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World War II on the Home Front
Military Training in West Virginia
Ashford General Hospital
Rationing
Victory Gardens
... 8 more
West Virginia since 1945
Coal Mine Mechanization
Decline in Manufacturing
Civil Rights Movement
Growing Poverty
... 22 more
Sports: Baseball
Jesse Burkett (1868-1953)
Jack Glasscock (1859-1947)
Early Future Stars
Hack Wilson (1900-1948)
... 10 more
Sports: Basketball
Clair Bee (1886-1983)
Eli "Cam" Henderson (1890-1956)
Marshall "Little Sleepy" Glenn (1908-1983)
Richard Ambrey "Dyke" Raese (1909-2000)
... 14 more
Sports: Football
Fielding "Hurry-Up" Yost (1871-1946)
"Greasy" Neale (1891-1973)
Ira Errett "Rat" Rodgers (1895–1963)
George Preston Marshall (1896-1969)
... 17 more
Notable Military Figures: The 1700s
Morgan Morgan (1688–1766)
George Washington (1732-1799)
Kyashuta
Christopher Gist (ca. 1706-1759)
... 11 more
Music: Blues and Jazz Performers
Revella Hughes (1895–1987)
Maceo Pinkard (1897–1962)
Don Redman (1900-1964)
Mary Smith McClain (1902–2000)
... 7 more
Artists
David Hunter Strother (1816–1888)
Lily Irene Jackson (1848-1928)
Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851–1912)
Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952)
... 35 more
Authors
Anne Newport Royall (1769–1854)
David Hunter Strother (1816–1888)
Thomas Dunn English (1819–1902)
Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910)
... 52 more
Stars of the Stage and Screen
Dagmar (1921-2001)
Joanne Dru (1922–1996)
Don Knotts (1924–2006)
Soupy Sales (1926–2009)
... 9 more
Music: Country & Western Music
"Blind Alfred" Reed (1880–1956)
Cap, Andy, & Flip: Warren Caplinger (1889-1957), Andrew Patterson (1893-1950), William "Flip" Strickland (1908-88)
Frank Hutchison (1897–1945)
William Jennings "Billy" Cox (1897–1968)
... 16 more
Music: Old-Time
"Uncle Jack" McElwain (1856-1938)
Edden Hammons (1875-1955)
"Blind Ed" Haley (1883-1951)
Henry Reed (1884-1968)
... 18 more
Medal of Honor Recipients from West Virginia
William Henry Powell (1862)
William H. Barringer (1863)
John C. Buckley (1863)
William Bumgarner (1863)
... 67 more
Geology
Paleozoic Era
"Old Appalachia"
The Mountains Rise
Appalachian Orogeny
... 15 more
Rivers
Big Sandy River
Blackwater River
Birch River
Bluestone River
... 28 more
Springs
Barger Springs
Berkeley Springs
Blue Sulphur Springs
Capon Springs
... 10 more
Mountains and Knobs
Allegheny Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains
Cheat Mountain
Droop Mountain
... 13 more
Caves and Caverns
Friars Hole Cave
Greenville Saltpeter Cave
Hellhorn Cavern
Lost World Caverns
... 4 more
Wildlife
Amphibians and Reptiles
Cheat Mountain Salamander
Snakes
Birds
... 21 more
Music: Classical
Charleston Ballet
Susanne Fisher (1903-1990)
Eleanor Steber (1914–1990)
Harold M. Hayslett (1917–2018)
... 5 more
Music: Gospel
Molly O'Day (1923–1987) and Lynn Davis (1914-2000)
Rex (1921-1999) and Eleanor Parker (1922-2018)
Bill Browning (1931-1977)
Squire Parsons Jr. (1948–2025)
... 2 more
Sports: Miscellaneous
Cornelius Lonzo Burdette (1878-1955)
Goss-Ryan Heavyweight Fight
Sam Snead (1912-2002)
Bill Campbell (1923–2013)
... 2 more
Churches
African Zion Baptist
Forks-of-Cheat Baptist Church
International Mother's Day Shrine
Job's Temple
... 8 more
Music: Bluegrass
Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
Mitchell Burt "Bea" Lilly (1921-2005) and Charles Everett Lilly (1924-2012)
“Curly” Ray Cline (1923–1997)
Don Stover (1928–1996)
... 4 more
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