golden horseshoe 6 mother day originated in what town?

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