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Fairmont
… ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2018. Fairmont was established by the Virginia … ethnic culture.
Businesses flourished in Fairmont, with Monongah Glass, "Owens- … emerging Morgantown-Clarksburg technology corridor.
Fairmont is the home of " …
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Fairmont State University
… society for high school drama students.
Fairmont State Community and Technical College … and Technical College System, the Fairmont State Community and Technical College … the community and technical college, Fairmont State University's headcount enrollment …
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Fairmont Times West Virginian
… ’s _Vedette_ began publication in "Fairmont":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … , although both were published by the Fairmont Newspaper Publishing Company.
In 1931, … was published.
In 1999, the Fairmont _Times West Virginian_ was purchased by …
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Sagebrush Roundup
… December 1938, originating from the National Guard Armory in Fairmont. Notable performers included Cowboy Loye Pack, Cherokee Sue and … remembered program has been held at Bunner’s Ridge near Fairmont, and has featured guest appearances by Wilma Lee Cooper, …
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Alpha Psi Omega
… by Ernest Bavely and by East Fairmont High School dramatics director Harry Leeper, both Monongah natives and former Fairmont State students. The Thespians’ publication, … third Thespian troupes (chapters) were at Fairmont Senior High School and East …
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High Gate
High Gate mansion, located in Fairmont, was built in 1910 for James Edwin Watson, the son of coal pioneer "James Otis Watson":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/921, brother of U.S. Sen. "Clarence Watson":http://www.wvencyclopedia. …
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Clarence W. Watson
… Fairmont State Normal School, now "Fairmont State University":http://www. … the Spanish Mission style and renamed Fairmont Farms.
In 1901, Clarence Watson … an avid sportsman. Watson's mansion, Fairmont Farms, was converted into apartments and …
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James O. Watson
… and organized the construction of the Fairmont-Palatine suspension bridge. In 1852, … Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction Company, the Fairmont Development Company, the Consolidation Coal … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/372, in Fairmont, where he resided until his …
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Jones-Imboden Raid
… ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1309, later returned to Morgantown as president of West Virginia University.
On April 29, at Fairmont, Jones waged the largest battle ever fought in that part of the state against a force of 500 regulars, home …
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WMMN
Radio station WMMN of "Fairmont":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2231 … call letters came from the initials of Fairmont attorney and "U.S. Sen. … regular play-by-play broadcasts of West Fairmont Senior High School and "Fairmont State …
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Matthew Mansfield Neely
… a year later. He opened a Fairmont law office in 1902 and married Alberta C. Ramage of Fairmont on October 31, 1902. They … he was elected mayor of Fairmont in 1908, serving two years … appointed Joseph Rosier, also a Fairmont resident, to his vacancy in …
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Owens-Illinois Glass Company
… Virginia. These factories were located in Fairmont, Huntington, and Kanawha City. All three … -Illinois Glass Company opened in "Fairmont":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … began phasing out operations at the Fairmont plant. Nearly 700 people were …
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Miners Hospitals
… , opened for patients in December 1901, while No. Three in Fairmont had opened the previous October. The McKendree and Welch hospitals … several additional years as a home for elderly Black patients. Fairmont No. Three closed in 1980. Miners Hospital No. One …
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Francis Harrison Pierpont
… , when he was 13, to "Fairmont":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … Beginning in 1856, he helped to found Fairmont Male and Female Seminary, forerunner of … buried with military rites at Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont.
In June 2015, a statue of …
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Monongahela Power Company
… Power Company has its roots in Fairmont. In the summer of 1890, … the Schmulbach brewing interests of Wheeling acquired control of Fairmont Electric and built Fairmont’ … back and incorporated it as the Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction Company.
As demand …
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Fairmont High Level Bridge
… the Monongahela River into the heart of Fairmont. With three 250-foot spans, this … constructed during the next several decades. The Fairmont High Level Bridge ranks with this … genre in West Virginia and provides Fairmont a striking gateway unmatched by any …
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Blind Alfred Reed
… Reed ballads also dwelled on local and regional tragedies, such as ‘‘The Fate of Chris Lively and Wife’’ and ‘‘Explosion in the Fairmont Mines.’’ Still others of his songs included a lyric with an anti-flapper message, ‘‘Why Do You Bob Your Hair, Girls …
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Religious Broadcasting
… performer and preacher to broadcast over WDNE Elkins; his gospel group, the Country Cousins, also taped many shows from WMMN Fairmont that were aired on other stations. Bava started his own magazine, _Musical Echoes_, a publishing company, and "Cozy …
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Mary Lou Retton
… born January 24, 1968, in "Fairmont":http://undefined. She made history … Olympic competition. Retton was raised in Fairmont, where she attended local schools before … was offered a coaching position at Fairmont State University. They returned to …
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Spanky Roberts
… "Kanawha County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1103, the son of Spencer and Estella Roberts. He graduated from Fairmont’s Dunbar High School in 1934 and from "West Virginia State College":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …
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Secondary School Activities Commission
… The 11 charter members were Bluefield’s Beaver High School, Charleston, Clarksburg’s Washington Irving High School, Elkins, Fairmont, Grafton, Huntington, Parkersburg, St. Marys, Sistersville, and Wheeling. The name of the organization was changed to the …
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Architects and Architecture
… stayed home was James E. Watson, who built "High Gate":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/372 in Fairmont. The state’s most remarkable Tudor Revival mansion, it was designed by Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer. Bluefield architect & …
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Harrison County
… Salem-Teikyo University and is now "Salem International University":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/164. "Fairmont State University":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2233 has a Clarksburg branch. Clarksburg has had a …
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
… by purchasing or by entering into operating agreements with other railroads. In West Virginia it added the Monongahela River Railroad (Fairmont to Clarksburg) in 1900, while in 1901 it began the process of acquiring the Ohio River Railroad from Wheeling …
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Frank C. Haymond
… 13, 1870-June 10, 1972) was born in Marion County. He received his LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School. He practiced law in Fairmont and served for six years as judge of the Circuit Court of Marion County.
In July 1945, Haymond was appointed to fill a …
