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Bluefield (pop. 11,451) has an elevation of 2,612 feet. The elevation causes the moderate summer climate, which has earned it the title of Nature’s Air Conditioned City.

first appeared: 3/3/2002

The first New Deal Community was Arthurdale (pop. 950), founded in 1934. It is home to the New Deal Museum and the Wagner Homestead, a fully restored working farm with a 1930s home, animals, and garden.

first appeared: 2/24/2002

Wedged between Ohio and Pennsylvania, Weirton (pop. 20,411) in West Virginia’s narrow panhandle is the only U.S. city extending from one state border to another.

first appeared: 2/17/2002

In 1794, Peter Tarr established the first iron furnace west of the Alleghenies in Hancock County. The Tarr furnace produced cannonballs used during the War of 1812.

first appeared: 2/10/2002

The state seal, adopted in 1863, was designed by artist Joseph H. Diss Debar of Doddridge County. Among other elements, the design features a farmer representing agriculture, and a miner representing industry.

first appeared: 2/3/2002

The burial site of Devil Anse Hatfield, that family’s patriarch in the infamous 1880s feud with the McCoys, lies south of Logan (pop. 1,630). A life-size statue imported from Italy marks his grave.

first appeared: 1/27/2002

The 1790 Midland Trail is one of the oldest routes in the country. It was used by both Confederate and Union troops during the Civil War.

first appeared: 1/20/2002

Confederate Gen. Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was born in 1824 in Clarksburg (pop. 18,059). He got his nickname during the First Battle of Bull Run, when Brigadier Gen. Barnard E. Bee stated, “There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall.”

first appeared: 1/13/2002

Cathedral State Park in Preston County has the only stand of virgin timber left in West Virginia. It includes a 500-year-old eastern hemlock.

first appeared: 1/6/2002

Dedicated in 1929, Droop Mountain Battlefield is West Virginia’s oldest state park. It was the site of a fierce Civil War battle waged Nov. 6, 1863.

first appeared: 12/30/2001

The Washington Heritage Trail is a National Scenic Byway in Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties. It represents land holdings and contributions to the nature of the area by George Washington and his relatives.

first appeared: 12/23/2001

Above the Great Bend Tunnel in Summers County stands a statue of John Henry, a freed slave who drilled holes for the dynamite that blasted railway tunnels. Legend has it Henry challenged a steam drill in an 1872 race, beating it by three inches.

first appeared: 12/16/2001

Built around 1735, Bunker Hill Mill in Bunker Hill (pop. 700) is the oldest mill in West Virginia. The picturesque limestone and red clapboard mill is the only one in the state featuring dual water wheels.

first appeared: 12/9/2001

The oldest and largest coal building in the state is in Williamson (pop. 3,414). Built in 1933 from 65 tons of locally mined coal, the building presently houses the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce.

first appeared: 12/2/2001

Berkeley Springs (pop. 735), billing itself as the nation’s first spa, was popular with the Colonial elite in the mid-1700s. Today, mineral waters from Berkeley Springs State Park provide various health services.

first appeared: 11/25/2001

Since 1817, Tyler County residents have traveled on the Sistersville (pop. 1,588) ferry, the only ferry remaining in West Virginia.

first appeared: 11/18/2001

Canaan Valley in Tucker County is the highest valley east of the Rocky Mountains. It also contains one of the largest inland wetlands in the nation.

first appeared: 11/11/2001

Organized in 1757, Hampshire County is the state’s oldest. After seeing some very large hogs from the area, landowner Lord Fairfax named it after Hampshire County, England—famous for its hogs.

first appeared: 11/4/2001

The 285-foot-long Philippi Bridge in Barbour County, built in 1852, is the only covered bridge that is part of a federal highway. It was the site of the Civil War’s first land battle in 1861.

first appeared: 10/28/2001

The Golden Delicious apple originated as a chance seedling in Clay County in the late 1800s. Introduced by Stark Brothers nurseries in 1916, it is the state’s official fruit.

first appeared: 10/21/2001

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