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Old 04-20-2009, 11:31 AM
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Default How West Virginia got its name
This story was on WV Morning last week on West Virginia Public Radio.

How West Virginia got its name(2)-wvpubcast.org

There is a lot of information there that I had not heard before and I thought it was very interesting to hear it.
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Here is a link to a transcript from the Constitutional Convention of 1861, a debate on the name. There was a fight between the native-born Virginians and the northerners at the Convention, like Van Winkle. The Naming of West Virginia
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Here is a link to a transcript from the Constitutional Convention of 1861, a debate on the name. There was a fight between the native-born Virginians and the northerners at the Convention, like Van Winkle. The Naming of West Virginia

Awesome information.
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Thanks for posting this! Great info!
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