West Virginia: The State and Its People

Contents: Our Mountain State * Prehistoric Inhabitants * Explorers of West Virginia * The Beginnings of Settlement * The French and Indian War * Crossing the Alleghenies * Dunmore's War * The Revolutionary War * Indian Fighters * Pioneer Ways and Folkways * Education Before the Civil War * Religion and Churches * The Tragedy of the Blennerhassetts * James Rumsey and the Coming of the Steamboat * The Beginnings of Industry * From Packhorse to Railroad * Pioneer Authors and Newspapermen * Clashes Between Eastern and Western Virginia * Exciting Days at Harpers Ferry * Virginia Leaves the Union * The Civil War in West Virginia * Civil War Military Leaders * West Virginia Becomes a State * The First Years of Statehood * Railroads and River Improvements * The Growth of the Coal Industry * The Oil and Gas Industries * Mountain State Forest Lands * New Industrial Trends * West Virginia Farm Life * The State in Recent Wars * Educational Advances * Government and Politics * Cultural Life * Recreation and Sports * Pride in the Mountain State * Index.