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• Davis & Elkins College

  … same four-man faculty. In 1926, a new campus was developed on land surrounding … counseling and placement centers, and erected five new buildings. Soccer replaced football, and soon … somewhat during the Hermanson years. A new campus plan gave impetus to the …

• Lawrence William Nuttall

  … the Perryville (Pennsylvania) Academy, he moved to Nuttallburg in the New River Gorge in "Fayette County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … of fungi. At least 108 of the fungi species were new to science. Many of Nuttall’s specimens were sent to …

• Nuttallburg

  Nuttallburg, a once-thriving New River Gorge coal town, was located at the … Virginia coal industry. He bought coal lands on New River beginning in 1870 for $2 … .org/articles/1143 was completed through the New River Gorge in 1873. Nuttallburg’s population …

• John W. Davis

  … prisoners of war. He began practice in New York (1921) and was president of the … Clarksburg. After the election, Davis returned to New York to his law firm, Davis … states’ rights, Davis was fiercely anti-"New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Nylon

  … into commercial production through intermediate materials supplied by the company’s Kanawha Valley plant. Nylon was the first of a new family of wholly synthetic textile fibers, and although the name describes a generic class of polymers it has also …

• John Warren Davis

  … . The institution’s facilities expanded through the construction of 12 new buildings and enrollment more than tripled. As he aged, … he accepted an appointment with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. John Warren Davis died in Englewood, New Jersey.

• Oak Hill

  … to the opening in 1977 of the nearby "New River Gorge Bridge":https://www. … .org/articles/1639, completing Corridor L. The new highway and the popularity of " … .org/articles/750 boom and attracted new residents. A communications center, with a …

• Julia Davis

  … . Healy, brought stepchildren and other children who needed homes into her care, and Davis also was active in charitable organizations in New York. _The Sun Climbs Slow_ (1942) is based on her experiences with two Spanish children who came to stay with her …

• Rebecca Harding Davis

  … Andross_ (1874), she attacked the political corruption of Boss Tweed’s New York. She wrote for the _New York Tribune_ for 20 years, … an autobiography, _Bits of Gossip_ (1904). She died in Mount Kisko, New York, at the home of her son, Richard Harding Davis, …

• Ogden Newspapers

  … , weekly newspapers, and shoppers in 18 states, including Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The company’s headquarters is in "Wheeling":https://www. …

• Levi Johnson Dean

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/751 and by 1910 was practicing for himself. In 1921, he was the 19th architect licensed under the new West Virginia licensing law. By 1947, Dean had a list of 139 commissions, including 47 schools, 20 churches, 22 residences …

• Deer

  … . Urination on the glands inside the hind legs increases the penetrating odors, especially during the breeding season. In males new antler growth begins in April and continues until September. Once the antlers become fully grown in September the blood …

• Ohio County

  … courthouse with a jail, stocks, and whipping post in the vicinity of present 10th Street. This small structure was used until a new building was authorized in 1836, to be constructed at the southeast corner of 12th and Chapline streets. This served as the …

• Ohio River

  … (including the Elk, Gauley, Greenbrier, and New rivers), the Guyandotte, and the Big … on the Ohio are Weirton, Wheeling, Moundsville, New Martinsville, Paden City, Sistersville, St. Marys … water of the Teays into a new channel, thus forming the Ohio River. …

• Ohio Valley University

  … were held in temporary facilities in South Parkersburg. Beginning in 1963, new buildings were occupied on the permanent campus, where an … then revoked the school's right to award degrees or enroll new students. The last graduation was held in May 2022. The …

• Ohio Valley Medical Center

  … embarked on the most extensive building program of its history, a new eight-story patient tower designed to accommodate 200 replacement beds … located in the East Building. On April 27, 1980, this new West Building opened. Once one of the area’s largest …

• Sigfus Olafson

  … Madison, "Boone County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/609. Eventually Olafson was transferred to the Yawkey-Freeman New York office and became the corporation’s president. After retirement he moved back to Boone County. As a geologist …

• Old Appalachia

  … the rocks were warped, buckled, folded, and broken, and the rejuvenated streams resumed their erosive cutting power. South of New England and the Adirondacks, the differences in deformation and resistance of the bedrock to erosion have resulted in the …

• Meadow River Lumber Company

  … portable lumber camps built on railroad cars that could be moved to new timber supplies. The company eventually owned 75,000 acres and also … tore down the outdated mill in 1975 and rebuilt at a new location. The original mill site is now a shopping center. …

• Medicine

  … in human, social, and economic terms. Regardless of obstacles, the medical practice in West Virginia remains healthy. A new generation of medical practitioners is being prepared to advance the cause of patient care while improving the health of the …

• Memorial Day

  … , which in 1868 established May 30 as Decoration Day. Memorial Day was first established as an official state holiday, May 30, by New York in 1873. Now Memorial Day is a holiday throughout the United States, observed on the last Monday in May since 1968. …

• John Hunt Oley

  … ’s first prominent citizens. He was born in Utica, New York. At the outset of the "Civil … 1193, Oley served with the 7th Regiment of the New York National Guard. He was one of six New Yorkers sent to Western Virginia to drill troops following a request …

• Mennonites

  … guilty and were fined $1,000. As the 20th century progressed, the Mennonite mosaic in West Virginia became quite diverse. New congregations started in Pocahontas (1959), Monroe (1976), Barbour (1982), Hampshire (2000), and Greenbrier (2003) counties. …

• Mercer County

  … its geography. Drained by the "New":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … its Pocahontas Division headquarters. Naming the new community "Bluefield":http:// … that had occurred. As the new industrial city grew, another courthouse …

• Mercer Healing Springs

  … , the company was bought out by original member Rufus G. Meador. In 1911, Meador reportedly invested $60,000 in constructing a new four-story 65-room hotel, which featured full-length front and back porches, a ballroom, and special rooms for music, reading …