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• Mountaintop Removal Mining

  … 2002 won another dramatic decision from Judge Haden. In the new case, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth v. Rivenburgh, Haden … being considered by the Army Corps of Engineers and announced new guidance for agencies considering water pollution permits. An …

• Marshall University Graduate College

  … could now offer 35 courses. The new courses included business as well as … that legislation be enacted to create a new, independent graduate college designed primarily to serve part-time, commuting students. The new college would have its own administrative …

• Marshall’s Pillars

  The prominent cliffs capping the New River Gorge near Ansted, now known as … Nuttall stone forms the lip of the New River Gorge for many miles upriver from … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/332, overlooking a small lake on New River.

• Museums

  … /articles/640 in Charleston and one of the four largest museums, changed its name to the Avampato Discovery Center and moved to a new home in the "Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1269 in 2003. The …

• Walter Martens

  … mansion’s completion in 1925 opened the door for many new commissions in "Charleston":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … project at Riverview Terrace apartments in 1937. He formed a new partnership with his son, Robert, beginning in 1941. In …

• Mussels

  … to acid mine drainage. These bivalves require a fish host for completion of their life cycle, and fish carry them into new areas or to areas previously occupied. Construction of dams eliminates valuable riffle habitat and also inhibits fish movements. …

• Alexander Martin

  … passage of public schools legislation by the new West Virginia legislature in December 1863. … a System of General Education for the New State.’’ In it, he argued that … now Martin Hall) and initial construction on New Hall (now Woodburn). Martin left WVU …

• Constitution of 1830

  … 15, 1830, by a vote of 55 to 40, the new Virginia constitution was submitted to the voters. Only the freeholders, … support from western Virginians. Lacking any provision for amendments, the new constitution could not be changed but only replaced, as was …

• Walter Dean Myers

  … he was raised by foster parents Florence and Herbert Dean. Myers grew up in New York City’s Harlem district, where he hid his love for … country for two years, speaking at schools and libraries about reading and literacy. Myers died in New Jersey.

• Constitution of 1851

  … the convention reconvened on January 6, 1851, it began crafting a new constitution for Virginia, one making significant concessions to the West. … by the convention by a vote of 75 to 33, the new constitution was submitted to the voters for ratification or …

• Myrtle Beach

  … , with buyers receiving an extra lot free if they spent more than $500 on their homes or vacation cottages. Originally called New Town, Myrtle Beach was incorporated in 1938. As Myrtle Beach began to carve out a niche as a coastal vacation destination …

• Martinsburg

  … quick to recover after the war, with a new roundhouse being completed in 1866. The & … the train station after the Civil War. The new Berkeley Hotel opened in 1876. In 1890 … Martinsburg's economy and generate an influx of new residents, many of whom live in the …

• The Mystery Hole

  … like a medicine,’’ and gently interwove evangelical themes with his discourse about the mysteries of the Hole. Visitors frequently returned, often bringing new initiates. The Mystery Hole garnered a great deal of press and was the subject of a song by Ann …

• Martinsburg Roundhouse

  … burned by "Stonewall Jackson’s":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/948 troops during the Civil War. A new shop complex was built in 1866. The beautiful domed locomotive roundhouse and two rectangular shops were masterpieces of structural …

• John Forbes Nash Jr.

  … the Nobel Prize Committee to recognize him as one of the fathers of new mathematics. In 1994, Nash was honored with the Nobel Prize in Economics for his … and his wife, Alicia, were killed in an automobile accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. He was 86.

• The Constitution of West Virginia

  … had long provoked Western Virginians. The new constitution provided for equal apportionment based … They scrapped the township system. The new constitution also had express bans on … have been periodic pushes for a new constitution. In 1964, the legislature …

• National Bank of Commerce

  … , mergers, and bank holding companies. This effort was unsuccessful; nonetheless, the National Bank of Commerce prospered under the new banking rules. By 1990, West Virginia had 69 bank holding companies and 134 subsidiaries. The National Banc of Commerce …

• Mason College of Music and Fine Arts

  … was born in Charleston. A talented musician, he studied in Cincinnati, New York, Munich, and Paris before returning to Cincinnati to be first … the Mason School of Music and Fine Arts. In 1936, a new charter changed the name to Mason College of Music and …

• Mason County

  … a particular namesake in naming a new county, and did not do … from Connecticut founded the towns of New Haven and Hartford in the … became centers of a booming new industry based on "salt … and the Mountaineer plant at New Haven. River commerce has been …

• Constitutional Convention of 1861–63

  … the 39 counties originally planned for the new state. Partly as a result of the … were given the option of joining the new state, if decided by their voters. … Americans, slave or free, could enter the new state. The constitutional convention created a …

• Constitutional Convention of 1872

  … on a proposal to hold a new constitutional convention. Generally opposed to anything … and the later ratification of the new constitution reflected the acrimonious split … resurrected the county court, created a new judicial system, returned to limited …

• Contemporary American Theater Festival

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/393 in Shepherdstown annually produces new American plays in rotating repertory. The festival was founded … 50 world premieres and has commissioned and produced 11 new American plays, many of which have moved to other …

• National Park Service in West Virginia

  … .org/articles/1241 boating rivers in the east. The "New River Gorge National River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … and recreational features. In December 2020, it was renamed New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and now encompasses …

• Henry Mason Mathews

  … to major of artillery prior to the surrender. A popular young man with great ambition, Mathews was overwhelmingly elected to the new West Virginia Senate in 1865. He was not allowed to serve, however, due to laws that barred former Confederates from …

• Samuel Cooper

  … Jacob Congregation. A recent graduate of Yeshiva University seminary in New York City, the young man so impressed congregation members that on … , Switzerland, in 1946. Rabbi Cooper married Lillian Bass of New York City, and the couple had three sons. He …