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• Benjamin F. Kelley

  … the 1st (West) Virginia Infantry, and was named its colonel on May 22, 1861. Severely wounded in action at "Philippi":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1846 on June 3, 1861, he was promoted to brigadier general. Kelley’s principal duty …

• Civil War

  … military activity during the four years of conflict. Several small but strategically significant early battles, including "Philippi":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1846 and "Rich Mountain":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles …

• Jim Comstock

  … individuals who never attended college. "Alderson-Broaddus College":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/187 in Philippi hosted the ‘‘university’s’’ annual commencement ceremony on its campus. Among Comstock’s best-known practical jokes was …

• Paul Marshall

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2140, former home of Sen. Henry G. Davis in Elkins; bridges in Barrackville and Philippi; and other projects. Marshall graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School in 1948. A fourth generation glass cutter, he …

• Covered Bridges

  … bridges can be found at "Philippi":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … /articles/584, including the ones at Philippi and Barrackville. Moore supervised the major … modifications of the Long truss. The Philippi bridge, one of only six remaining …

• Newspapers

  … ’s _Kanawha Valley Star_ and Martinsburg’s _Virginia Republican_ were seized by Union soldiers. Pro-secessionist newspapers in Philippi, Romney, and other towns in areas of strategic importance were destroyed by Union troops. Other pro-secessionist …

• Alston G. Dayton

  … (October 18, 1857-July 30, 1920) was once notorious among union miners for his labor law rulings. He was born in Philippi, graduated from West Virginia University in 1878, and apprenticed in law with his father, Spencer Dayton. He married Columbia May …

• Place Names

  … a post office, that’s true.’’ So postal officials named it True. Some names reflect spelling mistakes, such as Lerona instead of Lenora. Philippi was named after Philip Barbour, not the Biblical city. It is the county seat of Barbour County. There is a …

• Fowler Maps

  … 1905, 1910, and 1911. He averaged four maps each year in West Virginia, creating views of such towns as Harrisville, Philippi, Cairo, New Martinsville, Morgantown, Bayard, Buckhannon, Weston, and, in a rare journey into the southern coalfields in 1911, …

• Flood of 1985

  … two feet higher than the March 1967 flood. At "Philippi":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1845, the … had the most fatalities. Towns such as Parsons, Rowlesburg, Philippi, "Marlinton":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1510, …

• Daniel D. T. Farnsworth

  … adopted the recommendations with a vote of 50 to 28. Farnsworth was a fiery Unionist. Once, while speaking in "Philippi":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1845, he defied the rebel soldiers who threatened to shoot him if he persisted. …

• Beverly

  … .org/articles/1125, the builder of "covered bridges":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1660 including the "Philippi Bridge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1847; West Virginia statehood leader "John S. Carlile": …

• The Sesquicentennial

  … of military activity during the four years of conflict. What many consider the first land battle of the war took place at "Philippi":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1846 on June 3, 1861, when about 3,000 federal troops drove about 800 …

• Internet Service

  … ). Suddenlink and Comcast offered broadband access speeds of up to six megabits per second. In 2006, the city of "Philippi":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1845 deployed its own fiber network with speeds of up to 100 megabits for Internet …

• Snowstorm of October 2012

  … areas around Williamson, Logan, Madison, Charleston, Clay, Sutton, and Philippi. The main event for the mountain counties began around … . One death was directly attributed to the storm. Near Philippi, a 60-year-old man was clearing debris and trees …