Prehistory of West Virginia: The Prehistory of West Virginia spans ancient times until the arrival of Europeans in the early 17th century. Hunters ventured into West Virginia's mountain valleys and made temporary camp villages since the Archaic period in the Americas. (Social) [85%] 2023-09-07
Army of West Virginia: The Army of West Virginia served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was the primary field army of the Department of West Virginia. It campaigned primarily in West Virginia, Southwest Virginia and in the Shenandoah Valley. [85%] 2023-10-28 [Union armies] [West Virginia in the American Civil War]...
Politics of West Virginia: From the time of the Great Depression through the 1990s, the politics of West Virginia were largely dominated by the Democratic Party. In the 2000 presidential election, George W. (Overview of the procedure of elections in the U.S. state of West Virginia) [85%] 2024-01-01 [West Virginia elections] [Government of West Virginia]...
Music of West Virginia: West Virginia's folk heritage is a part of the Appalachian folk music tradition, and includes styles of fiddling, ballad singing, and other styles that draw on Ulster-Scots music. West Virginia consists of a mostly rural region, although its ... [85%] 2023-10-17 [Music of West Virginia] [West Virginia culture]...
West Virginia State Auditor: The West Virginia State Auditor is an elected, state executive position in the West Virginia state government. The auditor is the state's official bookkeeper and chief inspector, and is responsible for conducting audits of county governments, county boards of ... [80%] 2022-11-04 [West Virginia] [Offices of the American auditors]...
West Virginia State Museum: The West Virginia State Museum, formerly the West Virginia Science and Culture Center, is a history, culture, art, paleontology, archaeology and geology museum at the West Virginia Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia. It was founded in 1890 and is ... (American museum in Charleston, West Virginia) [80%] 2024-06-01 [1890 establishments in West Virginia] [Museums in Charleston, West Virginia]...
Notes on the State of Virginia: Notes on the State of Virginia was the only full-length book written by Thomas Jefferson. It was first published in 1785 in Paris, but then re-published again in 1787 when Jefferson returned from France. [80%] 2023-06-29 [Books]
West Virginia: West Virginia is one of the states constituting the United States of America. It was admitted to the Union as the 35th state on June 20, 1863; the initially proposed name was Kanawha, which is now the name of one ... [78%] 2023-08-03
West Virginia: West Virginia, the north-westernmost of the so-called Southern states of the United States of America, lying between latitudes 37° 10' and 40° 40' N., and longitudes 77° 40' and 82° 40' W. It is bounded on the north ... [78%] 2022-09-02
West Virginia: West Virginia is a state in the Southern or Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest ... (U.S. state) [78%] 2024-01-13 [West Virginia] [States and territories established in 1863]...
West Virginia: One of the east-central states of the American Union; formerly part of Virginia; made a separate state on June 19, 1863. While individual Jews went farther West as early as 1825, there seem to have been no communities before ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [78%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]