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Panorama northwest, northeast and east from a ridge along West Virginia Route 42 between Elk Garden and Sulphur City in Mineral County, West Virginia (2016)

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,793,716 residents. 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. It was the only state to form by separating from a Confederate state, one of two states (along with Nevada) admitted to the Union during the Civil War, and the second state to separate from another state, after Maine separated from Massachusetts in 1820. Some of its residents held slaves, but most were yeoman farmers, and the delegates provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in the new state constitution. The state legislature abolished slavery in the state, and at the same time ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery nationally on February 3, 1865.

West Virginia's northern panhandle extends adjacent to Pennsylvania and Ohio to form a tristate area, with Wheeling, Weirton, and Morgantown just across the border from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Huntington in the southwest is close to Ohio and Kentucky, while Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry in the eastern panhandle region are considered part of the Washington metropolitan area, between Maryland and Virginia. West Virginia is often included in several U.S. geographical regions, including the Mid-Atlantic, the Upland South, and the Southeastern United States. It is the only state entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission; the area is commonly defined as "Appalachia". (Full article...)

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John Milton Warhop (July 4, 1884 – October 4, 1960) was an American baseball pitcher who played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1908 to 1915 for the New York Highlanders / Yankees.

Considered by baseball insiders and historians as an unlucky pitcher, Warhop had a career 69–92 win–loss record, but with a 3.12 earned run average while playing for mostly second division Highlanders/Yankees teams. Of his 92 losses, the Yankees did not score a run in 23, and he holds the MLB record for losing the most 1–0 games with five in 1914. In 1915, Warhop allowed Babe Ruth's first two career home runs. He was released after the 1915 season and played a number of seasons in minor league baseball and semi-professional teams until his late 40s or early 50s. (Full article...)

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Wheeling is a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located almost entirely in Ohio County, of which it is the county seat, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and also contains a tiny portion extending into Marshall County. Wheeling is located about 60 miles (96 km) west of Pittsburgh and is the principal city of the Wheeling metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 27,062, and the metro area had a population of 139,513. It is the fifth most populous city in West Virginia, and the most populous in the state’s Northern Panhandle.

Wheeling was originally a settlement in the British Colony of Virginia, and later the second largest city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. During the American Civil War, Wheeling was the host of the Wheeling Conventions that led to the formation of West Virginia, and it was the first capital of the new state. Due to its location along major transportation routes, including the Ohio River, National Road, and the B&O Railroad, Wheeling became a manufacturing center in the late nineteenth century. After the closing of factories and substantial population loss following World War II, Wheeling's major industries now include healthcare, education, law and legal services, entertainment and tourism, and energy. (Full article...)

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Image 1Bluefield, a major center for coal mining, in 2014 (from West Virginia)
Image 2State of Westylvania proposed to the U.S. Congress (from West Virginia)
Image 3Votes by county in the October 1861 statehood vote (from West Virginia)
Image 4Francis H. Pierpont, a leader during the Second Wheeling Convention (from West Virginia)
Image 5Counties (in blue) approving Virginia's secession from the U.S. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 6Köppen climate types of West Virginia, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from West Virginia)
Image 71715 Nicolas de Fer map showing the Native American areas known as Tionontatacaga and Calicuas (from History of West Virginia)
Image 8Escaped slave broadside, Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1845 (from West Virginia)
Image 9Map of Virginia dated June 13, 1861, featuring the percentage of slave population within each county at the 1860 census and the proposed state of Kanawha (from West Virginia)
Image 10Map of West Virginia counties (from West Virginia)
Image 11Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County (from West Virginia)
Image 12West Virginia population density map (from West Virginia)
Image 13John S. Carlile, a leader during the First Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)

Racial plurality in West Virginia by county, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 15Bituminous coal seam in southwestern West Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 16Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from History of West Virginia)
Image 17The summit of Spruce Knob is often covered in clouds. (from West Virginia)
Image 18Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, changed hands a dozen times during the American Civil War. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 19From left, Senator Joe Manchin, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, and Representative David McKinley (2017) (from West Virginia)
Image 20The Veterans Memorial Bridge carries US 22 from Weirton WV into Ohio. (from West Virginia)
Image 211751 Fry-Jefferson map showing early ferries and established colonial borders before the French And Indian War (from History of West Virginia)
Image 22Saturday afternoon street scene, Welch, McDowell County, 1946 (from West Virginia)
Image 23Shaded relief map of the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge-and-valley Appalachians (from West Virginia)
Image 24Harpers Ferry alternated between Confederate and Union rule eight times during the American Civil War, and was finally annexed by West Virginia. (from West Virginia)
Image 25Child labor in the coal mines of West Virginia, 1908 (from West Virginia)
Image 26Turnout by county in the October 24, 1861, West Virginia statehood vote (from History of West Virginia)
Image 27The iconic New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville (from West Virginia)
Image 28The Linsly Institute building in Wheeling, West Virginia, which served as the state's first capitol building from statehood in 1863 until March 28, 1870, when the capitol was transferred to Charleston, West Virginia (from History of West Virginia)
Image 29A view of the New River in West Virginia, the world's third-oldest river geologically (from History of West Virginia)
Image 30A toll plaza on the West Virginia Turnpike (from West Virginia)
Image 31Packed circles diagram showing estimates of the ethnic origins of people in West Virginia in 2021. (from West Virginia)
Image 32West Virginia Independence Hall, site of the Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)
Image 33Slave woman tending to a white baby in West Virginia, 1865 (from West Virginia)
Image 34Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 35Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, a statue on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol (from West Virginia)
Image 36Historical coat of arms of West Virginia (illustrated, 1876) (from West Virginia)

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... that West Virginia nursing professor Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen wrote science-fiction and Gothic novels under the pseudonyms Christabel and Kathleen Westcott?
... that the Vulcan Bridge, a bridge in Vulcan, West Virginia, was constructed after the mayor requested financial aid from the Soviet Union?
... that after Lew Dickey Sr. broke into the radio business by buying a station in West Virginia, his son would go on to own Cumulus Media?
... that the China Folk House Retreat dismantled a Chinese folk house and rebuilt it in West Virginia?
... that part of West Virginia's Princeton–Deepwater District railway was so steep that only shortened coal trains could ascend it?
... that professor Ruth Ann Davis made the largest-ever single contribution to Potomac State College of West Virginia University to support nursing scholarships in memory of her mother?

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