COUNTY SEATS
Kanawha County
What is Charleston?
A lawyer, US Senator & Circuit Court judge, this founding father of our state was also our first Governor - Tyler County School District named Boreman Elementary School after him
Who is Arthur Boreman?
This company headquartered at 9 Bill Blenko Dr, in Milton, WV was originally named the Eureka Glass Company but later changed it’s name to the name of its founder.
What is Blenko Glass?
Richard Gere starred in this 2002 movie based on the 1975 book of the same name - It takes place in Point Pleasant.
What is “The Mothman Prophecies”?
On October 16th, 1859 he took hostages and freed slaves in Harpers Ferry as part of a violent revolt against slavery
Who is John Brown?
Grant County
Petersburg
This famous governor was a teacher, lawyer, prosecutor, and we named the avenue that carries US Route 60 from one side of Charleston to the other after him
Who is William MacCorkle?
This WV County with the county seat of Clarksburg, has major aerospace employers such as Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed Martin and Aurora Flight Sciences located there.
What is Harrison County?
Matthew McConaughey stars as the Head football coach in this 2006 film about true events that took place in 1970.
What is “We Are Marshall?
WV’s path to statehood began with the Wheeling Conventions held in this year?
What is 1861?
Randolph County
What is Elkins
This Governor first served in 1969 and then ran again and won in 1984.
Who is Arch Moore Jr?
Located in Raleigh County WV in the city of Ghent on Flat Top Mountain, this resort was originally marketed as the southernmost ski resort in the Eastern US.
What is Winterplace Ski Resort?
In season 3 Ghost Hunters visited this abandoned prison located in the WV city of the same name, which was mired by evil, torture and death for over a century.
What is Moundsville Penitentiary?
Mother’s Day was founded in this WV city in 1908
What is Grafton?
Mason County
What is Point Pleasant
This recent democratic Governor owned a bank, a mortgage banking firm and an insurance brokerage. During his term, Financial World mangazine called WV the most improved state in the nation.
Who is Gaston Caperton?
The US Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Public Debt is located in Wood County WV in this City.
What is Parkersburg
The name of this movie is an anagram of Rocket Boys - it’s about Home H Hickam Jr who lived in Coalwood WV.
What is “October Sky”?
In 1875, the state legislature was transferred back to this WV city but soon thereafter Charleston was named the permanent capitol of WV
What is Wheeling?
Marshall County
What is Moundsville?
This Great Depression era governor from Capon Springs, served as circuit court judge of Randolph County and Mayor of Elkins-a famous Home is name after him there on Randolph Avenue.
Who is Herman Guy Kump?
This company, still active, was initially charted on January 20th, 1870 as “The German Bank”
What is WesBanco?
This 1987 movie is about a battle that occurred during a coal miner’s strike in 1920 - the name of the film and the town it happened in are the same.
What is “Matewan”?
AKA the Edward Beeson House, this home was orginally built in 1771 - it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and is included in the Boyd Avenue Historic District - Downtown Martinsburg.
What is Aspen Hall?