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WorksheetsWV COUNTY REVIEW
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Name for a distinguished statesman jurist of Virginia, this county is site of the higher point in the state.
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Same name as Mingo chief whose family was murdered.
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Writer the author of the Declaration of Independence
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Bears the name of an Indian princess.
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States youngest county, named for Chief Logan's tribe.
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Daniel was the first name of the famous hunter and explorer for which this county is named (a)
An important site of frontier forts, this county was named for its natural resources (a)
The second largest county, it's named after the river that drains it.
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South Carolina's famous statesman John C. (a)
The fifth President of the United States
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Smallest County..
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Largest county
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First signer of the Declaration of Independence..
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Governor of Virginia from 1805-1808; home of the "Thundering Herd."
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Chief Justice of United States Supreme Court for 34 years.
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The 16th President of the United States and signed our statehood movement.
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Oldest County
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Most western county
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Location of West Virginia's geographical center
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Most Eastern
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Most southern county
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Jessica Lynch ..I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story
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Trout Pond
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Dolly Sod
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Cranberry Glade
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Teays Valley
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WVU
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Source of all rivers
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Morgan Morgan
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Organ Caverns
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Canaan Valley
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Pinnacle Rock
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Smoke Hole Cavern
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Blackwater Falls
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Trough: Hardy County and
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R.D. Bailey Dam and Lake: Mingo County and
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Capital Complex
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Blennerhassett Island
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Ice Mountain
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Seneca Cavern
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Hawks Nest
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Least Precipitation
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Most Precipitation
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Mothman Festival
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Lowest point
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Cheat Lake
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John Amos Plant
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Highest Point
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Ben's Run
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Criel Mound
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Buffalo Village
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Indian Mound Cemetery
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Cass Railroad
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First capital
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Capital today
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African-American tuberculosis sanitarium located
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George "Spanky" Roberts a member of famous Tuskegee Airman was from
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First African-American College, Storer College was located
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Nail City: Wheeling
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Peters Mountain
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Falls Creek
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This Jefferson County community was originally established as Mecklenberg. (Shepherdstown)
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Arch Moore , only West Virginia governor to be elected for three four-year terms. He was from (a) County
Weirton
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Fourth County
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Berkeley Springs
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On May 10, 1863, this Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson , was born and raised in what became West Virginia, died of wounds received in the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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Winterplace Ski Resort
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The crew from "Ghost Adventures" performed a paranormal investigation at the West Virginia Penitentiary site in 2008.
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Bramwell: Town of the Millionaires
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For four decades, Akro Agate Company of Clarksburg manufactured these items used in Chinese Checkers. (marbles)
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Double barrel bridge (first battle of Civil War) Philippi
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Oldest College: Bethany College
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This glass factory opened in Moundsville in 1891 and operated for nearly one hundred years before closing in 1986. (Fostoria Glass)
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State Fair (Fairlea)
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Bolivar was named for the South American liberator whose victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Grafton was where the first Mother's Day was held.
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In 1995, the FBI completed construction of its building complex in Clarksburg.
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" Big Moses" : oil and natural gas in 1894
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Mount Carbon
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Fontaine Beckham was the mayor of Harpers Ferry killed during John Brown's Raid in 1859?
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Middle Island Creek is a river, 77 miles (124 km) long, in northwestern West Virginia is the longest creek in the state.
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Many immigrants from Asturias, a province of Spain, settled in this county community of Spelter to work in the zinc industry.
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In Charles Town , and the aftermath of his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown was tried on three charges. Murder, treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, and conspiring with slaves to make insurrection
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Rock Springs Park, a popular amusement park which once attracted as many as 20,000 people daily, was located in Chester.
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The Adena Indians built ceremonial burial mounds, including one at Grave Creek. The Grave Creek Mound at Moundsville is a product of this prehistoric Culture.
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In 1794, the first iron furnace west of the Allegheny Mountains was constructed in this county.
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The Burning Springs field was one of two producing oil fields in the world at the outset of the Civil War. In May 1863, Confederate Gen. William E. Jones raided Burning Springs and set fire to the oil field.
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Tomlinson Run State Park is located in this West Virginia county.
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Fairfax Stone
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This county is the northernmost in West Virginia.
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This Shawnee chief Killbuck Native American in the Battle of the Trough in (a)
The Blue and Gray Reunion is held annually and Alderson-Broaddus College is in Phillipi. _ County
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The last public hanging in West Virginia occurred in Ripley.
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John Hanger , whose leg was amputated due to a wound received in the Battle of Philippi, found a company which specializes in the manufactures of prosthetic devices.
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Fort Neally, built in the mid 1750s, stood in this present-day West Virginia County.
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Isaac T. Duval helped develop glass industry in (a) County.
Droop Mountain (last major battle Civil War/first state park)
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St. Marys Tower/Willow Island disaster
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Carnifax Ferry : In July 1861, Union forces pushed the Confederates out of the Kanawha Valley and occupied the strategic Gauley Bridge area.
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With more than 100, this county has more listings on the National Register of Historic Places than any other county in West Virginia.
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This first Grimes Golden apple tree stood in what county?
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The community of Pickle Street is located in this West Virginia county.
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Belle Boyd , Martinsburg native was probably the most noted female spy for the Confederacy.
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Rich Mountain: After the decisive defeat of Confederate forces on June 3, 1861, at Philippi, Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett, the new Confederate commander, established two defensive positions, at Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain, near present Elkins.
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The Sago Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion on January 2, 2006, at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia
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This Travel Channel show , Ghost Adventures, a live paranormal investigation at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston on October 30, 2009.
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Camp Dawson
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On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed under the weight of rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people.
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The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington, West Virginia, United States. The explosion was large enough to be felt in Fairmont, almost 12 miles away.
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The Battle of Matewan was a shootout in the town of Matewan
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The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam #3, located on a hillside burst, four days after having been declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector.
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Snowshoe Mountain Resort
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Monongah mining disaster: The Monongah mining disaster of Monongah, West Virginia occurred on December 6, 1907, and has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history"
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