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• Coopers Rock State Forest

  Coopers Rock State Forest is located 13 miles east of Morgantown on the Monongalia-Preston county line. The forest is named for Coopers Rock, a series of cliffs capping the mountain above Cheat River Gorge. These landmark cliffs are formed of hard …

• Copperhead Movement

  … by providing for the abolition of slavery in the new state, was based not on opposition to the creation of the new state but on his view that Congress could … This resulted in the creation of a "new state constitution in 1872":https://www. …

• Earl Core

  … 620 expeditions and went on to collect thousands of specimens for the WVU herbarium. On his first expedition, Core discovered a new species, at the time considered the rarest plant in the world. In 1936, he organized the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club …

• Natural Gas and Petroleum

  … the Oriskany) generally requires greater expense and higher technology. Most recently, new exploration in the central part of the state has brought in new gas production in the Ordovician section at depths exceeding 10,000 …

• Natural Resources

  … envisioned a major industrial center in the New River Valley using locally abundant coal and … County, bear witness to this vision for New River, while the mines at nearby Kaymoor … of timber and coal were shipped from New River from the 1870s onward. The …

• John Jacob Cornwell

  … be on guard for possible disloyal neighbors. With the Armistice, the governor turned much of his energy to suspected new threats to American security, emerging as a national spokesman against organized labor’s attempts to extend wartime gains into the …

• Nature Conservancy

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1011, "Dolly Sods Wilderness Area":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1944, the "New River Gorge National Park and Preserve":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1641, the "Ohio River Islands …

• Church of the Nazarene

  … School enrollment often exceeded church membership. Well into the 1930s, it was not uncommon for the Nazarenes to plant a new congregation by first planting a Sunday school. The first congregation of the Church of the Nazarene in West Virginia seems to …

• Kyle McCormick

  … and archivist and served in that capacity until 1961. McCormick authored two histories, _The Story of Mercer County_ (1957) and _The New Kanawha River_ and the _Mine War of West Virginia_ (1959). He served on the West Virginia Library Commission and was …

• Randolph McCoy

  … in 1887 when his relative, Perry Cline, persuaded the governor of Kentucky to prosecute the Hatfields. In retaliation the Hatfields, on New Year’s morning 1888, attacked and burned the McCoy home, killing two of McCoy’s children and severely beating his …

• McCoy’s Mill

  … replace the old mill with a modern one. Construction of the new mill began in 1845. The 1845 mill is the present four- … large hand-hewn beams supported by a thick stone foundation. This new mill originally had the familiar overshot mill wheel, but this …

• Counties

  … the present state fully occupied by 1861. New counties were established to provide convenient … of the Civil War. Two of the new counties, "Lincoln":https://www. … mountainous western territory that became the new county having favored the Union to …

• Bernard P. McDonough

  … "World War II":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1353, building railroads and entering the marine barge business in New Orleans. In 1945, he began a concrete business in Houston. McDonough’s businesses coalesced and grew in the 1950s and …

• Matthew Mansfield Neely

  … legislation. As governor, he was not remarkably successful at getting his programs passed by the state legislature, because the New Deal was ebbing and because of his own combative personality. Neely returned to the House of Representatives in 1945 …

• ‘‘Country Roads’’

  … president. Denver performed ‘‘Country Roads’’ in West Virginia on several occasions, notably for the opening of the new "Mountaineer Stadium":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1523 in Morgantown in 1980 and on a telethon broadcast …

• McDowell County

  … from part of Tazewell County, Virginia. The new county was named after James McDowell, … to supply the labor needs of the new mines. As coal companies recruited immigrants … a state of emergency and appointing a new county superintendent of schools. In 2013 …

• Country Store

  … black walnuts were cracked and sold to the storekeeper. Field-dressed rabbits were also bought by the storekeeper and shipped to New York, their fur to be used in the garment industry. Stores commonly bought "ginseng":http://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• Don Nehlen

  … 1977. From there, in 1980 he came to WVU, which had only one winning season in the previous six. Nehlen inherited a just-opened new Mountaineer Field and finished his first campaign 6-6. The next year, he improved to 9-3 and upset Florida 26-6 in the …

• Frank Duff McEnteer

  … buildings in West Virginia. It launched McEnteer upon a career in building reinforced concrete structures, then essentially a new engineering material and form. In 1914, McEnteer was appointed to superintend the multi-span concrete arch bridge on …

• County Fairs

  … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1953. Organizations charged with rural development take advantage of these opportunities to showcase new ideas. Fairs provide a venue for youth in "4-H":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2224 and …

• County Government

  … . Virginia adopted the English county system from its early colonial period. West Virginia, after briefly experimenting with the New England township system under the original 1863 state constitution, reaffirmed the Virginia model in the constitution of …

• New River State School

  See "WVU Institute of Technology":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1374.

• Kermit McKeever

  … died in "Charleston":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1089. During his tenure as parks chief the number of state parks grew from 14 to 35, with a new one opening about every 16 months. McKeever Lodge at Pipestem was named for him.

• Bill McKell

  … of high quality ‘‘smokeless’’ coal in the New River Coalfield. Young Bill, after graduating from … from other coal operations, such as the New River Company, and the organizing efforts … . His holdings were sold to the New River Company of Mount Hope.

• McKendree Hospital

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1143 in 1873 opened the New River Gorge in West Virginia to the … on the east side of the deep New River Gorge, Miners Hospital No. 2 … 1940s. The hospital that had served the New River communities so faithfully was abandoned a …