Virginia, the cold climate left its mark in high … , and polygons, which are associated with cold weather freeze-thaw cycles, can still … that of Newfoundland. The high altitude and cold climate have affected the vegetation, which …

• Stony River

  … contained a healthy population of native brook trout and associated cold-water species, but early discharges of mine waste and acid … the dam, the heated effluent prevents the establishment of a cold-water fishery, while mine drainage from Fourmile Run and …

• Streams

  … seeps that may only have water for the wettest portion of the year. Often referred to as ephemeral streams, these often are cold, steep, and have a heavy shade cover. The ecosystem in small streams typically is fed by the decomposition of leaves and …

• Bridges

  … led to West Virginia's worst bridge collapse when the "Silver Bridge":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/419 fell into the cold Ohio River on December 15, 1967, with 46 lives lost. Completed in 1928, the bridge from Point Pleasant to the …

• Brook Trout

  … /2184 simply as ‘‘natives.’’ State fishermen feel that this fish embodies the very essence of the Mountaineer spirit, inhabiting only cold, pristine streams of the high mountain valleys. In 1973, lawmakers chose the brook trout as the state fish of West …

• Buckhannon River

  … Left and Right forks, the main tributaries include Big Sand Run, Fink Run, and French Creek. The river, which begins as a cold-water trout stream in Randolph County and changes to a warm-water stream farther north on its course, is considered by fishermen …

• Jim Vance

  … , Vance and Cap Hatfield, Devil Anse’s son, were surprised by a larger party of Kentuckians near Vance’s Logan (now Mingo) County home. Vance was wounded in the shootout, then killed in cold blood and at close range by McCoy partisan Frank Phillips.

• Canaan Valley

  … 4,300 feet, giving Canaan Valley a cold climate similar to places in Canada. … migratory and resident songbirds. The damp, cold conditions of the valley are inhospitable … and water snake, are present. The cold climate combined with tundra-like wetlands …

• The Weather

  … state record. Other winters that saw prolonged cold include 1894–95, 1903–04, 1904– … . More recently, shorter periods of severe cold occurred in December 1989 and January … totaled about $53 million. During the cold months, when the vegetation is dormant, …

• Caves

  … .org/articles/171 operation in West Virginia is in Organ Cave. Caves were considered to be natural bomb shelters during the Cold War, and civil defense signs were placed near numerous caves. Supplies were cached in a few, but they quickly deteriorated …

• Wheeling Intelligencer

  West Virginia’s oldest continuously published daily newspaper is arguably its most famous as well. The _Wheeling Intelligencer_ began in 1852, a landmark year when the tracks of the "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Wildflowers

  … striped flowers of spring beauties and the white and blue hepatica are a sure sign that spring is just around the corner. In cold mountain swamps, skunk cabbage produces heat to melt the ice and pushes up its quaint green cap with a purple pedestal inside. …

• Kudzu

  … more than seven million acres of farmland, forests, roadsides, and forest openings. Kudzu vine supposedly cannot withstand the cold winter temperatures of northern West Virginia or in the high mountains. Still, there are healthy populations near the …

• Mount Storm Lake

  … the temperature of the lake. Located in an area known for cold weather and at an elevation of 3,244 feet, Mount … in winter. The warm lake water often produces heavy fog during cold weather. Fishermen frequent the warm lake year-round, fishing through …

• William Alexander MacCorkle

  … rich man, MacCorkle lived modestly during his early years as a lawyer. ‘‘During the winter I slept on a bare table in a cold room,’’ he wrote, ‘‘with the thorough understanding with myself that I would some day surely sleep on a good bed in a warm room.’’ …

• Coopers Rock State Forest

  … was produced at what is now Coopers Rock. The impressive "Henry Clay Furnace":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/360, a cold blast iron furnace, was built about 1836 and still stands as a monument to the early iron industry. It was fired by …

• Natural Resources

  … and huge machinery permit large surface mines, including "mountaintop removal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1530 mines. Cold, high-quality water from some deep mines in the southern coalfields is used to raise trout in aquaculture …

• Joseph R. McCarthy’s Wheeling Speech

  U.S. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s speech to a group of Republicans in Wheeling on February 9, 1950, launched the 1950s red scare, giving McCarthy a national platform that he would not relinquish for four years. The speech at Wheeling’s "McLure Hotel& …

• North Fork Mountain

  … a rare dwarf pitch pine woodland and a virgin red spruce forest. Many globally rare plants are present in these unique habitats, cold and dry, which result from high elevations, windswept sandstone cliffs, and the area’s location in a ‘‘rain shadow’’ of …