State electoral collage:15State bird: cardinal Sate drink: it has no official state drink but try some apple juice

State foods state meat: Virginia ham state fruit: apple state muffin: blueberry muffin

State flower: rhododendron

west Virginia is known for: coal mountains and white water raftinganimal: black bear: black bearState motto: montani semper libri (Mountaineers are always free)State tree: sugar maple

State capital: Charleston State colors: Blue and goldState flag:State songs: West Virginia, my home sweet home, the West Virginia hillsNick name is : mountain state

Prior to the American Civil War, the counties that would ultimately form West Virginia that were a part of the state of Virginia; the state capitol was in Richmond, Virginia. After Prior to the American Civil War, the counties that would ultimately form West Virginia were a part of the state of Virginia; the state capitol was in Richmond, Virginia. After Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, the northwest counties of Virginia loyal to the United States started the process which could ultimately create the State of West Virginia on June 20, 1863.Agreeing on a state capital location, however, proved to be difficult. For several years, the capital of West Virginia intermittently traveled between Wheeling and Charleston. In 1877, however, the state's citizens voted on the final location of their capital. Charleston was chosen and, eight years later, the first capitol building was opened. After a fire in 1921, a hastily-built structure was opened but it too burned down in 1927. Two people were killed in that fire and a memorial was built in memory of the victims.

1st tourist Attraction Gorge River Did you know that The GORGE BRIGE is the 2nd HIGHEST bridge in the

U.S.A??????????

The NEW GORGE River is a popular place for WHITE WATER RAFTING WHITE WATER RAFTING MEANS steering a small boat in a fast running stream!!!!!

Lots of rock CLIMBERS climb the GORGE Walls every year! The end less wall is also a popular climbing place and the Walls 150 feet high (46 meters high)

2nd Tourist attraction: WEST

VIRGINAS ski resort!!!!!!!! You

can: ski, snow board, Snow

shoe, tub, also snow mobile

tours, split rock tours and

also biking (in the summer).

Mountain State

Beckley CampusMountain State UniversityP.O Box 9003Beckley, WV 25802-90031.866.367.6781WEBSITE

Physical address for University OfficesMountain State University609 S Kanawha StreetBeckley WV 25801

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Mountain State University is a private educational institution and was founded in 1933. Located in Berkley, it has an undergraduate student population 3,921. This small private university originally of began as a community college. Today, Morgan State offers a wide range of undergraduate majors in areas, such as arts and sciences, business and technology, health science, leadership and professional development. The undergraduate tuition for residents is $205 per credit hour. However, costs can vary according to the area of study.

West Virginia was the only American state formed as a direct result of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (1607-1776) and the western part of the state of Virginia (1776-1863), whose population became sharply divided over the issue of secession from the Union and in the separation from Virginia, formalized by admittance to the Union as a new state in 1863." An encyclopedic article about the history of West Virginia. - From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_West_Virginia`

West Virginia is the only state created by carving out territory from another state, without that state’s permission.

On October 24, 1861, in a public referendum, voters overwhelmingly supported the creation of the new state, to be called Kanawha. And also the following month, a convention at Wheeling changed the name to West Virginia. also hundreds of years later, a Beckley newspaper suggested the name of the state be changed to either Kanawha or Lincoln because lots of people believed West Virginia was the western part of Virginia, and not a separate state.

West Virginia’s capital was originally Wheeling. It was changed to Charleston in 1870, back to Wheeling in 1875, and back to Charleston in 1885.

West Virginia has the highest average elevation of any state east of the Mississippi River, and the most irregular boundary of any state.

Weirton is the only city in the U. S. that extends from one state border to another. Both candidates for Governor in the 1888 election—Nathan Goff Jr. and Arêtes Fleming—

claimed to have won, and both were sworn in as Governor on March 4, 1889. Goff appeared to have won the election by 130 votes, but Fleming disputed the vote count and asked the Legislature to declare him the winner. The President of the Senate, Robert S. Carr, also claimed the governorship.

A hanging in Ripley in 1896 turned into a spectacle that attracted nationwide attention. A New York Sun reporter likened the town’s atmosphere that day to a festival. The event is described in a song by; Tom T. Hall, The Last Public Hanging in Ripley, West Virginia

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