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• Hillbilly

  … until 1900 when it was used in a New York newspaper, the word ‘‘hillbilly’’ had been … the American backcountry for decades before that. The New York reporter said he heard the word … the word’s appearance in print in New York, shows a large group of white …

• Hinton

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33 and "New":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/575 on the New River, completed in 1949, provided employment … located as the gateway to the New River Gorge, Hinton hopes for future …

• Shawnee

  … Shawnee spirit remained unconquered. In the early 19th century, a new revitalization movement spread under the leadership of the prophet … and his warrior brother Tecumseh. This movement was centered in new Shawnee villages in what is now Indiana and did …

• Shay Locomotives

  … Between 1882 and 1927, about 219 new Shays, weighing from 10 tons … Company at Cass purchased 10 new and three used Shays, including … .org/articles/1809 bought 10 new Shays, mostly 36-ton machines … coal mine branches in the New River Gorge, the "Chesapeake …

• Sheltering Arms Hospital

  … the social and medical needs of miners in the Kanawha and New River coalfields. In 1887, Peterkin formed a corporation to provide … as places where people were sent to die. Gradually the new hospital’s effectiveness wore away this opposition. By 1901, half …

• Shenandoah Downs

  … have the permit extended to include night thoroughbred racing. Turned down by the West Virginia Racing Commission, the owners of the new track took the case to the "West Virginia Supreme Court":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/643 and won, …

• Lydia Boggs Shepherd

  … Road":http://National Road from Wellsburg to Wheeling. After Moses’s 1832 death, Lydia married Daniel Cruger, a former New York congressman. Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger sparked a controversy in 1849 by denying that "Betty Zane":http:// …

• Shepherd University

  … saw to the building of several new academic buildings, including a physical … 2000 brought it international attention. The new century brought important institutional changes as … .org/articles/1574, which produces new American plays in rotating repertory. …

• Baseball

  … . On April 14, 2005, Charleston opened a new baseball facility, Appalachian Power Park (now GoMart … Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate, began playing at the new Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the short-season New York-Penn League. In February 2021, …

• Basketball Tournament-Boys

  … Several different plans for structuring the event were used before the tournament was completely reorganized in 1933. Under the new plan sectional winners would advance to eight regional tournaments. The regional champions, the ‘‘State Eight,’’ would then …

• Batboy

  … endorsing Al Gore for president of the United States. The popular story was made into an off-Broadway musical, which concluded its New York run in 2001 and moved into repertory theaters in other cities. _BatBoy_, the musical play, placed the story in the …

• Short-Line Railroads

  … . The state’s last narrow gauge, the Mann’s Creek Railroad, carried coal from Clifftop to coke ovens in the nearby New River Gorge until 1956. Standard-gauge lines had the great advantage of being able to interchange cars with the main line railroads, …

• Bats

  … that is killing cave-dwelling bats in the eastern United States. White-Nose Syndrome was first discovered in a cave near Albany, New York, in 2006. In 2009, it was found in four caves in Pendleton County. Since then, the condition has been discovered in …

• Showboats

  … flatboat with a small shelter at Olean, New York, on the Allegheny River. He … the act. The Bryants built the _Bryants New Showboat_ in 1918 and operated it … 1901; _Eisenbarth & Henderson Floating Theatre_- _The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement_ in …

• Batts and Fallam Expedition

  … with discovering Woods River, now called the New. There is some speculation that the "New River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1637 was … the earliest map calling it the New River. Land grants referencing the river …

• Beckley

  … org/articles/876 began building a new line in 1908 to the … and depleted coal seams created new hardships. Construction of the " … crisis of the 1970s created new demands for coal. Coal production … acted as a magnet for new business investment, and in the …

• John Beckley

  … he became the first clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, and first Librarian of Congress in 1802. While Congress met in New York, Beckley met Maria Prince, whom he married in 1790. A political ally of Thomas Jefferson, Beckley wrote many supportive …

• Silver Bridge Collapse

  … , 1928. It was closed immediately after the collapse of the Silver Bridge, initially replaced by ferry service and later by a new bridge. The 1928 St. Marys bridge was demolished in 1971,except for a non-suspension truss access span which carries visitors …

• Beckley Register-Herald

  … the _Register_. The Beckley Newspapers Corporation was organized, now owning both papers. Hodel became president and general manager of the new corporation and publisher of both papers. Hodel’s sons, Emile, John, and George, followed him into the newspaper …

• Clair Bee

  … .org/articles/2141 where he graduated from high school. After an impressive start to his coaching career at Rider College in New Jersey, Bee became basketball coach at Long Island University, where he established the Blackbirds as a national power by …

• Bee Hunting

  … of mountaineers, who often supplemented their agricultural pursuits by hunting and gathering. Sometimes the queen bee was saved as well, and a new domestic colony was started by the bee hunter. May and June were the preferred months for bee hunting.

• Hitchman Coal and Coke v. Mitchell et al.

  … advantage of the judicially approved means of resisting labor organizations. The UMWA and other unions faced possible extinction until New Deal legislation and judicial decisions of the 1930s brought about a more favorable environment for unionism.

• Joist Hite

  … his own ship and is said to have been a wealthy nobleman. He led 16 German and Dutch families to America, settling first in New York and later Pennsylvania. By 1731, Hite had moved to the Shenandoah Valley, where he had obtained a 100,000-acre grant from …

• Belgians

  … coal mining, steel production, and window-glass manufacturing. The Belgians’ new homes in north-central West Virginia and the Kanawha … , window-glass cutters, continued to provide opportunities to a new generation of Belgian-Americans. In 1992, the Belgian- …

• Pinckney Benedict

  … God_. All three were named Notable Books by the _New York Times Book Review_. After a hiatus of 14 years, he published a new collection of short stories, _Miracle Boy_, in 2010. He collaborated on an award-winning 2012 short film based on his story " …