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• Exploration

  … party crossed the Blue Ridge to the New River. Historians once believed that " … miles below the juncture of the "New":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … Batts and Fallam turned southwestward from the New River to "East River Mountain& …

• Fairfax Lands

  … Fairfax. Settling the boundary lines brought greater growth to established communities, including Alexandria, and the establishment of new communities in the Piedmont and the lower Shenandoah Valley, including Leesburg, Fairfax, Woodstock, Strasburg, …

• Fairfax Stone

  … in property disputes until 1912, when the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the North Branch as the Potomac main stream, and a new concrete marker was placed. The current Fairfax Stone, the fifth, was dedicated as a state historic monument and became part of …

• William Fairfax

  … , including his son-in-law, Lawrence Washington, George Washington’s older brother and guardian. William had served from India to New England, where he was collector of customs at Boston until 1732, when Lord Fairfax chose him as agent for his Virginia …

• Fairmont

  … city was born February 18, 1899, when a new charter was granted by which Fairmont, Palatine, … in to operate the plants and train new workers. Many came directly from " … over to teach proper methods to the new miners. Each group brought its skills and …

• Fairmont High Level Bridge

  … by the Concrete Steel Engineering Company of New York and constructed by the John F … could be executed only in this new material. A new age of very large concrete … Fairmont High Level Bridge ranks with this new generation of monumental bridges erected from …

• Fairmont State University

  … of 17 females and 13 males, occupied the new building in April 1869. In 1871, Hyre D … . On March 23, 1893, it moved to new quarters between Fairmont and Gaston avenues and … the 1960s under President Eaton K. Feaster. A new women’s dorm named North Hall was …

• Daniel D. T. Farnsworth

  … 4, 1869). Born on Staten Island, New York, Farnsworth came to what … the early magistrates of the new county of Upshur (1851) and, … establish the boundaries of the new state. The committee made its … House of Delegates of the new state of West Virginia, and …

• Charles James Faulkner

  … regain the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/874, West Virginia called on Faulkner to represent the new state’s interests at the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a voice of restraint as a delegate to West Virginia’ …

• Fauna

  … Some species disappeared from West Virginia, while new species appeared. The clearing of lands … , and opossum quickly adapted to these new habitats, and their numbers increased. … the native fauna were being reduced, new animals became established in the …

• Fayette County

  … the county’s economic lifeline. Inhabitants of New River Gorge, now almost empty of … the county, crossing the spectacular "New River Gorge Bridge":http://www. … In 1978, the National Park Service established New River Gorge National River and began …

• Fayetteville

  … the problem. Widespread automobile use and new "highway construction":https://www. … outdoor activities. Development of the "New River Gorge National Park and Preserve& … its citizens is celebrated in the New River Gorge Heritage Festival held …

• Fenton Art Glass Company

  … again survived because it continued to create new objects, colors, and decorative treatments. … by Wood County Schools, and the new Williamstown-Waverly Elementary School opened there … The gift shop moved to a new location in Williamstown, and glass from …

• Ferns

  … spores are produced on large, cinnamon-colored stalks which usually grow within the center of the clustered leaves. Each spring, new fern leaves emerge from the ground in a coiled spiral called a fiddle-head. Fern leaves unfurl gradually both laterally …

• Ferries

  … Kanawha River at Court Street. The 90-mile section of the New River area between the Narrows and Kanawha Falls exemplifies the … the 1940s, 27 ferries operated along this stretch of the New River. Ferryboats were gradually replaced by bridges. In 2000, …

• Fesenmeier Brewery

  … with the national brands and their multimillion-dollar advertising budgets. In 1968, the Fesenmeiers sold the faltering brewery and the new owner re-christened it the Little Switzerland Brewing Company. The handsome old brewery closed in 1971, and the next …

• Fiestaware

  … 1940s, 2,500 workers produced 30 million pieces a year) new colors and serving items were introduced, as was Fiesta Kitchen … produced. Colors are often retired after a few years, and new ones are regularly introduced. Throughout its history, Fiesta has …

• Filmmaking

  … in the White House. Lorentz later created two great "New Deal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2265 documentaries, _The … In 1925, _Stage Struck_ starring Gloria Swanson was filmed in New Martinsville. In 1955, _"The Night of the Hunter …

• Appalachian Mountains

  … were again uplifted and many rivers, especially the "New River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1637, became … , "Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123, New, and Monongahela rivers, and in the Eastern Panhandle in & …

• The Law

  … ’s Constitution of 1851, although the new state added important provisions guaranteeing equal … and the following year saw a new constitution proposed and ratified. Although the … led to the construction of a new facility. Many cases, recently including …

• Barger Springs

  … of 30 investors from nearby Hinton who divided the land into 30 lots for the building of vacation cottages, erected a new pavilion over the spring, and renamed their development Greenbrier Springs. In 1905, the company constructed a three-story wooden …

• Margaret Agnew Blennerhassett

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/732, she and her family were forced to flee their island home in 1806. Margaret died in poverty in New York City, June 16, 1842. She and her son, Harman Jr., were reburied on "Blennerhassett Island":http://www. …

• Centennial Golden Trout

  … rainbow trout in 1955, giving it the name ‘‘Little Camouflage.’’ When Evans transferred to Spring Run hatchery later that fall, the new Petersburg manager, Chester Mace, continued a careful watch over the little fish. In late fall of 1956, the ‘‘golden’’ …

• The Rhododendron

  … , St. Albans, Winfield, Point Pleasant, Kenova, Huntington, Ravenswood, Parkersburg, Williamstown, St. Marys, Sistersville, New Martinsville, Moundsville, Wheeling, Wellsburg, Weirton, Chester, Morgantown, Fairmont, and Pittsburgh. Summer performances of …

• William Nelson Page

  … as he worked toward linking West Virginia’s New River coal to Virginia iron ore deposits. … to the post-Civil War group of ‘‘New South’’ promoters who envisioned rapid growth and … to be achieved by bringing English and New York capital into the Virginias for …