West Virginia

By Jessica

Charleston’s Interesting Facts• Charleston became a state on June20,1863

in the midst of the civil war.• The major city is Parksburg,WV the people

live there because they celebrate belsnickles that is what they celebrate Christmas.

Fun Facts• The first fun fact is Greenbrier hotel is a

home of the famous springs.• They have 26 students receive Rhodes

scholarship to study at Oxford university in England.

• The total cost of the construction was nearly $10 million in 1932!!!

Bibliographyhttp://www.50states.com/wvirgini.htm

http://jeff560.tripod.com/wv-hist.html

http://www.50states.com/wvirgini.htm#.UVNHvPWcxJ5

http://www.google.com/

http://www.wvsto.com/dept/FinEd/Teachers/Kids/Pages/WVHistoryFacts.aspx

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6.West Virginia from its glorious past to the present the author Allan Carpenter copyright 1968

Timeline

17121783

Baron Christopher de graffenreid visited the eastern panhandle looking for land

John Floyd discovers natural gas in the Kanawha valley

1771

Settlers west of the allegeneny mountains to create a new state called “westylvania”

About Me

I was born in Lajunta and I have 3 dogs, 1 cat, 4 chickens, 10 goats (the chickens and the goats are at my grandmas house). I have 2 brothers and 1 sister,2 nieces, 1 new baby cousin, 3 nephews, 3 older cousins.