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The defunct Richard Mine is the single largest source of acid mine drainage into Deckers Creek watershed. Each year the mine discharges 730,500 pounds of acidity, 140,000 pounds of iron, 59,000 pounds of aluminum and 3,200 pounds of manganese.
Weston was founded in 1818 as Preston; the name was changed to Fleshersville soon after, and then to Weston in 1819. [6] The city was incorporated in 1846. [7]Weston is the site of the former Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a psychiatric hospital and National Historic Landmark which has been mostly vacant since its closure in 1994 upon its replacement by the nearby William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital.
Richard Forlani Neely (August 2, 1941 – November 8, 2020) was a justice and chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from 1973 to 1995. [1] When he took office, he became the youngest judge of a court of last resort in the English-speaking world in the 20th century.
Richard Beard House is a historic home located near Hillsboro, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was built about 1890, and is a two-story Queen Anne style frame dwelling. The house has a side facing T-plan. The front facade features a one-story front porch running one half the width of the house and a three-sided, hip roof bay.
Will Geer (born William Aughe Ghere; March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978) was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and communist movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s.
Matthew M. Neely (9 November 1874 – 18 January 1958), 21st governor of West Virginia in addition to being a congressman and senator. Received the degrees in Friendship Lodge No. 56, West Union, West Virginia , 25 March 27 December 1899, and 8 September 1900; later admitted to Fairmont Lodge No. 9, Fairmont, West Virginia .
On April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States and the 36th vice president, died after suffering a significant stroke four days earlier, at the age of 81. His state [1] funeral followed five days later at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in his hometown of Yorba Linda, California.
West Virginia (4th district) March 2, 1930 69 Heart disease: Marion, Ohio: Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, West Virginia: Robert Lynn Hogg: March 4, 1927 (previously served March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1915) February 27, 1861 Corunna, Ontario, Canada: 71st (1929–1931) James P. Glynn Republican Connecticut (5th district) March 6, 1930 62 Unknown