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• Swan Lands

  … cases was the so-called King Case, fought to the U.S. Supreme Court between 1893 and 1910. Plaintiff Henry C. King of New York claimed title to 500,000 acres in southern West Virginia arising from the Morris-Swan claims. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver …

• Sweet Springs

  … . This project failed, and in 1996 the former resort was sold into private hands. In 2005, Sweet Springs was sold again, and the new owner hoped to restore the resort to its former glory. However, on November 12, 2015, the resort was auctioned to Ashby …

• Brinkley Bridge

  … the bridge closed for repair. Soon it was reopened with a new floor and a fresh coat of silver paint. People in Wayne … under the weight of an overloaded truck. The following year, a new replacement bridge was opened without the famous newsman’s name. The …

• Ralph Swinburn

  … Darlington Railway, the Liverpool & Manchester, and other pioneering railroads. Deciding to emigrate to America, Swinburn sailed for New Orleans, arriving in January 1851. He traveled up the Mississippi and Ohio, during which journey he was robbed …

• Brooke County

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/67 ground local grain, and flour became a leading product, shipped on the Ohio River to New Orleans and elsewhere. The "glass industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2116 has one of the oldest continuous …

• A. B. Brooks

  … .org/articles/1046, 1910–1911, and for the West Virginia Experiment Station, 1911–1916; a forest pathologist in West Virginia and New York, for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1916–1921; and first chief state game warden for West Virginia, 1921–1928. …

• Maurice Brooks

  … more intimately. Although a professor of wildlife management at West Virginia University he is equally knowledgeable about orchids, salamanders, and wood warblers. He is typical of the new breed of all-round naturalists—in other words, an ecologist.’’

• Izetta Jewell Brown

  … was born Izetta Jewell Kenny in Hackettstown, New Jersey. She came to West Virginia in … at George Washington University. They moved to New York where she ran for Congress … as a regional administrator with "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• John Brown

  … the North. The song ‘‘John Brown’s Body’’ was a favorite marching song of Union armies in the ensuing war, and (now with new words as the ‘‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’’) is still one of America’s great patriotic songs. John Brown remains controversial a …

• The Bruen Lands Feud

  In 1846, the heirs of Matthias Bruen of New York City inherited 200,000 acres of a 1796 Western Virginia land grant, extending through the present counties of Putnam, Kanawha, Jackson, and Roane. Attempts to manage the Bruen lands resulted in violence and …

• Brush Creek Falls

  … yarn and woolen blankets. In 1896, George Sturdevant and John W. Johnson purchased the factory, and in 1904 they constructed new buildings with machinery powered by a water-driven turbine. In 1909, their partnership was dissolved, the factory ceased to …

• John Joseph Swint

  … population, Swint initiated an aggressive building program. At the time of his death in 1962, close to 100 churches, a new cathedral, five hospitals, 43 elementary and secondary schools, one college, and one preparatory seminary had been founded under his …

• Synthetic Rubber

  … butadiene, styrene, and support facilities in 1947 and began a massive conversion effort to produce other chemicals and add new facilities. The rubber facilities were purchased by B. F. Goodrich, restarted as Goodrich-Gulf Corporation, and manufactured …

• Tamarack

  … , an auditorium, and a popular food court. The center itself cost $16.2 million to build, but the expense of constructing a new turnpike exit to serve it ballooned the total outlay to nearly $33 million, prompting criticism of the project by some. A $6.5 …

• William Purviance Tams Jr.

  … Blacksburg. He went to work for entrepreneur Samuel Dixon in the New River coalfield in 1904. With the support of Dixon and J. … , Tams launched his own company, Gulf Smokeless Coal, in the new Winding Gulf coalfield in 1908. He established the company town …

• Tanneries

  … , West Virginia tanneries became large operations modeled after tanneries in New York’s Catskill Mountains. Now 93 tanneries produced $1.45 million in finished leather. Pennsylvania and New York tanners came to the state to open branch …

• I. E. Buff

  Occupational health crusader Isadore E. Buff (August 27, 1908-March 14, 1974) was born in Utica, New York, and moved to Charleston with his parents later that year. He graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1931. A …

• Taxation

  … on corporations and an inheritance tax. The excise tax was a relatively new tax tied to the federal income tax on corporations, as … void caused by reduced property taxes was initially filled by a new state tax on retail sales. West Virginia was one of 28 …

• Taylor County

  … quot;coal":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 companies, including Pittsvein Coal, Wendel Coal Company, Rosemont Coal, and New York Mine. The "Carr China factory":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/988 in Grafton closed down in …

• Buffalo Archeological Site

  … consisting of several shallow fire, cooking, and refuse pits, and flint processing areas. Study of the Buffalo archeological site resulted in the identification of two new projectile point types, Buffalo Expanding Stem and Buffalo Straight Stem.

• Sam Taylor

  … Police, Taylor tracked "moonshiners":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2030 and bootleggers, and helped to set up new state police detachments. His state police career ended in 1927, after a motorcycle accident while on duty caused him to …

• 1990 Teachers’ Strike

  … the next three years and budgets were provided for faculty senates in each school, giving teachers direct input into school policies and operations. New training and support programs for teachers were developed to ensure better classroom instruction.

• Buffalo Creek Flood

  … .org/articles/843 for flood recovery work. The Buffalo Creek Flood prompted Congress and the West Virginia legislature to pass new laws regulating dam construction and maintenance. <p>&nbsp;</p> _e-WV_ presents West Virginia Public …

• Teays River

  … Teays. The headwaters of the Teays River included the modern "New":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1637 and "Gauley& … The lake existed for about 10,000 years, during which time new drainage was being established in front of the ice. At …

• Telephone Service

  … by the Behrens brothers. On May 15, 1880, the state’s first exchange was placed in service, also in Wheeling. The new telephone system started with about 25 subscribers. At first they could make only local calls, but long-distance service was started …