Golden Horseshoe Review 2

Name the border states Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland Kentucky Ohio

Location of new prison Mount Olive Fayette County

Location of old prison Moundsville

Female country and western singer from Nitro Kathy Metta

WV is divided into how many congressional districts? three

Location of Cranberry Glades Pocahontas County

WV’s premier bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth

Natural wonder that resembles scenery of the western desert Seneca Rocks

Man made border between WW and Pennsylvania Mason-Dixon Line

Considers evidence to determine if a person should be indicted Grand Jurry

Islands in the Ohio River are owned by which state West Virginia

From Bridgeport, made a fortune in oil Michael Benedum

Two prehistoric cultures with remains in WV Adena and Hopewell

Prevailing winds in WV bring moisture from what body of water Gulf of Mexico

The historical “Draper Papers” are found in what institution? University of Virginia

First women WV Supreme Court Judge Margaret Workman

Established Arthurdale, a federal resettlement project Eleanor Roosevelt

Led Indians at the Battle of Point Pleasant Chief Cornstalk

28th and 30th Governor sentenced to prison for crimes while in office Arch A. Moore Jr.

Saved Fort Henry by running for gun powder Betty Zane

First women to serve as a Federal District Court Judge Elizabeth Hallahan

WVU basketball player from Princeton, played in the NBA at Baktimore, St.Louis, and Seattle Rod Thorn

First European to see the Kanawha River at St. Albans Gabriel Arthur

Senator from the Restored Government, tried to defeat WV statehood John S Carlile

Nobel Prize Winner, wrote “The Good Earth” Pearl S. Buck

Olympic Gold Medal Winner in gymnastics Mary Lou Retton

Female labor leader, led 5 major coal strikes Mary Mother Jones

Designer of the State Capitol Cass Gilbert

US Senator, Governor, President of WV Wesleyan College John D. Rockefeller IV

Responsible for the first newspaper at Shepherdstown Nathaniel Willis

Sent to expand trade with Indians, first to see New River, killed by Indians James Needham

Land company explorer, named the Cumberland Gap Thomas Walker

Geologist, made it possible to predict where oil and gas could be found Israel White

14th Governor, ended coal strike, reduced jail terms Governor Hatfield

WVU basketball player “Zeke from Cabin Creek Jerry West

US Senator, Democratic Whip, Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd

Made decision that money should be redistributed to poorer counties for equal education Judge Arthur Recht

Wrote about early settlement, “Notes on Settlement” Joseph Doddridge

WV’s Greatest Educator Booker T. Washington

Offered o plan for a system of district schools Henry Ruffner

Novelist, short story writer, wrote about the lives of WV mountain people, “The Night of the Hunter Davis Grubb

Marshall basketball player, NBA Philadelphia 76ers Hal Greer

English explorers, kept journal, found the MANI tree Batts and Fallam

Writer from Fairmont, wrote “A Separate Peace” John Knowles

She wrote poems about West Virginia Louise McNeill

Writer, playwright, singer of folk music Billy Ed Wheller

Abolitionist, led attack on arsenal at Harper’s Ferry John Brown

“The Great Wildcatter” took risk in sinking wells, made fortune in gas and oil Michael Benedum

Steel Driving Man John Henry

Famous Feud Hatfield and McCoy