1. West Virginia By Jessica

2. Charleston’s Interesting Facts Charleston became a state on June20,1863 in the midst of the civil war. The major city is Parksburg,WV the people live there because they celebrate belsnickles that is what they celebrate Christmas.

3. Fun Facts The first fun fact is Greenbrier hotel is a home of the famous springs. They have 26 students receive Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford university in England. The total cost of the construction was nearly $10 million in 1932!!!

4. Bibliography http://www.50states.com/wvirgini.htm http://jeff560.tripod.com/wv-hist.html http://www.50states.com/wvirgini.htm#.UVNH vPWcxJ5 http://www.google.com/ http://www.wvsto.com/dept/FinEd/Teachers/K ids/Pages/WVHistoryFacts.aspx 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. West Virginia from its glorious past to the present the author Allan Carpenter copyright 1968

5. Timeline 1712 1783 Baron Christopher de graffenreid visited the eastern panhandle looking for land John Floyd discovers natural gas in the Kanawha valley 1771 Settlers west of the allegeneny mountains to create a new state called “westylvania”

6. About Me I was born in Lajunta and I have 3 dogs, 1 cat, 4 chickens, 10 goats (the chickens and the goats are at my grandmas house). I have 2 brothers and 1 sister,2 nieces, 1 new baby cousin, 3 nephews, 3 older cousins.