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  2. West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia is often called "West 'by God' Virginia." The term first appeared on online-accessible publications in 1926, when students at the University of Virginia wrote an article in the Virginia Spectator claiming that West "by God" Virginia women could consume corn liquor on its own, without having to mix it with other liquids.

  3. List of mountains of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Spruce Mountain is the tallest mountain in the state of West Virginia Back Allegheny Mountain Snowshoe Mountain is a ski resort in the Alleghenies of Pocahontas County. Mountains of West Virginia is a list of mountains in the U.S. state of West Virginia. This list includes mountains in the Appalachian range, which covers the entirety of the ...

  4. Mountain, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Mountain is located in extreme northeastern Ritchie County along West Virginia Route 74 and the Hughes River, 6.2 miles (10.0 km) north-northeast of Pennsboro. [2] The community was known as Mole Hill prior to 1949, when residents requested that the name be changed to Mountain [ 1 ] as part of a publicity stunt to literally make a mountain out ...

  5. Category:Mountains of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Many landforms in West Virginia that are named 'mountain' are actually ridges and are categorized as such; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountains of West Virginia; See also categories Mountain ranges of West Virginia, Ridges of West Virginia

  6. History of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression (West Virginia University Press, 1998) 316 pp. ISBN 978-1-933202-51-8; Trotter Jr., Joe William. Coal, Class, and Color: Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915–32 (1990) William, John Alexander. West Virginia and the Captains of Industry (1976), economic history of late 19th century.

  7. Blue Ridge Mountains - Wikipedia

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    Blue Ridge Mountains - Front Royal, Virginia Although the term "Blue Ridge" is sometimes applied exclusively to the eastern edge or front range of the Appalachian Mountains, the geological definition of the Blue Ridge province extends westward to the Ridge and Valley area, encompassing the Great Smoky Mountains, the Great Balsams, the Roans, the Blacks, and other mountain ranges.

  8. List of U.S. state and territory nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Crossroads of the West [105] [106] – Location the Golden Spike was driven into the railroad, the joining point of the First transcontinental railroad. Mormon State [105] Friendly State (formerly used on license plates) [107] Vermont: Green Mountain State [32] (used on license plates) The Maple State Virginia: Mother of Presidents [16] Mother ...

  9. Blue Ridge Mountain - Wikipedia

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    To the west of the mountain is the lower Shenandoah Valley. Blue Ridge Mountain is noticeably lower in elevation than other sections of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. The southern section of the mountain contains the highest peaks, and the ridge gradually loses elevation as it gets closer to the Potomac.