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The flag of West Virginia consists of the coat of arms, wreathed below in rhododendron and bannered with "State of West Virginia" above, on a white field bound in blue. 1929 [1] Motto. Montani Semper Liberi. (Mountaineers [are] Always Free) 1863, [1] [2] 1872 [3] —. Seal. The Great Seal of the State of West Virginia.
West Virginia Archives and History is the state agency that collects and preserves materials on the state and makes them available to the public. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, this section of the Department of Arts, Culture and History oversees the West Virginia Archives and History Library, a non-lending research facility, and the West Virginia State Archives, one of the state’s ...
West Virginia was officially admitted as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863. The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (1607–1776) and the western part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia (1776–1788), and state of Virginia (1788–1863). Western Virginia became sharply divided over the issue of ...
The West Virginia State Museum, formerly the West Virginia Science and Culture Center, is a history, culture, art, paleontology, archaeology and geology museum at the West Virginia Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia. [2] [3] It was founded in 1890 and is considered a major museum in the state by The Statesman's Yearbook.
Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area is located in Morgan and Berkeley Counties in West Virginia 's Eastern Panhandle. It encompasses 22,928 acres (92.79 km 2 ), mostly covered with mixed oak and pine forest, although about 3,500 acres (14 km 2) are covered with mixed hardwoods. [1] The 205-acre (83 ha) Sleepy Creek Lake is located entirely ...
Flower, West Virginia. / 38.83139°N 80.77306°W / 38.83139; -80.77306. Flower is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Flower is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west-southwest of Burnsville . The community was formerly known as Waldeck.
December 16, 2014. East End Historic District is a national historic district located at Charleston, West Virginia. The district is set on a broad, ancient flood plain bordered by the Great Kanawha River on the south and by commercialized Washington Street on the north. The West Virginia State Capitol complex forms an axis between the two ...
It was a mostly sunny day on July 4, 1929, when Droop Mountain became the first state park in West Virginia. According to newspaper accounts, as many as 10, 000 poured into the place, to see the ...