West Virginia: A History

agriculture Allegheny Ambler amendment American Baltimore and Ohio became Carlile century Charles Charleston Church Clarksburg College Confederate constitution convention Creek Davis defeated Democratic District Dunmore eastern Eastern Panhandle economic election Elkins established Fairmont federal Festus frontier Gauley George governor Greenbrier Harrison County Hatfield Henry Henry Gassaway Davis House of Delegates hundred Indians industry Jackson James Jefferson John Kanawha County Kanawha River Kanawha Valley Kentucky labor land later leaders legislature Lewis Logan major Methodist miners mines Monongahela Monongahela Valley Monongalia Monongalia County Morgantown Mountain Neely northwestern Virginia Ohio Railroad Ohio River Ohio Valley organization Parkersburg party Pennsylvania percent Pittsburgh political Potomac president Press Randolph Reorganized Government Republican Richmond schools secession settlements settlers South Branch Southern statehood Summers thousand towns trans-Allegheny UMWA Union United States Senate vote voters Washington Wellsburg West Virginia History West Virginia University Wheeling Wheeling Convention Willey William