On May 10, 1913, the first Mother's Day was observed, following a campaign led by ____ _____.
Who is Anna Jarvis?
100
US congressman and Senator ______ ____, who served as Secretary of the Navy under President Rutherford B. Hayes, and was the Republican candidate in the 1888 gubernatorial election, died in Clarksburg on April 23, 1920.
Who is Nathan Goff?
100
______ _______ was the first governor of West Virginia.
Who is Arthur Boreman?
100
On February 17, 1735, ______ ______, who is often recognized as the first settler in present-day West Virginia, organized a militia company which evolved into the first unit of the state's National Guard.
Who is Morgan Morgan?
100
_. _. _____ set numerous national high school football records while playing quarterback for Nitro High School. He now plays catcher on the Pittsburgh Pirates' Double A baseball team.
Who is J. R. House?
200
_________, a Confederate general and former congressman from Cabell County died on May 21, 1864, after being wounded in the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain.
Who is Albert Gallatin Jenkins?
200
______ ______ was named for Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam, one of the heroes of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
What is Putnam County?
200
On June 26, 1942, ____ __________-______ in Fayette County was dedicated as a 4-H camp for West Virginia's African-American youth.
What is Camp Washington-Carver?
200
The world's largest sycamore tree stands near the Back Fork of Elk River in _______ ______.
What is Webster County?
200
On April 22, 1861, delegates opposed to Virginia's secession, led by John Carlile, met in Clarksburg.
Who is John Carlile?
300
_______ County was named for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.
What is Jefferson County?
300
Logan native ______ ___, the sister of game show host Peter Marshall, starred in a number of western films, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Red River.
Who is Joanne Dru?
300
Barbour County native ___ _. ____ wrote more than two thousand Christian hymns, including "I Belong to the King."
Who is Ida L. Reed?
300
Romney native _______ ________ was reportedly the youngest American soldier to serve in World War I, having enlisted at the age of fourteen
Who is Chester Merriman?
300
"Life in the Iron Mills," a novella by Wheeling resident Rebecca Harding Davis, appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in ____.
What is 1861?
400
_______ _______, a graduate of Morgantown High School, is currently the head football coach at Clemson University.
Who is Tommy Bowden?
400
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area is located in __________ ______.
What is located in Pocahontas County?
400
Piedmont native ___ ______, whose nickname was the "Little Giant of Jazz," is considered by many to be the first great arranger-composer of jazz music.
Who is Don Redman?
400
Wirt County native ______ _. ___, who served as attorney general of West Virginia from 1925 to 1933, was the author of Bloodletting in Appalachia, a history of the mine wars.
Who is Howard B. Lee?
400
The first public school for African-American children in the South was established in __________.
What is Parkersburg?
500
Beckley native __________ was nominated as Best Supporting Actor in 1975 for his role in the motion picture Dog Day Afternoon.
Who is Chris Sarandon?
500
Charles Town native ____ _____ ______, a contemporary of F. Scott Fitzgerald, was the author of Green Fruit, Many Thousands Gone, and The Undertaker's Garland.
Who is John Peale Bishop?
500
______ ______ served as the prosecuting attorney in the John Brown trial. His houses and estate in Charles Town were destroyed by Union forces on July 17, 1864. The order to burn the property was issued by his cousin, David Hunter.
Who is Andrew Hunter?
500
Hilbert Wildlife Management Area is located in _______ ______.
What is Lincoln County?
500
The Jenkins Plantation Museum is located in ______ ______.