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• South Charleston

  … other investors 1,800 acres on the south side of Kanawha River. Civil engineers laid out an orderly grid of streets, and the new town was named South Charleston. In 1907, the town founders induced Banner Glass Company to relocate from Indiana. About 40 …

• Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

  … college in November 1999. She retired June 30, 2015, and on January 1, 2016, Dr. Robert E. Gunter became the new president. Since 2020, Pamela Alderman has served in that role. The college is a freestanding community and technical college governed by …

• Jacob Beeson Blair

  … Government of Virginia":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/62 and was serving in the U.S. House of Representatives when on New Year’s Eve, 1862, he and his two congressional colleagues from the state met at the White House to discuss West …

• Spencer

  … and the Tour de Lake Mountain Bike Race at nearby Charles Fork Lake. On February 15, 2001, ground was broken for a new $1.35 million two-story municipal building at the corner of Church and Court streets. Spencer was traditionally known for the " …

• Harman Blennerhassett

  … family friction over his marriage. Landing August 1, 1796, at New York, the Blennerhassetts settled in 1798 on "Belpre … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. In September 1800, their new home, an enormous Palladian structure, was completed, its …

• Blennerhassett Island

  … It was also known as Belpre Island. The island was farmed by New Englanders during the Ohio Valley’s 1791–95 "Indian … a poem by Walt Whitman, paintings of Eastern artists, and two New York operas. The Blennerhassetts fled the island when Burr’s scheme …

• Battle of Stanaford

  … who had been indicted by a federal grand jury in January 1903. The Battle of Stanaford was a concluding episode in the 1902 New River Coal strike, and a precursor of bloodier events to follow during the "West Virginia Mine Wars":http://www. …

• Buddy Starcher

  … others contributed to the television show’s success. This program added to Starcher’s popularity in West Virginia and gained him a new generation of fans in nearby states. In 1946, Starcher cut his first recordings on Four Star, including his best-known …

• Blue Ridge

  … , the early settlers of West Virginia often did not come from eastern Virginia, but instead from Maryland, Pennsylvania, or New York. This pattern of immigration contributed to the social divisions that led to West Virginia statehood during the "Civil …

• Blaze Starr

  … at Goodman’s Two O’ Clock Club, part of ‘‘The Block,’’ Baltimore’s famous red-light district. In 1959, while performing in New Orleans, she met colorful Louisiana Gov. Earl Long, the brother and successor of the populist Huey Long. Starr and Earl Long …

• Bluefield State University

  … broadening of programs and physical facilities. New buildings were constructed, including a gymnasium … -1980s, and distance-learning programs and new centers in Beckley, Welch, and … State upon the creation of "New River Community and Technical College& …

• Bluegrass Music

  … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/986. This was a new concept in an era when country … integrity for comic effect. With this new structured and serious approach to performance … Bea on guitar, introduced bluegrass to a new audience when they relocated to Boston …

• Blues Revue

  … acoustic to blues-rock, jazz, gospel, and zydeco. The magazine was started by Bob Vorel, a Chicago native who moved from New England, where he had worked as a marine surveyor, to a 170-acre farm in "Doddridge County":http://www.wvencyclopedia …

• State Police

  … , near Charleston, in October 1949. Captain Ray was the first director. Department headquarters relocated from the capitol building to new facilities in 1970. The first African-American trooper enlisted July 10, 1967, and resigned May 15, 1969. On May 16, …

• State Police Academy

  … The first class to be trained at the new facility began October 2, 1949, and graduated … well as Division of Natural Resources officers. New state troopers are trained in the Cadet … the 1960s and 1970s. Building A, a new dormitory, was completed in 1969, and …

• Bluestone River

  … toward its mouth at "New River":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … , near its confluence with the New. The last stretch of the … /575. The dam is on New River just downstream from where … Bluestone Turnpike once connected the New River road with a road …

• E. M. Statler

  … , leaving to open a restaurant in Buffalo, New York, in 1895. Statler’s dream was … opened hotels in Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, and New York. Following his death, his widow led … $111 million. E. M. Statler died in New York City. In 1984, he was inducted …

• Bluestone State Park

  … 2,000-acre "Bluestone Lake":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/575, created by the Bluestone Dam, which impounds the New River and the Bluestone. Bluestone State Park has a recreation building, a gift shop, and a playground. The park’s …

• Board of Control

  … the state mental health and penal institutions. A 1957 reorganization of state government transferred these remaining institutions to the new Department of Mental Health and to the Commissioner of Public Institutions. The Board of Control ceased to exist …

• The Arts Centre

  … building and used it until 1999 as the command and control center for the Eastern Seaboard. The Arts Centre moved to the new building in 2006. The organization offered classes for children and adults as well as special programs and exhibits. It also hosted …

• Eleanor Steber

  … 17, 1914-October 3, 1990) was born in Wheeling. She attended the New England Conservatory of Music, studied voice in New York City, and won the Metropolitan Opera radio auditions in 1940. In celebration of her …

• Steel Industry

  … Virginia. The old Amalgamated Association found new life, and steelworkers organized locals at … Japanese steel producers in adopting the new technology. Weirton Steel installed continuous … . The state is banking on new multibillion-dollar projects, such as …

• William E. Stevenson

  … 1868, Stevenson was elected as the third governor of the new state. Stevenson, a Republican, beat out Johnson Newlon Camden, another … to have an office in Charleston. However, he occupied the new capitol for only about three months. As governor, Stevenson …

• Stone & Thomas

  … Stone Jones, great-grandson of the founder, by acquiring stores and building new stores. In the next generation, Stone & Thomas became one … /articles/1089 market in 1941, and in 1948 opened a fine new store in the heart of downtown. At its peak Stone & …

• Stonecoal Lake

  … weight when she caught a 50.37-inch, 49.75-pound muskellunge in Stonecoal Lake. In May of 2003, Glenn Boyd of Weston set a new state record for length when he caught a 52.7-inch, 38.5-pound muskellunge in the lake. Fishing accommodations are available for …