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• Maple Syrup

  … trees and inserted reeds to catch the sap, which they boiled down over a fire. Today, hobby syrup makers drill holes, hammer spiles, hang buckets, collect sap, and evaporate water over an outdoor fire or in the kitchen.

• Maps, Atlases, and Gazetteers

  … the development of many West Virginia towns, are panoramic and fire insurance maps. Panoramic or bird’s-eye maps are … dozen West Virginia towns were produced between 1896 and 1911. Fire insurance maps, particularly those produced by the Sanborn Company, …

• Marble King

  … Pink and Sellers Peltier founded the company in 1949. Marble King was originally located in St. Marys. In January 1958, a fire destroyed the factory. Roger Howdyshell, who managed the Marble King facility, moved the company to Paden City. Howdyshell led …

• Medal of Honor

  … for his actions during a battle near the Cambodian border on November 1, 1968. Although wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Rogers directed artillery fire until the enemy force was repelled. He was awarded the medal at a ceremony at the White House on May 14, …

• Marlinton

  … , two newspapers, about 20 stores, a hospital, an "opera house":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1511, a volunteer fire department, a school, a water system, electric power, and a population of 1,086. As with many rural communities, …

• Maronite Christians

  … for the new congregation. By 1922 a second, larger church was built on its present site. On December 19, 1932, a tragic fire destroyed the 1922 church building, yet it also provided the occasion for a perceived miracle. According to a report in the …

• Mountain State Forest Festival

  … a carnival. Major attractions include a highly competitive fiddle contest and a fire-engine parade which draws fire departments from throughout West Virginia. The coronation of Queen Silvia by the governor of West Virginia …

• Conservation Movement

  … the considerable amount of slash left behind, fires followed the timber cutting, setting back … woodlands was the early focus, with fire prevention in the cut-over woods … game and fish warden was appointed. Forest fires caused mammoth destruction in 1908 and …

• The Mountaineer

  … and coonskin cap. To rally fans’ spirits at university sporting events, he roams the sidelines, greets fans, and fires an authentic, muzzle-loading rifle. In the 1920s, the first, unofficial Mountaineers appeared spontaneously at WVU sporting events. …

• Martinsburg Journal

  … edition, becoming the _Morning Journal_. The title was changed in 1993 to the present name, _The Journal_. In 1953, a fire damaged the _Martinsburg Journal_ building, but the newspaper was able to publish a four-page issue and maintained a regular …

• Mason County

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 were developed. Mining began in West Columbia (where George Washington had seen a ‘‘coal hill on fire’’) in 1847 and neighboring Clifton in 1853. Mining continued until the 1960s. In the 1850s and late 1860s, entrepreneurs …

• Matewan Massacre

  … station and tried to arrest him. Felts, in turn, tried to arrest Hatfield. As the men argued, shooting started. Hatfield admitted he fired but said Al Felts shot first. A number of the miners and several detectives joined in. When it ended a minute or …

• Coopers Rock State Forest

  … 360, a cold blast iron furnace, was built about 1836 and still stands as a monument to the early iron industry. It was fired by charcoal, produced from the abundance of nearby forest trees. Remains of charcoal pits can still be seen in the forest. < …

• Natural History

  … easily survive food shortages. People and natural causes have greatly influenced the diversity of life in the Mountain State. Indians used fire as a hunting tool and to maintain openings in the forest for villages, grazing animals, and food plots. Early …

• Natural Resources

  … most destructive practice was to set forest fires to maintain grassy openings to provide … growing maize and pumpkins. Indians also used fire in the hunting of buffalo, elk, … and other openings made by natural fires, a few ‘‘bald’’ mountaintops, and bogs. …

• Randolph McCoy

  … old man, running a ferry in Pikeville and talking to anyone who would listen about his sufferings at the hands of the Hatfields. He died while tending a cook fire at the age of 88. He and Sarah McCoy are buried in the Dils Cemetery in Pikeville.

• County Fairs

  … have evolved to parades through the local town, featuring a fair queen and her court, floats from many organizations, bands, fire trucks, horses and buggies, and marching units ranging from dance schools to riding clubs. Craft demonstrations, shows, and …

• County Government

  … not prevail. The major functions served by county commissions are to provide general governmental services, such as police and fire protection, health and welfare services, culture and recreation, social services, and education. The main revenue source is …

• Bill McKell

  … had built the Fayette County community of Glen Jean and named it for his wife. T. G. McKell owned valuable Sewell and Fire Creek seams of high quality ‘‘smokeless’’ coal in the New River Coalfield. Young Bill, after graduating from Yale, settled and …

• Irene McKinney

  … .org/articles/1032 and cofounder of _Trellis_, a West Virginia poetry journal. Her other collections of poetry were _Quick Fire and Slow Fire_ (1988), _Six O’clock Mine Report_ (1989), _Vivid Companion_ (2004), and _Unthinkable: Selected Poems 1976-2004_ …

• J. Kemp McLaughlin

  … Norway which were crucial in the German attempts to develop an atomic bomb. His B-17 returned to base with an engine on fire after pursuit by Luftwaffe fighters. A lieutenant colonel at war’s end, McLaughlin had flown 39 combat missions and was awarded …

• Covered Bridges

  … beauty and charm, a testimony to the craftsmanship of their builders. Their practical straightforward design created long-lasting structures, which have survived the gales of war, floods, ice, and even grievous fires over the past century and a half.

• Daniel Boone Hotel

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/947 which had been quickly erected in 1921 after the nearby capitol building was destroyed by fire. The hotel, on the corner of Capitol and Washington streets, was built in 1929 by a group of Charleston citizens …

• Norwalk Motor Car

  … few of the big Underslungs were built after 1915. Norwalk instead manufactured smaller four-cylinder cars as well as trucks. Two Norwalk fire trucks were put into use by Martinsburg firefighters. The company closed in 1922. The big factory, later used by …

• Eldora Marie Bolyard Nuzum

  Journalist Eldora Marie Bolyard Nuzum (May 10, 1926-August 20, 2004) was the first female editor of a daily newspaper in West Virginia. She began her career as a young staff writer at the _Grafton Sentinel_ and was made managing editor in 1946. She joined …