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It took its name after the 1928 merger of the Mineral Daily News and the Keyser Tribune. [4] The Daily News was founded in Keyser in 1912; [1] the other paper had begun as the West Virginia Tribune, published in New Creek, West Virginia, in 1870. [5] Gannett sold the newspaper in 2022 to NCWV Media. [6]
Keyser, the county seat of Mineral County, is located on the North Branch of the Potomac River at its juncture with New Creek in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. . Throughout the centuries, the town went through a series of name changes, but was ultimately named after William Keyser, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad off
New Creek enters the North Branch Potomac River at Keyser with the headwaters starting at Dam Site 14 in Grant County, West Virginia. It is the water supply for the city of Keyser. [8] Patterson Creek enters the Potomac River east of Cumberland, Maryland, with headwaters being in Grant County, West Virginia. The Patterson Creek watershed ...
The legislation consolidated Keyser with South Keyser and added further territory to the newly chartered city. Until this time, Keyser had functioned under a general law applicable to all municipalities in West Virginia. Its size now justified a special city charter from the state. The charter laid out Keyser's form of government as well. [51]
High Gate (also known as the James Edwin Watson House or Ross Funeral Home) [1] is an historic residence located at 800 Fairmont Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia.. The High Gate house and carriage house were built ca. 1910-1913 by Fairmont industrialist and financier, James E. Watson, son of the "father of the West Virginia coal industry," James O. Watson.
Mineral County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia. It was built in 1868 and expanded or remodeled in 1894 and 1938–1941. The original section of the courthouse is a 2 1/2 story, brick building. The 1894 modifications are in the Romanesque Revival style. It is a three-story section constructed ...
Communities within the district include Philippi, Belington, Grafton, Brookhaven, Kingwood, Terra Alta, Parsons, Keyser, and Moorefield. [4] The district is largely within West Virginia's 1st congressional district, with a small portion extending into the 2nd district.
Hulett Carlson Smith (October 21, 1918 – January 15, 2012) was an American politician who served as the 27th governor of West Virginia from 1965 to 1969.