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• Elizabeth V. Hallanan

  … the first woman judge of a court of record in West Virginia when she became judge of the first full-time juvenile court in Kanawha County in 1959. She was a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission from 1961 to 1975. Appointed by President …

• Rotary

  … /1089 on December 1, 1915. Rotary in West Virginia was divided into two districts, District 7550 (essentially south of the Kanawha River, including Charleston), and District 7530, in the north. In the early 21st century, the two districts collectively had …

• Saint Francis Hospital

  Saint Francis Hospital in Charleston was founded in 1913 by Patrick J. Donahue, West Virginia’s Roman Catholic bishop. The Laidley estate at 333 Laidley Street was purchased and renovations to create a hospital were overseen by Father Lewis Centner, …

• John Peter Salling

  … and traveling overland to the "Coal River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1365, then followed the "Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 and "Ohio":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 rivers, …

• Salt Industry

  … Great Buffalo Lick at "Kanawha Salines":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … packed into barrels for shipment. Kanawha saltmakers pioneered in technological adaptation … needs. The importance of the Kanawha Salines manufacturers plummeted when another …

• Burl Sawyers

  … his life in "Charleston":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1089, where he once ran unsuccessfully for sheriff of Kanawha County. Sawyers was first appointed state road commissioner on July 1, 1955, by "Governor William Casey Marland& …

• Battle of Scary Creek

  … on the west side of the Kanawha River just opposite Nitro, Scary … George B. McClellan, to clear the Kanawha Valley of the Confederate Army … the opposite side of the Kanawha. The following day, Cox’s … -lived as Wise abandoned the Kanawha Valley by August 1 due …

• Alex Schoenbaum

  Businessman Alex Schoenbaum (August 8, 1915-December 6, 1996) founded Shoney’s and made it into one of the nation’s largest family restaurant chains. Schoenbaum was born in Richmond, Virginia, and he grew up setting pins at his father Emil's bowling …

• Allegheny Mountains

  … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096, "Elk":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2185, "Little Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422, "Tygart":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805, Cheat, …

• Allegheny Plateau

  … deep into shale. Throughout their history the Appalachians have been repeatedly uplifted. As streams such as the "Little Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422, "Elk":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2185, " …

• Walter Allen

  Walter Allen, a coal miner from Dry Branch, Kanawha County, was the only person to be convicted of treason in the trials following the famous "Miners’ March":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1825 in August–September, 1921. The armed miners, …

• American Electric Power

  … Virginia is home to AEP’s largest generating facility—the giant coal-fired John E. Amos Plant, located on the "Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 west of "Charleston":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1089. …

• Sectionalism and the Virginias

  … transportation to and from the western region were hampered by eastern control of the legislature. The "James River & Kanawha Canal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/964 was developed to provide a link, but when railroads became a …

• Appalachian Basin

  … the Paleozoic Era. The large "chemical industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1124 of the "Kanawha Valley":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1103 at and near "Charleston":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Senate

  … lawmakers decided to create a 17th district in "Kanawha County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1103 by … , four senators from the geographically identical districts represented Kanawha County residents until the county’s population loss in …

• Appalachian Volunteers

  … of the late ’60s and early ’70s, and in the candidacy of Paul Kaufman, a liberal state senator from "Kanawha County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1103 who ran unsuccessfully for the Democrat nomination for governor in 1968. Perhaps the …

• John W. M. Appleton

  … of the war, he served as warden of the prison holding Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. In 1865, Appleton moved to Kanawha County where he managed the Mill Creek "Cannel Coal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/918 Company. …

• Arbuckle’s Fort

  … guide Col. "Andrew Lewis":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1358 and the southwestern Virginia militia down the "Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 to Point Pleasant, where they fought in the "Battle of …

• Archeology

  … mound explorations for the Smithsonian in the Kanawha Valley from 1882 to 1884. Norris … About 100 of these were in the Kanawha Valley. In 1894, Cyrus Thomas published … eastern region and on artifacts in the Kanawha Valley. John P. MacLean investigated several …

• Architects and Architecture

  … the latter city was finally selected as the permanent seat of government, and it soon began to grow accordingly. Charleston’s 1870s Kanawha Presbyterian Church was designed by another Cincinnati architect, M. E. Anderson, and its interior is lit by richly …

• Mary Lee Settle

  … country, living in London, Paris, Rome, and Turkey, Settle had deep roots in the Mountain State. Her great-grandfather came to the Kanawha River Valley after the War of 1812, and built a home in 1844 at what became known as Cedar Grove. After several years …

• Seventh-day Adventists

  … . During the next year Sanborn held meetings in Wood, Roane, and Kanawha counties. He concluded his work in the state in December 1880, … been organized, one in Wood County and one in "Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1103. In 1885, …

• Sewell Mountain

  … trail that became known as the Lewis Trail in 1774. In 1824, the route became a part of the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/978, and a section of the Midland Trail in 1924 when it was designated U.S. …

• Morris Purdy Shawkey

  … /articles/1135. He served the public schools in West Virginia for the next 40 years. Shawkey became superintendent of "Kanawha County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1103 schools in 1906. In 1908, he was elected state superintendent of …

• Art and Artists

  … was among the first of his trade to visit the "Kanawha Valley":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1103, where he … work as an artist and as a leading teacher in the Kanawha Valley, as did Katherine Burnside in Parkersburg. Clarksburg native …