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
Legislative Executive Judicial
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. Vaseline B. Vanillin C. Kerosene D. 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