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2. Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded

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   The Virginia State colony was a center for feeble minded whites only. Blacks were not admitted to the colony throughout its early years. However, the state of Virginia in 1939 created the Petersburg Colony for the care of blacks who were deemed either “insane” or “feebleminded.” [ 11 ] The poorly-funded colony was a work camp for its ...

3. Allegany Ballistics Laboratory - Wikipedia

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   Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (ABL) located in Rocket Center, West Virginia, is a diverse industrial complex employing some 1,000 people across 1,628 acres (6.59 km 2).The facility is a member of the Federal Laboratory Consortium and is operated by Northrop Grumman (former Alliant Techsystems) under contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

4. Rocket Center, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Rocket Center, West Virginia is the site of a government installation known as Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, part of the Naval Sea Systems Command which is currently operated by Northrop Grumman. Rocket Center shares a ZIP Code with Keyser but is located 15 miles (24 km) north along the North Branch Potomac River in Mineral County , West ...

5. List of West Virginia state agencies - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of the U.S. state of West Virginia's state agencies. Departments and agencies. West Virginia Department of Administration;

6. History of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (1607–1776) and the western part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia (1776–1788), and state of Virginia (1788–1863).

7. West Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Also drawing tourism to the state is the West Virginia State Park & State Forest system, which comprises 45 units covering 164,000 acres. In 2021, over 9 million people visited a West Virginia State Park, the highest number on record. This is partly due to a recent $151 million improvement project that has seen improvements at every park and ...

8. East Coast commuters may see streak of fire in morning sky ...

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   A 59-foot-tall Rocket Lab Electron rocket is being launched from Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, sometime between 2:40 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., according to a news release.

9. Chestnut Ridge people - Wikipedia

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   Barbour County was settled primarily by white people from eastern Virginia, beginning in the 1770s and '80s. It was part of the colony (later state) of Virginia until West Virginia was admitted to the Union as a separate state during the American Civil War. The families that later became known as "Chestnut Ridge people" began to arrive after ...