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• Election Day

  … Virginia’s first election was conducted in 1863, following creation of the state. Elections were conducted annually until a new "constitution adopted in 1872":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1558 changed elections to the current two-year …

• Fish

  … the special fishes found in the "New River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … of the upper Kanawha River drainage. The New, a remnant of the ancient " … else in the world. These are the New River shiner, bigmouth chub, Kanawha minnow, …

• Susanne Fisher

  … a two-year stint in America at the Worcester festival. In 1935 and 1936, in addition to the Met, she sang with the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra. During those summers she was the leading soprano at the Paris Comic Opera. She sang at …

• Fishing

  … decades has been the addition of several new brown trout fisheries in West Virginia … fighter whose surface acrobatics are a delight. New River, Greenbrier River, and the " … caught a 25.5-inch smallmouth in New River in 1976. The greatest abundance …

• Flat Top Mountain

  … Oak, Talley, and Guyandotte mountains; and Micajah, Indian, and Stone ridges. Within the region are tributaries of the Bluestone and New rivers and headwaters of the Guyandotte River, Elkhorn Creek, and Tug Fork. The summit of Flat Top is a tableland of …

• Elkins

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2199, purchased property near the village of Leadsville for the location of their headquarters and new railroad shops. Elkins served as a railroad center for more than 75 years with the movement of coal and lumber …

• Hallie Davis Elkins

  … Washington, Hallie at age 20 met the new delegate from the New Mexico Territory, "Stephen Benton Elkins":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … a year later relocated to New York City where he devoted … Elkinses began construction in 1890 of a new home in the …

• Aretas Brooks Fleming

  … to interfere in the economy made West Virginia a sanctuary for entrepreneurial energy. Commerce and industry grew steadily, creating new sources of wealth and further integrating West Virginia into the mainstream economy. Questions were raised as to …

• Flick Amendment

  … ironically, was the re-enfranchisement of former Confederates. The provisions of the Flick Amendment were incorporated into the new "Constitution of 1872":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1558. Liberal Republicans had hoped the amendment …

• Flood Control

  … ;Bluestone Dam":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/575, on the New River above Hinton, was built by the "U.S. … and 1994. In 2002, floods in southern West Virginia breathed new life into a long-standing controversy about the role of timbering …

• Flood of 1985

  … Juan moved north, leaving abundant moisture over the Southeast. On Sunday, November 3, another storm formed in southeastern Georgia. This new storm was now in position to tap the moisture left in the atmosphere by Juan. Occasional rain fell over West …

• Elkins Inter-Mountain

  … org/articles/1811 to be printed. Nine days after the fire a new press arrived, and the _Inter-Mountain_ was once again in publication in Elkins. By December it had moved into a new building. The _Inter-Mountain_, now owned by "Ogden Newspapers& …

• Stephen B. Elkins

  … . He moved west the same year, settling in Mesilla, New Mexico. He served as New Mexico’s attorney general in 1867 and as its U.S. district … . In 1872, he was elected to represent the New Mexico Territory in Congress. Before his election his …

• Floods

  … the Kanawha River reached 46.87 feet at Charleston, more than 16 feet above flood stage. Hurricanes have greatest impact in the New and Potomac drainage basins but tend to be less effective west of the Allegheny Mountains. The flooding on November 4-5, …

• Etam Earth Station

  … to press reports, the network includes the National Security Agency in the United States, and similar agencies in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The network is widely reported to be able to tap into all types of electronically …

• Thomas Dunn English

  … .org/articles/1440, the Philadelphia native worked in New York, where he edited a political newspaper, … journalism. He later settled in Bergen County, New Jersey. In 1862, he was elected to one term in the New Jersey legislature, and later served two terms …

• Flora

  … of Europeans who immigrated here. The new Americans brought nearly 900 alien plants … nettle. Common ferns are silvery spleenwort, New York, Maginal shield, intermediate wood, … forests are also open enough for New Jersey tea, bottlebrush grass, sticktights, …

• Ethnic Life

  … as did their counterparts in times past. Again they come from different places than their predecessors. The vast majority of the new immigrants come from the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands. They come for …

• Flora of West Virginia

  … in 1993. A group of six botanists from West Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina is updating the book for future publication in a new edition. _Flora of West Virginia_ should not be confused with an earlier book of the same name by "C. F. …

• George Bird Evans

  … Institute. He earned pocket money playing jazz saxophone. Having married Kay Harris of Wheeling in January 1931, he moved to New York City where he freelanced as an illustrator for _Cosmopolitan_ magazine and other publications. In 1939, Evans bought a …

• The Environment

  … late 20th and early 21st centuries. New technology permitted low-grade trees to … Increased demands for energy led to new technology of pressurizing and fracturing … nonrenewable natural resources are gone, but new technologies permit the profitable recovery …

• Everettville Mine Disaster

  On April 30, 1927, an explosion roared through the Federal No. 3 mine owned by New England Fuel and Transportation Company of Everettville, Monongalia County. The explosion, the subsequent fire, and gas in the mine killed 111 men. Flames and debris …

• Episcopal Church

  … 9, 1877, a resolution passed creating the new Diocese of West Virginia. The initial … bishop, the Reverend J. H. Eccleston of New Jersey, turned down the appointment. At … org/articles/1168, the largest in the new diocese with 220 communicants. Bishop Peterkin …

• Folk Arts Revival

  … native arts and crafts in the West Virginia pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. Smith succeeded Barron as governor in 1965 and continued vigorously to support folk arts. New workers in the crafts division included Norman Fagan, photographer …

• Folk Dance

  … kept up the old-time dance traditions unselfconsciously, gathering for regular weekly or monthly dances at fire halls, community centers, and schoolhouses. One such dance was held at New Creek, Mineral County, with others throughout the state.