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• Treaty of Hard Labor

  … . The British and Cherokees met in Hard Labor, South Carolina, and signed the treaty on October 17, 1768. This established a new western border for British North America, along a line extending in part from present Wytheville, Virginia, to the mouth of the …

• Treaty of Lochaber

  … by Indians seeking to protect their territory. The two sides gathered at Lochaber, South Carolina, in October 1770. The new Cherokee land cession extended the western border of British North America to the Kentucky River in eastern Kentucky and the …

• Hydroelectricity

  … Cheat, Kanawha, Gauley, Potomac, Shenandoah, and New rivers have all been used in … projects on the Ohio River at New Martinsville and Belleville, which produce … at London, Marmet, Winfield, Gauley Bridge, New Martinsville, Summersville, and elsewhere. These …

• William O. Trevey

  … , left an extensive visual record of the boom years of the New River coalfields. From about 1898 until the late 1920s, Trevey and … Glen Jean. Trevey operated his studio at a time when the New River coalfields were among the most prosperous in the United …

• Mardi Gras Casino & Resort

  … . The facility underwent a major expansion that was completed in December 2002. The $12 million Mardi Gras addition included a new simulcast betting lounge, a full-service restaurant, a cafe, four bars, two entertainment stages, a ‘‘high-rollers’’ section, …

• Tucker County

  … small portion of Barbour County to complete Tucker’s 421 square miles. The 1860 census counted 1,428 residents in the new county. Tucker voted for "secession":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2436 when Virginia left the Union, but local …

• Tumult on the Mountains

  … wilderness, the pioneers’ impact on the land, and the coming of the timber industry to the mountains, including the impact of new technology in sawmills and railroads. Above all, _Tumult on the Mountains_ is a detailed look at life in the timber camps, …

• Cabell County

  … John Laidley. In 1867, the new state of West Virginia created … a railroad center, the annual New River Train excursion to the New River Gorge originates in Huntington and takes railroad buffs and … U.S. senator (1931) from New Jersey and ambassador to Mexico …

• Cabell Huntington Hospital (Marshall Health Network)

  … suite addition, and in 1998 the new partnership with the "Marshall University& … expansion of the physical plant. This new MU Medical Center, connected to the … Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc., became the new corporation governing and overseeing Cabell …

• Cabin Creek Quilts

  … products made of patchwork in traditional designs quickly made their way from the hills and hollows of West Virginia to shops on New York’s fashionable Fifth Avenue, the White House, and Beverly Hills. As many as 300 home patchwork makers and quilters …

• Turnpikes

  … Virginia. The Old Dominion chartered six new western turnpikes in 1860, but did … -speed expressway and ushered in a new highway era. Development of the interstate … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/244 systems created new and faster routes through West Virginia, …

• Cable Television

  … owners sold out to the conglomerates; by the year 2000, there were few independent operators still in business. The new owners rebuilt the old systems, employing fiberoptic cables and other newly developed equipment that vastly increased the numbers of …

• Cacapon State Park

  … in following decades with the construction of new cabins, a maintenance building, and two new residences. A 50-room lodge, complete with a restaurant and banquet … . The lodge was expanded in 1999. The new lodge has eclipsed the original inn, …

• Calhoun County

  … in honor of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. The naming of the county seat for the Northern general represented the triumph of a new political faction since the naming of the county for John C. Calhoun, himself a strong proponent of the Southern, states-rights …

• James Morton Callahan

  … Science at "West Virginia University":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1127 at a time when those disciplines were gaining new attention and invigoration. In 1916, Callahan became dean of the WVU College of Arts and Sciences, a position he …

• Calvin W. Price State Forest

  … Laurel Run became part of "Watoga State Park":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/916. The southern tract was purchased by the New River Company and sold to the state in 1953. It was dedicated as Calvin W. Price State Forest on May 15, 1954. …

• Camden Clark Medical Center

  … the mansion and added a wing for a new hospital. In recognition of the Camden and Clark … , 1920. Since then, the hospital has added new facilities and programs. In 1973, a new kitchen and mechanical wing opened. Two years later, the completion of North …

• Underground Railroad

  … this day. "Ceredo":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1040 was founded on the banks of the Ohio in 1857 by New England abolitionist Eli Thayer and populated by other abolitionists, and the Wayne County town soon actively participated in the …

• Johnson Newlon Camden

  … the south and to provide streetcar service in Huntington and neighboring areas. The new rail lines opened up coal mines and timbering in new areas. Historian John Alexander Williams describes Camden as one of the first of …

• Cecil Underwood

  … purchasing, improve roads, strengthen education, attract new industry, and otherwise advance the … property reappraisal, and creation of a new economic development agency. Barred from a … , more than $1 billion in new sewer and water projects, expansion of …

• Union Carbide Corporation

  … ,’’ as it was called locally, built a new Technical Center in South Charleston to house … . Carbide’s headquarters were moved from New York City to Danbury, Connecticut, in … of thousands more. The tragedy led to new concerns about safety at chemical plants, …

• Camp Fairchance

  In 1934, the state Department of Public Welfare established Camp Fairchance (originally called Camp Boone), at Low Gap, "Boone County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/609, at the site of a former "Civilian Conservation Corps": …

• Unitarian Universalism

  … were held in private homes, then in a rental building. The present church was dedicated in 1963. In Beckley, the New River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship was established in 1961 as a Sunday morning discussion forum that gathered in a local newspaper …

• United Brethren

  … Two years later it was renamed the Guyandotte Circuit. In 1836, the Virginia Conference sent Michael Moses to the vicinity of New Haven in Mason County. Moses established the Jackson Mission in Mason and Jackson counties. The first permanent UB church was …

• Ices Ferry Ironworks

  … the ironworks supplied iron for shot used in the Battle of New Orleans and shipped nails and plates to Lake Erie for … , including the addition of puddling furnaces, the construction of a new rolling mill, and the integration of the outlying furnaces with …