Civil War People
Who is Lieutenant Roger Jones
On April 18, 1861 Federal troops under the command of this officer set fire to the U.S armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry prior to the town's capture by confederate forces?
Who is Aracoma.
This woman, who was killed in battle in present-day Logan County in 1780, was the daughter of Cheif Cornstalk.
What is Fairlea.
The West Virginia State Fair is held in this community.
Who is Jared M. Arter.
This former slave was the principal of an African-American school at Hill Top, Fayette County, from 1908 to 1915.
What county was named for the Revolutionary War general killed at the Battle of Princeton.
Mercer County.
Who is Thornsbury Bailey Brown
What West Virginian was the first soldier to be killed in the Civil War?
Who is Zona Heaster Shue.
This woman, who was murdered in 1897, became known as the " Greenbrier Ghost."
What is Point Pleasant.
The Mothman Festival is held in this Mason County town.
Who is John F. Nash.
This mathematician, who won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics, was born in Bluefield.
This county's population grew at the 3rd fastest rate between 2000 and 2010 according to the census.
What is Gilmer County.
Who is John Mcausland.
What confederate general from West Virginia Was responsible for the burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania during the Civil War?
What is Ripley.
The last public hanging in West Virginia occurred in this Jackson County community.
What is Elkins.
The annual Mountain State Forest Festival is held in this Randolph County community.
What is the University of Charleston.
This institution of higher learning was founded as the Barboursville Seminary in 1888.
The three leading counties in coal production in 2010 were:
Boone, Marshall, Logan
Who is Capehart.
What is the last name of the two brothers who were awarded the congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War?
Who is John Hardy.
On January 19, 1894, this McDowell County railroad worker was hanged in Welch after being convicted of murder.
What is Spencer.
The West Virginia Walnut Festival is held in this Randolph County community.
In this 1939 this West Virginia school became the first black college to establish a Civilian Pilot Training Program.
What is West Virginia State College.
This West Virginia county was named for the author of the Declaration of Independance.
What is Jefferson County.
What is Harper's Ferry.
The single largest capture of Union troops during the Civil War took place in this West Virginia community?
Who is Sarah Jane Moore
On February 6, 1979, this woman, who was convicted of the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford, was captured and returned to the woman's federal penitentiary at Alderson after escaping the previous day.
What is Cairo.
The West Virginia Marble Festival was held annually in this Ritchie County community before 2016.
Alderson-Broaddus College is located in this Barbour County Community.
What is Philippi.
This county was named for a famous early frontiersman who lived in the Kanawha Valley from 1789 to 1795.
What is Boone County.