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Alston G. Dayton (1857–1920), U.S. Representative, West Virginia 2nd District, from 1895 to 1905; born in, and practiced law in, Philippi. Actor Ted Cassidy (1932–79), who played Lurch and "Thing" on the 1960s TV show The Addams Family, was raised in Philippi, graduating from Philippi High School circa 1950. [citation needed].
The Philippi Covered Bridge (northeast end) as it appeared ca. 1899. The Philippi Covered Bridge, circa 1970. The Philippi Covered Bridge in 2015. The Philippi Covered Bridge, on the Tygart Valley River, is the main local landmark and historical icon of Philippi, West Virginia, USA.
Manila is a small unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.Like other American settlements named for the Philippine capital, the town was so named circa 1900, during the Spanish–American War, to commemorate the United States' naval victory at the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay.
The Battle of Philippi formed part of the Western Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War and was fought in and around Philippi, Virginia (now West Virginia), on June 3, 1861. A Union Army victory, it was the first organized land action of the war, though generally viewed as a skirmish rather than a battle.
West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. [5] The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.
The 2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia. Democratic Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott and Republican Governor Jim Justice were seeking their first term in office.
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 ...
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