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• Walter Barnes

  … /2125) in 1907. He served at Fairmont State Normal School (now "Fairmont … at New York University. While at Fairmont State, Barnes expanded his interest in … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1539 of Fairmont State College and "Patrick Gainer& …

• Shepherd University

  … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1529, "West Liberty":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1009, "Fairmont":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2233, "Glenville":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2125, …

• Baseball

  … in professional baseball. They were Charleston, Clarksburg, Fairmont, Follansbee, Grafton, Huntington, Mannington, Martinsburg, Montgomery, … 11 teams, at Beckley, Bluefield, Charleston, Clarksburg, Fairmont, Huntington, Logan, Parkersburg, Welch, Wheeling, …

• History of West Virginia

  … in 1867 and the establishment of branch normals at Fairmont, Athens, Shepherdstown, Glenville, and West Liberty in the … of the union craft workers in the state. Wheeling, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Charleston, Hinton, Morgantown, and Parkersburg had central …

• Homer Adams Holt

  … Martinsburg, while Neely as incoming governor appointed Joseph Rosier, president of Fairmont State College (now "Fairmont University":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2233). The governor makes such appointments, so …

• Agnes Smith

  … , New York. She graduated from "Fairmont State College":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … in English. In 1936, Smith married Fairmont native Richard Bruce Parrish, who for … from college, she became active in Fairmont’s Little Theatre, while pursuing her …

• Hope Gas

  … . It moved its headquarters from Clarksburg to Morgantown in 2015. Dominion Hope’s major service areas include Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Weston, Summersville, Richwood, Parkersburg, St. Marys, Sistersville, and Paden City. In 2023, Hope Gas …

• The Black Hand

  … mysterious murders in the county involved alleged gangland vendettas. John C. McKinney, a police chief and detective at "Fairmont":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2231, was active in the investigations of the gang in Marion and Harrison …

• Sports

  West Virginians of all ages play sports, from youth soccer, softball, and basketball leagues, through the Senior Olympics. About 125 high schools compete annually in 19 championship events -- 10 boys, eight girls, and one co-ed (cheerleading) -- under the …

• Buddy Starcher

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/937 Charleston, and later at "WMMN":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1327 Fairmont and WPDX Clarksburg. Beginning in the early 1950s, Starcher appeared on television in Miami, Florida, and Harrisonburg, …

• Streetcar Lines

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1204 and "Fairmont":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … 1914 to 1938. It began as Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction in 1901. … of the 1930s. The Wheeling, Clarksburg-Fairmont, Parkersburg, and Bluefield-Princeton lines …

• Botany

  … by Kathy Gregg, who has contributed several research studies on orchids of West Virginia. Steve Stephenson of "Fairmont State University":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2233 has contributed ecological studies of forest types, collected …

• Bridges

  … Fink’s multispanned railway bridge at Fairmont attracted international attention with its … modest bridges, the monumental "Fairmont High Level Bridge":http … wire suspension bridges in Morgantown, Fairmont, Sutton, Charleston, and Guyandotte near …

• Telephone Service

  … 1883; Huntington in 1884; Moundsville in 1884; Martinsburg in 1886; Grafton in 1890; Clarksburg in 1891; Bluefield in 1893; Fairmont in 1894; and Morgantown in 1896. Soon after the exchanges had been established, toll lines were constructed to connect the …

• Burning Springs Raid

  … recruit men for their army and possibly influence the May elections. Following skirmishes at Beverly, Buckhannon, Oakland, Morgantown, and Fairmont, the raiders arrived on May 9 at "Burning Springs":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/726, …

• Fred Martin Torrey

  … Torrey (July 29, 1884-July 8, 1967) was born in "Fairmont":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2231. Educated in the Fairmont schools, Torrey left West Virginia in 1909 to enroll at the Art …

• Robert C. Byrd

  … Tobacco and Firearms office in Martinsburg, a NASA research center in Wheeling, the National White Collar Crime Center in Fairmont and Morgantown, and the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown. This son of a miner looked after the interests …

• Tygart Valley River

  … tributaries the Tygart drains 1,329 square miles and parts of nine counties, on its way to join the West Fork River near Fairmont, thus forming the Monongahela. The Tygart drops about 3,000 feet in the 118 miles from its source to its mouth. The greatest …

• Integration

  … devised a plan for implementation. A small protest took place in Marion County when mothers picketed the Annabelle School near Fairmont. The protest was curtailed when a local judge threatened to issue an injunction. Monongalia County, like most counties …

• Irish

  … at Tunnelton, reputedly the longest in the world, while living in the B&O labor camp at Greigsville outside Fairmont. In 1857, an auxiliary branch, the "Northwestern Virginia Railroad":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1703, was finished …

• WAJR

  Radio station WAJR-AM in "Morgantown":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1402 is one of West Virginia's most influential stations. In 1949, it became the flagship station for a statewide network (now the Mountaineer Sports Network) …

• Cap, Andy, and Flip

  … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1377, Wheeling; "WMMN":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1327, Fairmont; and "WCHS":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/937, Charleston. As time passed, their repertoire increasingly …

• Welch Community Hospital

  … .org/articles/1349. Miners Hospital No. One opened in Welch on January 28, 1902, and miners hospitals also were built at Fairmont and McKendree. "Dr. Henry Hatfield":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/280, a future governor, was a coal camp …

• WesBanco

  … acquire other banks. WesBanco banks were now found in Fairmont, Shinnston, Bridgeport, Morgantown, and Kingwood, as well as Barnesville … 14, 2000, WesBanco’s four regional banks—Charleston, Fairmont, Parkersburg, and Wheeling—merged to form WesBanco Bank, …

• West Fork River

  … Tygart Valley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805 at Fairmont to form the Monongahela. The West Fork drains about 760 … rain amounts of six to seven inches around Weston, Clarksburg, and Fairmont during a 24-hour period. On November 5, the …