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• John F. Kennedy

  … state. In three years he boosted West Virginia’s rank in defense contracts from 50th to 25th and helped the state to obtain new buildings and to improve the park system. Perhaps the greatest boon was the inclusion of a north-south highway as part of the …

• City National Bank

  … opened its doors under President Donald Shonk in 1957. The new bank advertised that Muzak would be playing continuously for bank … of the Currency intervened to require changes in bank policy. New management decided to close some branches and divested the …

• Civil Rights

  … had first met in 1905 at Niagara Falls, New York, resulted in the founding of the … the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in New York in 1910. The Harpers Ferry meeting … candidate for president and later a powerful New York lawyer, took the other side of …

• Samuel Kercheval

  … and had prepared an enlarged second edition of his book, when he died in Middletown, Virginia, November 14, 1845. The new edition was published posthumously in 1850 and was reprinted in 1902. A 1925 edition, incorporating editorial notes, has been …

• Clark Kessinger

  … Ole Opry_ radio program, on NBC-TV’s _Today Show_, and at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. Three new albums of his music were released by Kanawha Records. An energetic and creative musician, Clark Kessinger was recognized for his …

• Civil War

  … to the creation of the "new state of West Virginia": … For example, at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864, … other Confederate units that fought at New Market were composed of West … and the Gray returned to their new state. Years later, when West …

• Keyser

  … called Paddy Town, supposedly for Patrick McCarty, an early landowner who operated a nearby iron furnace. Later the community was called New Creek, for the creek that joins the North Branch at this location. The first white men to pass through present …

• Elsie Clapp

  Educator Elsie Ripley Clapp (November 13, 1879–July 28, 1965) in 1934 was named director of the community school in "Arthurdale":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/298, an experimental federal resettlement community established for victims …

• June Kilgore

  … state capitol in Charleston. She had one-person exhibitions at galleries in Charleston and elsewhere, including the Pratt Institute in New York. She was honored with the Distinguished West Virginian award in 1995 by "Governor Caperton":http://www …

• Clarksburg

  … court west of the Alleghenies. The new court’s first judge was … again made it a central clearinghouse. New development came with the construction … of Interstate 79 and the new four-lane U.S. 50 … 1980s had a negative impact. New expansion in the government and …

• Kingwood Tunnel

  … A major problem with the Kingwood Tunnel was its design as a single-track tunnel, which made it a chronic bottleneck. A new double-track tunnel was completed in 1912 below the original tunnel to help alleviate train congestion in the area. The original …

• Mary Kinnan

  … 1848) was born Mary Lewis in New Jersey. In 1778, she married … arrived in her old community in New Jersey and was read to … sister. They eventually returned to New Jersey. Kinnan never returned to … (West) Virginia, living the rest of her life in New Jersey …

• John Knowles

  … novel, _A Separate Peace_. The book was inspired by his war-years experience at a private school, Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Knowles later attended Yale University. A coming-of-age novel often compared to J. D. Salinger’s _Catcher in the …

• Wheeling Island Hotel, Casino & Racetrack

  … and lounge. The expansion included the addition of a 600-seat multipurpose showroom and a new paddock facility as well as a new off-site kennel compound. Sports betting was added in 2019.

• Wheeling Hospital

  … beds in 1892, and, with two new wings, to 225 beds in … building was demolished and a new central portion constructed in 1933. … war effort. After the war, two new departments were opened: physical therapy … from North Wheeling to a new facility in 1975 at its …

• Wheeling Intelligencer

  … . As a reward, Archibald Campbell was appointed Wheeling’s postmaster. He left the paper in 1866 but repurchased it with a new partner in 1873. The other important figure in the early history of the _Intelligencer_ was "Herschel Coombs Ogden": …

• Wheeling Island

  Wheeling Island is the second most heavily populated river island in the country, after New York’s Manhattan. The island, located in the Ohio River between mainland Wheeling and Bridgeport, Ohio, is home to an estimated 5,000 people. It is part of the city …

• Wheeling University

  … classical knowledge and Christian revelation’’—by new initiatives to develop the regional economy … Currie, S.J. (1972–82), introduced new programs, many curricular changes, and … Reverend James Fleming was named the new president. Michael Mihalyo was elected …

• Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway

  … in 1964. In 1990 the corporate name was renewed when Norfolk Southern sold some of its holdings to a group of investors. The new W&LE is privately owned and handles over 135,000 carloads per year, operating in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and …

• Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Strike

  … to improve their pension benefits, which had been revised when new owners led the ailing company out of bankruptcy after 1989. … major stockholders of Wheeling-Pitt’s parent, WHX Corporation of New York. In March, Sen. Jay Rockefeller convened a meeting in …

• Wheeling Steel

  … production of pig iron and bar iron in Maryland. This subsidiary of Whitaker-Glessner remained in operation until 1925, when the new Wheeling Steel closed its furnaces. During the 1880s, at the Benwood Works, Wheeling Steel produced the first steel pipe …

• Wheeling Suspension Bridge

  … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/336 was due to reach Wheeling at the end of 1852. In recognition of this hub of transportation, a new "U.S. Custom House":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1068 was completed in 1859 to serve the port of Wheeling …

• The Wheeling Suspension Bridge Case

  … occasioned by this obstruction is deep and lasting.’’ The court referred the case to a special master, R. H. Woolworth of New York, who took testimony and reported to the court that the bridge was ‘‘an obstruction to navigation resulting in injury to …

• Wheeling Symphony

  … .org/articles/1733. Under the direction of Enrico Tamburini, the new orchestra performed Mozart’s _Overture to Don Juan_ and Schubert’s … 1947 of the able and charismatic Henry Mazer signaled a new era of professionalism for the Wheeling Symphony. Mazer had …

• Richard Vincent Whelan

  … Mountains. On July 19, 1850, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Wheeling and approved Whelan’s request to take over the new diocese. Whelan is thus recognized as the founding bishop. At that time, there were four churches, three chapels, six priests, and …