Golden Horseshoe Review 1
First rural free mail delivery Charles Town
The Adenna people migrated from where? Asia
Helped organize miners - Mary Mother Jones
Porte Crayon was his pen name David Hunter Strother
First capital Wheeling
Governor during the Civil War Francis Pierpont
Woman that was part of the moccasin rangers during the Civil War Nancy Hart
A monument to Chief Cornstalk stands in a park in this city Point Pleasant
Most eastern county Jefferson
Served as Sec. Of State under Jimmy Carter Cyrus Vance
How many members of Congress does WV have? Five 3 House of Representatives 2 Senators
Largest earthwork Grave Creek Moundsville
In what National Forest is Dolly Sods Monongahela
Fort Blair at Pt. Pleasant was renamed what? Fort Randolph
Most western county Wayne
Two rivers that join to form the Kanawha New and Gauley
First Governor Arthur I. Boreman
Location of John E. Amos power plant Putnam County
“Sunrise” was the home of what governor William MacCorkle
Location of the Forest Festival Elkins
Location of Tamarack Beckley
Oldest County Hampshire
Longest River Ohio
Designer of the Great Seal Joseph H. Diss DeBar
County that is landlocked and mineral poor Nicholas
Location of WVU Morgantown
Location of Canaan Valley Tucker County
Location of Oglebay Park Wheeling
Lowest Point Harper’s Ferry
Highest Point Spruce Knob
Four Geographic Regions Potomac Allegheny Highlands Allegheny Plateau Ohio Valley
Invented the bottle making machine Michael Owens
How many river systems? Seven
Governor during the Matwan Massacre Governor Cornwell
Started the graded system of education Alexander Wade
WV was important in the presidential primary of this president in 1960 John F. Kennedy
WV’s only natural lake Trout Pond Hardy County
Oldest River New
The Lost River disappears underground and reappears as the source of what river? Cacapon River
Branch of government that can tax Legislature
“There runs not a drop of blood in the veins of any living creature.This called for revenge... Chief Logan’s Speech
Location of Pearl S. Buck’s home Hillsboro Pocahontas County
Oldest unrestored Church still in use west of the Alleghenies Old Stone Church Lewisburg
The largest coalfield Allegheny- Kanawha
The “Aracoma Story” recounts the love story of the daughter of - Chief Cornstalk
The county referred to as the birthplace of rivers Pocahontas
John Brown was sentenced to death and hanged where? Charles Town
Coal rich in oil that would burn with the glow of a candle cannel
West Virginian who carried a message to Garcia from President McKinley Andrew Summer Rowan
“Knights of the Golden Horseshoe” were explorers honored by who? Alexander Spotswood