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Coal was discovered in West Virginia
Coal was first discovered in what is now West Virginia in 1742by John Peter Salley in what is now Boone County. -
Battle of Piont Pleasent
On October,10,1774 in the battle of Piont Pleasent the Virginians defeated Shawnee and Mingos fighters under Chief Cornstalk. -
West Virginia becomes the 10th state
Virginia-including today's West VIrginia- becomes the 10th U.S. state. -
Civil War
The Civil War began on April, 12, 1861, when South Carolina troopsfired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. -
West Virginia's state seal
The stone in the center of West Virginia's seal stands fro strength. -
Charleston Becomes the Capitol of West Virginia.
Wheeling and Charleston kept on switching to be the capitol of West Virginia. the 5th time Charleston became the pernament capitol. -
An explosion in Monogah mine
An explosion in Monogah mine kills 361 miners. -
Bloody Conflicts
Miners do not want to work anymore because a loy of Miners always die. Miners have to work though because they are poor. Then Mother Jones was detirmed to change that. -
West Virignia's Capitol Dome was built
West Virignia's Capitol has the largest Domeof all the state capitols. It's 4.5 feet taller than the U.S. Capitols dome in Washington D.C. -
Worlds largest Movable radio telescop collapsed.
The current telescope, completed in 2000, was builtfollowing the collapse of the previous Grenen Bank telescope. The previous telescope collapsed on 15 November, 1988
