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Prewar service. Star of the West was a 1,172-ton steamship built by Jeremiah Simonson, of New York City for Cornelius Vanderbilt, and launched on June 17, 1852. Its length was 228.3 feet (69.6 m) and its beam 32.7 feet (10.0 m), with wooden hullside paddle wheels and two masts. She started service between New York and San Juan de Nicaragua on ...
Charleston Dirty Birds. The Charleston Dirty Birds are an American professional baseball team based in Charleston, West Virginia. They are a member of the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a partner league of Major League Baseball. [3] The Dirty Birds have played their home games at GoMart Ballpark since 2005.
Major Harris (born February 15, 1968) is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the West Virginia Mountaineers during the 1980s. Harris was a first-team All-American in 1989 and finished fifth and third in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1988 and 1989, respectively.
Businessman and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy (R) has defeated third-term Sen. Jon Tester (D) in Montana, expanding the Senate Republican majority set to take over next year. Sheehy’s victory was ...
Richwood is a city in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.In 2020, the census showed Richwood with a population of 1,661. [2] During the 19th and early 20th century Richwood was a booming coal and lumber town.
The northern cardinal is the state bird of West Virginia. This list of birds of West Virginia includes species documented in the U.S. state of West Virginia and accepted by the West Virginia Bird Records Committee of the Brooks Bird Club (BBC). As of July 2021 the published list contained 354 species. [1] Of them, 65 are classified as rare ...
The 2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia is currently being held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia. Democratic Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott and Republican Governor Jim Justice are seeking their first term in office.
Clarksburg Downtown Historic District (ID82004794) Designated CP. February 17, 1982. The Robinson Grand is a historic theater in Clarksburg, West Virginia rehabilitated into a modern performing arts and education center with seating for 950, a guest ballroom, and classrooms. In 1913, the Robinson Grand Theater opened in downtown Clarksburg.