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A view of the New River in West Virginia, the world's third-oldest river geologically. The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Virginian Southern Unionists, who aimed to repeal the Ordinance of Secession that Virginia made during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
West Virginia & Regional History Center. Coordinates: 39°37′59.5″N 79°57′15.8″W. The West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC), [1] is the largest archival collection housing documents and manuscripts involving West Virginia and the surrounding central Appalachian region. [2] Because of name changes over the years, it is ...
Kanawha County. The West Virginia Archives and History houses materials on the state from its earliest date to the present, including letters, diaries, maps, photographs, newspapers, state government records, and audiovisual materials. [ 31] The Ruth Ann Musick Library at Fairmont State University. Academic Library.
West Virginia Archives and History is the state agency that collects and preserves materials on the state and makes them available to the public. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, this section of the Department of Arts, Culture and History oversees the West Virginia Archives and History Library, a non-lending research facility, and the West Virginia State Archives, one of the state’s ...
The Camp Bartow Historic District — centered on the historic inn called "Traveller's Repose" (1845, rebuilt 1869) and the site of the Battle of Greenbrier River (1861) — is a national historic district located at Bartow, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. It is situated at the foot of Burner Mountain, at a bend in the East ...
December 2, 1993. Byrnside-Beirne-Johnson House, also known as "Willowbrook," is a historic home located near Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. The house began as a pioneer log fort built by six families in 1770. After 1855, it was enlarged to a large 2⁄2 -story, five-bay, T-shaped dwelling with a two-story rear wing.
Lewisburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 112 contributing buildings and are representative of the development and evolution of Lewisburg, over a period of more than two centuries (1763-1977). Notable buildings include log cabins dating to the ...
Wellsburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It encompasses 693 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Wellsburg. Notable buildings include the Brooke County Courthouse (1836), Northwestern Bank of Virginia (1835), Christ ...