The History and Government of West VirginiaAcme Publishing Company, 1906 - 518 pages |
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... West Virginia legislature has changed a number of the State laws since this work was first written , rendering necessary a revision of portions of several chapters , in order to bring the treatise up to date . No greater changes , how ...
... West Virginia legislature has changed a number of the State laws since this work was first written , rendering necessary a revision of portions of several chapters , in order to bring the treatise up to date . No greater changes , how ...
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... Virginia lost territory from time to time . The first division was the cutting off of the northern part to make New England . Then came other subtractions , the last of which was in 1863 when the western part was taken off to form West ...
... Virginia lost territory from time to time . The first division was the cutting off of the northern part to make New England . Then came other subtractions , the last of which was in 1863 when the western part was taken off to form West ...
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... West Virginia now included in Mineral , Hampshire , Hardy , Mor- gan , Berkeley , Jefferson , and portions of Grant and Tucker counties , was the property of Lord Fairfax , when the first set- tlers entered that region . The King of ...
... West Virginia now included in Mineral , Hampshire , Hardy , Mor- gan , Berkeley , Jefferson , and portions of Grant and Tucker counties , was the property of Lord Fairfax , when the first set- tlers entered that region . The King of ...
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... West . But it had only an indirect influence on West Virginia's history . Other lines of travel , although they were mere paths , were of more importance to our State . 5. The McCullough Trail . There were a number of paths crossing the ...
... West . But it had only an indirect influence on West Virginia's history . Other lines of travel , although they were mere paths , were of more importance to our State . 5. The McCullough Trail . There were a number of paths crossing the ...
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... West Virginia . Over the same trail John Minear carried on horseback the irons for the first sawmill erected between the Alleghanies and Laurel Hill in West Virginia . He built the mill on the site of St. George , in Tucker County . 7 ...
... West Virginia . Over the same trail John Minear carried on horseback the irons for the first sawmill erected between the Alleghanies and Laurel Hill in West Virginia . He built the mill on the site of St. George , in Tucker County . 7 ...
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