golden horseshoe 6 mother day originated in what town?
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Golden Horseshoe 6
Mother Day originated in what town?
Grafton
The WV School for the Deaf and Blind is located
in -
Romney
The oldest college still in operation
Bethany
Union Carbide’s first petrochemical plant was located
where?
Clendenin
Mixture of cotton and
wool or flax
Linsey-woolsey
The premier builder of
covered bridges
Lemuel Chenoweth
The battleship U.S.S. West
Virginia was sunk at what battle?
Pearl Harbor
The “Angel of the
Miners”
Mary Harris Jones
A mixture of salt and water
found in springs near the surface
Brine
This forbade settlers west of the Allegheny
Mts.
Proclamation of 1763
Here you can see parts of WV,
Maryland, and Virginia at the same
time.
Harpers Ferry
He led an expedition across the Blue
Ridge Mts. Into the Shenandoah Valley
in 1763.
Alexander Spotswood
Legend says Pocahontas may have visited these
srpings where Douthard Creek enters Knapp’s
Creek.
Minnehaha Springs
The author of The Good Earth
Pearl Buck
Interstate named WV’s High Technology
Corridor
I-79
The grave of Dick Pointer can
be found here
Lewisburg
The present day site of Fort Henry
Wheeling
The two major political parties
in WV
Republicans and
Democrats
Which of the following was not a pioneer in the RR industry?
A. Andrew Carnegie B. Henry Gassaway Davis
C. Stephen B. Elkins D. Johnson N. Camden
A. Andrew Carnegie
Nail City
Wheeling
Name the three branches of government
LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
President when WV became a
state
Abraham Lincoln
The Fairfax Stone is at the head of what
river?
Potomac
Life in the Iron Mills was
written by -
Rebecca Harding
Became principal of the
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Feb. 26, 1972 a gob pile dam
collapsed here -
Buffalo Creek
1933 homesteader community
Arthurdale
Large deposits of this are found in
Greenbrier County
Limestone
One of the earliest glassmaking plants
built by Isaac Duval was located
here
Wellsburg
Wheeling native who served as
president of The United Auto
Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Today’s Head Start program is modeled
after a program organized by -
Huey Perry
This invention greatly decreased
the number of miners needed
Continuous miner
The Logan County sheriff who raised a
army to fight the miners at Blair
Mountain
Don Chafin
Anderson Hatfield is better known as -
Devil Anse
This herbal remedy is also the
name of a magazine about
WV
Goldenseal
WV’s national cemetery is
located where?
Grafton
Who invented a machine for
making tumblers and light bulbs
Michael J. Owens
Which of the following is not a by-product of coal
A. VaselineB. Vanillin
C. KeroseneD. Aspirin
C. Kerosene
The Palace of Gold is located in what county?
Marshall
“The Aracoma Story” can be seen at what state park?
Chief Logan
The careful management of
natural resources
conservation
An agreement not to join a labor union
Yellow-dog contract