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• Water

  … is one such lake, as is Cheat Lake in Monongalia County. Mount Storm Lake provides cooling and process water for the coal-fired Mount Storm Power Station, while Cheat Lake provides water for West Penn Power Company’s "hydroelectric":http://www. …

• Watoga State Park

  … . The state purchased an additional 5,107 acres in August 1934 from the Maryland Lumber Company. In 1926, a fire tower was erected. Two "Civilian Conservation Corps":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1195 camps were established, Camp …

• Wayne

  … consisting of a mayor, recorder, police judge, and five-member council. The town clerk is appointed by council and the police chief is appointed by the mayor. Wayne is served by a branch library, a volunteer fire department, and a community park.

• The Capitol

  Within days of the fire that consumed the picturesque West Virginia capitol in downtown Charleston, political leaders began to plan for a new and grander structure. On January 21, 1921, the legislature adopted a joint resolution to raise a commission …

• Webster Springs

  … access and fine accommodations, Webster Springs became a summer resort. In 1926, the Webster Springs Hotel was destroyed by fire, and in 1929 the railroad was discontinued, ending a decades-long tourist boom. Webster Springs continued as the center for …

• Elmer Forrest Jacobs

  … and Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh before he began designing fire-resistant factories in Pittsburgh. In 1894, Jacobs set up his … portion of it that had to be rebuilt after a fire in 1902. He also designed the Union Stopper Company building …

• Webster Sycamore

  … is held each year during the Webster County Woodchopping Festival. Unfortunately, the big tree was damaged by disease and vandalism. In 2007, a fire was set in the hollow portion of the tree, and it could not be saved. The tree fell over during the winter …

• James Gang

  … the bank of $20,000. The bank president returned from lunch in time to witness the getaway. The robbers mounted their horses, fired their pistols in the air, and rode into the hills south of town, heading toward "Wayne County":http://www. …

• Wellsburg

  … school and an alternative learning center. Brooke County Public Library is located in Wellsburg. The town has a volunteer fire department, several banks, and one weekly newspaper. There are churches of various denominations. The diverse economy includes …

• Jefferson National Forest

  … ":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2100 national forests. The early management focus was primarily aimed toward protection, with fire prevention in the slash-filled cut-over woods as a major concern. Forest lands have recovered since that time, …

• Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company

  The December 1941 firing of seven "Jehovah’s Witnesses":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1000 … -sponsored, flag-salute ceremonies at the plant. That resulted in their firing, when union truckers refused to accept glass the seven Jehovah’s …

• West Union

  … or to the North Central Regional Jail in Greenwood. The town has a library, a high school, the Doddridge County volunteer fire department, and two banks. Both the West Union Downtown Historic District and Residential Historic District are listed in the …

• Mother Jones

  … during a yellow fever epidemic in 1867. Returning north, Jones operated a dressmaking business in Chicago until 1871 when the Great Fire burned up the business and her possessions. Then she turned to the cause of labor, becoming a surrogate mother to …

• Jones-Imboden Raid

  … they moved to Weston. Jones continued west to "Burning Springs":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/727, where he set fire to oil and the producing wells, oil boats, tanks, and other equipment, sending a sheet of flame floating down the …

• Kanawha County Textbook Controversy

  … disputed books pending review by an 18-member board-appointed citizen committee was rejected and protests escalated. Shots were fired, cars and homes firebombed, schools dynamited and vandalized, and 11 protesters arrested. Schools were closed on September …

• Lewis Wetzel

  … asserted that Wetzel could reload his rifle while running, a rare feat among frontiersmen that enabled him to stop and fire while being pursued. After the peace that followed the signing of the "Treaty of Greenville":http://www.wvencyclopedia …

• Simon Kenton

  … an Indian attack in 1777. Kenton later founded his own station in what is now Mason County, Kentucky. After losing his wife to a fire in 1797 he moved to Ohio the following year. Kenton had spent more than a year in 1820–21 imprisoned for bad debts in …

• Civilian Conservation Corps

  … and "conservation":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1516 projects; fought forest fires; built shelters, fire towers, fire stations, roads, and trails; strung electric and telephone lines; and planted thousands of …

• Keystone

  … . The saloons and brothels began to close as the population waned, as did the town’s respectable businesses. Floods and fires threatened the community. Keystone received widespread attention in 1999 when the First National Bank of Keystone was closed by …

• Kingwood

  … Health":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2513), chamber of commerce, sheriff’s office and jail, a large volunteer fire department, library, civic groups, two radio stations, several churches, and various businesses. Once a coal and timber …

• Wheeling Island Hotel, Casino & Racetrack

  … to late September. The parimutuel system of betting was used. Wheeling Downs never was a big-money horse track, and a 1962 fire ended racing until 1968. Harness racing resumed from 1969 to 1975. The track’s future was assured with the passage of a dog …

• John Wilburn Trial

  … Deputy John Gore and two nonunion miners, all armed members of Chafin’s army. On realizing they had met the enemy, both sides opened fire. All three of the Logan men and one of Wilburn’s men, a black miner, were killed in the fusillade. Wilburn and his …

• Wildflowers

  … flowers. Shooting star flowers are pure white in southern West Virginia and deep pink elsewhere. The brightest red flower belongs to fire pink, which inhabits dry road banks and cliffs, along with red columbine flowers. The blue flowers of dwarf iris, …

• Korean War

  … counteroffensive through the second Korean winter offensive, before returning to West Virginia in 1952. On July 27, 1953, a cease-fire agreement was signed at P’anmunjom. The Korean War took the lives of four million people, including 37,000 Americans. …

• Ku Klux Klan

  … 1920s opposed Catholics, Jews, immigrants, and labor unions as well as Blacks. Several Catholic public school teachers in West Virginia were fired at the Klan’s insistence. The KKK also dabbled in politics and influenced the outcome of a number of local …